In willunga today

John had a meeting in Willunga this afternoon so I came with him. It has some lovely old buildings and some have slate ties on their roofs and slate floors as there is a slate quarry near by.
I hobbled up and down the street, hobbled as my hip is misbehaving and took photos and looked in the shops.
In the Save the Children op shop I found these scarves, a silk one and a polyester chiffon one to use in my textile stuff. so I was very pleased about my little outing.

A commision

I made this small bag ages ago for my Thread Studio Playways project and someone at painting class saw it and asked if I would make her one.
trouble is I know that the way I did the lining came out of a magazine, probably the whole idea did but can I find it? I was sure it was in an Australian machine embroidery mag but I havent found that one.
I hope I can work it out as I think the sides of both the lining and the bag were sewn first and then the top edges and then turned through. Any help would be great.
A depressing day yesterday, my mother in one of her I want to go home and I hate it here but I dont have a home days. It is so awful and she insists she can look after herself, which she cant and she cant even come down and stay with me as this house would be a death trap for her. She doesnt realise she forgets things. Oh what do we have to look forward to!!

Champion of Champion's Leading Rein Pony Rivington Victoria

Yesterday we took out the Champion of Champion's Leading rein pony of the year for I think the 2nd or third time. The pony is our Rivington Victoria ridden this year by Maddie Pagan and with handler my daughter Sarah Barker. Photo is a bit grainy but it has been emailed through from Maddie's mother.
It is always a huge thrill to have something you have bred do something like this, and reserve to her was another pony we bred and sold on Rivington Hyalin so doubly sweet.

Australia Day in Victor Harbor

Not the best photos but these are of our Mayor Mary Lou Corcoran and the first is with her son who wanted a bit of the action too, then our Australia Day citizen of the year Bert Puxley and the third of our young citizen of the year Kate McKenzie.
A great early morning, cool thank goodness and with a quite large crowd having a breakfast of sausages and the town band playing its best. The background for all this is our Horse Tram Barn which my husband was instrumental in getting done when he was Mayor.
We went for a coffee afterwards and then home to feed the ponies as well as the chooks as Sarah and the girls are off to a horse show, finally after months of no shows and of course it is the big one, Champion of Champions so we can only hope they do well.
I have done nothing much for the rest of the say as I was so tired, someone said a week of painting should be fun, I found it a lot of hard work.
We are out to dinner tonight with a recipient of todays Australia Day honors so that will be great, old friends and a very worthy person to get his AO.

Tome page 5

More Tome pages, this was the fat lady and beading and was great fun to do.
Another day at painting class, today it was faces and if you look at he other blog you will see what I did, when I get it up.
No time for anything but painting, although we had the Tour Down Under day 3 finish here today, but we were all too busy to go and see it.
Still cool and pleasant down here thank goodness.

Tome page 3 stitched collage

Here is Tome page three which is a stitch collage, I remember enjoying doing this one.
I have had a busy few days and trying to get my watercolour right has not been easy.
By about 2 I want to go to sleep, we are starting at 9.30 and finishing around 4 so it is a long day.
We went out to dinner at Tab's last night and I had a cuddle of Millie before she went to bed. I cant believe she is almost 3 months old.

Patti Culea's Tome 2

I am so busy this week with my watercolour lessons so I am placing these up, they are Tome 2 back and front, with photo transfers of me at various stages of my life and some beading. the back are not my little people, the cat was from my friend Wendy and the doll from Kate so bring back great memories.
A more difficult day today but I got there and it is wonderful having these lessons.
there will be a painting on my other blog later.