Another day out.....

This time with my girls.....

Heather and Liz.....

nothing special to do today....

just enjoy each others company.....

because we can......

Liz (right) took us to her place of work,

the Brothers football club....

We also had lunch there and chatted the hours away....

Loved it girls and you two of course.....

Short sweet post this time.....

Toodles.......

While the Cats are away......

we went out to play......

and we had a lovely fun day......
Sandi and Norreen are on a cruise to New Zealand......

Morning tea at Birchgrove Nursery......

Yummo.......

it has been raining  heavily but stopped for a short while so we took a leisurely walk around the garden.....
This could easily be Gav and me .......lol.....

Is that a sneaky cat hiding in the flower bed.....

We don't really have a plan for the rest of our day so we will just wing it.....

 glad we did ......
we found the most delighful book shop and a very charming lady serving us..... extremely helpful as well.
I'm not  much of a reader really but couldn't resist buying this book written by a local lady.... she has many books but this was her first apparently, looking forward to reading this one.....
note to self....do more reading and less games on phone....
"Under the Greenwood Tree" books and art is the name of this shop.

Next stop we went to an antique shop on "Gallery Walk" a wonderful street of shops, cafes and restaurants on Mt. Tamborine ......

A little purchase of course.....

Next door was a terrific shop, I can't remember the name but so many different and unusual things to buy there.....we will be going back there very soon I think.

Then lunch ......
A very yummie savoury bacon scone with chutney.....

Followed by a raw snickers pie....
we both left half of our treats as it was sooooo sweet......
It was quite small but still we couldn't finish.

Now to get wet hurrying to the car.....
we did have a super day.....
Thanks Teresa for your company and the giggles.....
Loved the day out.....

So it is Toodles once again.....

FNSI and other bits.....

It was great to join all the girls stitching together last night..... 

go here  to Wendy's at Sugarlane Designs to see what the other girls got up to.....

These are the results of my nights sewing.....

I did add a couple of hexies to the quilt but no photo of that yet.....

Thanks Wendy for organising our stitching night.....

Earlier today my Liz (daughter) and Clayton (g/son) came for a lovely visit, we decided to go out for lunch to a local cafe "Perks" ......

we enjoyed a great lunch.....

Happy mail arrived as well.....

my border fabric for Miss Matty's Parlour......

it was lovely to get a fat 1/8 pressie with my order.....

love getting mail from "Whatever, Where-ever Craft"

Another little parcel arrived this week from Wendy.....

my lucky win from FNWF.....

Thanks heaps Wendy....

Well that's all the news I have today.....

Toodles.....

FNSI

Nearly forgot to post......

I have joined the girls once again for .....

Thanks to Wendy from Sugarlane Designs for hosting this fun time.....

Pop over here to join in.....

I'm off now to start my nights stitching....

Toodles......

Tuesday and a Birthday.....

Tuesday stitching with the girls.....

  yummie morning tea......

A very cheeky Teresa with her wonderful finish.....

"Home for Christmas" mini quilt..... lovely

I didn't finish mine on the day but got it done on Wednesday.....

We are soooo happy with our group project......

Today.... Thursday the 8th was our June's (g/daughter) 20th Birthday....

OMG where have all the years gone.......

So it was out to lunch with Heather ... June and Carter (b/friend).....

we decided to go to the Kooralbyn Valley Kitchen for lunch, very glad we did as the food was just great.....

I know it doesn't look very interesting but it was delicious ......

Chicken with cranberry, salad with aioli sauce...... yum

June's beef burger with real meat..... lol.....

We (Heather and me) shared a piece of cheesecake with our coffee.....

A lovely day with great company.....

Righto I'm off to my hexie stitching now....

Toodles.....

Tempted and gave in.....

I have been watching a few ladies making blocks with circle applique on them and thinking what a great way to use up a bit of stash fabric......

hmmmm thinking ... thinking.....

then I got a little push from the lovely Fiona  from here, I had also been watching Michelle from here making lovely blocks .... so I have decided to jump right in but rather than take the plunge by myself  I gave my friend  Jenny from here a very gentle nudge ( big push) to join me.

I won't be as good as the other girls who are needle turning their circles.... I'm machine blanket stitching them and doing 4 a month  which I think is a reasonable target.....

So with morning tea at the ready......

and circles to cut out....

I hope you like my circle template....lol...

a very pretty plate.....

Ta...daaaaa

I have 8 blocks finished.....

4 for January

4 for this month

I will change colours each month.....

Ooooops nearly forgot.....

I had happy mail this week....

Windchimes BOM from Patchwork with Busy Fingers.....

Oh my goodness not another project......

I must be raving mad......

Well lots to do.....

so Toodles.....

FNWF February

I enjoyed another night with the FNWF's hosted by Cheryll.....

once again it doesn't seem as though I achieved a lot but those hexies are fiddly little devils and take quite a bit of time to do.....all by hand I might add.....

Miss Matty's Parlour hexies....

One more tag for the No-Fuss- SAL

Ruth's Quilt

Well I'm off now to check out other blogs.....

go here to see more FNWF's posts.....

Toodles

FNWF

Gosh February already and time to join all the girls stitching together in the FNWF.....

go here to join the fun.....

Toodles