We conned the man at the Mercure Hotel in Rosehill, Sydney, to take our photo. He took so long fiddling with my camera that Mary went to sleep standing up – no, not really, she closed her eyes just as he finally clicked the camera. Unfortunately we didn’t realise at the time so couldn’t [...]
Entries from October 2006
October 18, 2006
My very first sight of a Waratah
We don’t have Waratahs in Western Australia so it was with great excitement that I spotted this bush growing across the road from the Three Sisters lookout in Katoomba. I always thought that the flowers would be hard and wiry but they are actually quite soft and more pinky-red than bright red. I am [...]
October 18, 2006
Viv the tourist…..
Mary picked me up from the airport and we spent the first night at the Mercure Hotel in Rosehill near Parramatta. It was fabulous as our twin share room had two DOUBLE beds in it. We shared the first of several nights of giggling and crying like silly school girls at a Brownie Camp!! [...]
October 18, 2006
Viv and Rick Rutherford
This was one of the highlights of my holiday – meeting my favourite magazine author, Rick Rutherford. Rick started out writing “Australian Country Collections”, then moved on to writing “Rick Rutherford’s Country”. Now he is busy working on a web site and on-line shop which can be found at www.rickrutherford.com and he stocks all [...]
October 18, 2006
Mary’s Tatting Lesson.
Mary learnt to tat last year at the Nowra CQ Retreat and she picked it up really quickly, however it still didn’t stop her getting all tied up in knots at the Mollymook Embroiderer’s Guild meeting! I was experimenting with tatting using two colours and managed to complete an inch of tatting before making [...]
October 18, 2006
Mollymook Embroiderer’s Guild Meeting
During the first week, Mary took me to her local embroidery group, the Mollymook branch of the NSW Embroiderer’s Guild. It is held in the Uniting Church hall and on this particular week, the ladies were making that beautiful silk ribbon embroidered evening bag on the table in the foreground. The group was so [...]
October 18, 2006
Sharon Boggon and Annie Whitsed
We had a fabulous time in Canberra with the Canberra Crazies. Annie Whitsed very kindly offered us beds in her house which is a veritable museum of yummy collectibles and crazy quilting goodies. We were really impressed by her storage method for her beads, shallow trays with tiny vials of beads, all coloured coded [...]
October 18, 2006
Mary and Peter
Well, here they are! Mary Lewis and her husband Peter Gilberd. They both absolutely spoilt me rotten for the whole fortnight – their home was my home and I hope that in a year or so they will be coming to Perth to spend some time with Eddie and me and we can spoil [...]
