Week in stitch, spirit doll 3 and a walk

 Here is my week in stitch.
A day late I am afraid.
Monday we went walking in drizzle. Tuesday I did a bit of weeding. Wednesday John took me out to look at hay paddocks in the red ute.
Thursday I went round and around tidying things up and tried out this new stitch. I felt it was appropriate for what I was doing. Total confusion.
Friday we walked on the beach before shopping and I found some shells.
Saturday we went to McLaren Vale to look at the paintings in the landscape prize and then went to walk on the beach at Pt Willunga.
Sunday I admired the flowers in my garden.Iris and geranium.
Sometimes it is hard to work out what to embroider.
I have finally finished the third of my Spirit dolls, I rather like this one, he took me ages to decide how to make his 'special affects'!
This morning we walked the cliffs at Petrels again, very cold and we were nearly blown off the path it was much more windy than we had expected.
Lovely waves and lots of white lace of foam and then this lovely granite boulder with orange lichen on it. It looks yellow in the photo but it was orange.
I am trying to tidy the house as I have house guests next week, but I am being rather slow about it.

Around the garden

A few photos I took the other day while wandering around the garden with my camera.
I do love this time of the year and we have on the whole had a damp and lovely October with only a few really hot days.
This is when I realise what lovely things I planted in the past and who are still managing even with a reasonable amount of neglect.
The roses that survived the drought in particular.
Mummy's brown iris is flowering for her birthday she would have been 101 yesterday.
Being part of my life for so long, I do miss her, so often I think I should tell her something that has just happened or she would be interested in
as I did when I visited her once a week for so long.
 Not that I think she would have wanted to be 101!

Such a lovely day

Yesterday John and I went over to McLaren Vale to see some of the paintings in the fleureu biennial landscape prize. we didnt see them all  but to say I was disappointed in what I saw is being kind. I hope the better ones were where we didnt go.
We had a lovely lunch at Red Poles, sitting on the veranda,very pleasant and I rather liked some of the understated stuff that was in their gallery, cant remember her name.
I think the highlight was the barrel tops that David Dridan had got together and was on display at Wirra Wirra.
From there we wandered through the area, photos of lovely vistas, the one from Kay's winery and another on the drive to Pt Willunga on Malpas road of vines with the hills behind.
The best time to visit while everything still looks fresh.
Pt Willunga on a glorious day, some one had manufactured a lovely fence of sticks and then walking down to the beach with the remains of the jetty still there.
A wedding at the base of the steps on the beach, a lovely wander along the beach (I found a cowrie) and reminiscing of those strange mud clad cliffs and how as children we would climb them and get filthy and slide down on our bottoms when they were wet.
Then the view as we walked back. Limpets on the rocks, it was a very low tide.
We came home the back way through an avenue of trees on the dirt road .
Almost a photographic overload.
I savour every day that is like that.
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A little bit of wandering

 John had to look at some hay paddocks and I went out with him, we got stuck on blasted cape weed and walking wasnt much of an option for me, a couple of photos and I did get home safely after we extricated ourselves and he dropped me off near home, I took the photo of calves and ponies as I walked back.
When I was walking towards the back door I took more photos of P's rhododendron and the purple clematis above and my pots by the back door.
a satisfactory little wander I think.
I wont say any more!!

damp days and another Spirit doll.

 Typical Spring weather here, thank goodness the heat has gone and yesterday the wind dropped but it was damp and drizzly all day. Much the same today but the wind is back.
We had a violent thunderstorm in the night that blew out the power until about 8.30 am, the cows were waiting to be milked and not pleased about it, I think they are now done, no early look at the computer, no toast but water heated on the bbq. We do miss our normal routine.
The photos I took yesterday at the cliffs near Petrels' cove, these were the ones that didnt have rain spots on them, it was a lovely walk, the waves thumping and no wind.
I finished off this second little spirit doll yesterday and am about to start on another smaller one today, using up my mat board I had cut!
They are such fun to play with and I have a few masks I had made.
I pulled weeds this morning early too as the rain has just made it easier to pull but I didnt get nearly enough done until my back told me to stop.
The bit I did looks good though so I hope for a bit more time tonorrow, sounds wimpy but we are out to dinner tonight and if I do too much I find I get too tired.
I wish my body didnt tell me it was getting old, the brain certaily doesnt think so.
Make the most of each day as it comes.

Unfinished travewllers blanket, week in stitch and a little spirit doll

 My travellers blanket is still to be finished, I am doing it very slowly, but it warms me in the morning when I check on my computer and have breakfast in my chair. I wont need it for much longer with summer on its way.
My week in stitch, zmonfsy was a good day, and on Tuesday we went to celebrate the local Tourist Information Centers 25 years. I was in the first batch of volunteers, it was fun but I gave up when John became Mayor as it was difficult to be impartial!!
Wednesday we went to Adelaide for hair cuts, pretty wonky stitches there. Thursday we spent in the garden  and Friday the hoses came out and the sprinkler systems needed to be looked at, very hot and windy days.
On Saturday we went to a marvellous exhibition by Stephen Bowers at Goolwa, he decorates pots absolutely beautifully, and at time with a huge sence of fun. The willow pattern appears in many but in a very Australian context.
Sunday we finally went for a walk, waves showing their 'manes' being blown back by the northerly wind.
I am also having fun playing with these little spirits, paper and beads and polymer clay.
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Blogger playing up, photos of this mornings walk