monday memories

in 2008 at this time of the year my son and I were travelling through europe, the middle east and the UK. we have so many wonderful memories from this time. probably our most favourite place was Cornwall where we stayed for a week in a gorgeous cottage in a small village called Newlyn near Penzance. we could watch the comings and goings of the harbour from our cottage. I just love harbours, boats, wharves and all the odds and ends you find around these areas. these are just a small sampling of my very favourite photos from this place. if you would like to see more from our travels you could pop over to my other blog here

 

sunday snippets

playing along with Sunday snippets over at tinniegirl

saturday showcase

playing around with phone apps recently
blogger is doing funny things with my settings at the moment and all my side bar is now down the bottom......grrrr. why does it take so much time trying to fix things......grrrr?

friday feast

thrifty thursday

you did see this one coming didn't you? if you've been here before or you know me well enough, you would know that I love a good op shop....in fact I love a good many op shops! this afternoon an old friend popped in for a chat and tea - old as in we went to uni together back in the late 70's, early 80's (well actually it was called a college of education back then). anyway it was probably in those days that my op shopping took full flight (newcastle had some great ones back then)and has continued to this day. and it has yielded lots and lots of treasures.

yesterday I had about 15 minutes in the royal far west op shop in coffs harbour and these treasures came home with me....a lovely pile of fabrics to be used as linings for my purses, and for my fabric flower brooches. you can see some here in the shop

and this lovely tin heart will adorn my kitchen when I find just the right spot for it. it looks lovely on the windowsill but that's not very practical.

six days into blogtoberfest and still going......stayed tuned for friday!

wednesday words

if you've been reading along here this week you may have noticed that each day has had a little bit of aliteration ......ooohh that's a big word (hope I spelt it right!). i've been thinking long and hard about what to write each day and thought I would have a theme for each day.....yesterday driving home from brisbane I came up with a title for each day of the week but I have to say Wednesday had me stumped for a while. wednesday  wonders...aah no; wednesday  weekdays.....nope; wonderful wednesday......nope; wednesday  wobblies......mmmm maybe....nope. and a whole lot of others I can't even remember now, but eventually wednesday words seemed right and so this is what it shall be. now ....... I am a visual artist and my blog has always been predominantly visual because that's what I do .....but in my day job as a school counsellor words are very important and a large part of my days are spent talking words or listening to words. so whilst here on my blog visuals will always predominate, words are important too, so I would like to focus a little on words somewhat for this month - on wednesdays. I have to say though that i have always been drawn to typeography, text, numbers and lettering in all its forms across many visual art forms. so for blogtoberfest wednesdays shall focus on words. stayed tuned for thursdays theme........

tuesday travels

so tuesdays during blogtober will be about one of my favourite things to do - travel. for those of you who have been reading here for a while you will know that I love to travel with my son to far flung places, and we have been so fortunate to have adventured to some of the most wonderful places on our planet. but today's post is about somewhere a little closer to home as we travelled home from brisbane today - bangalow. for those of you who haven't been to our beautiful north coast of nsw, bangalow is just off the highway north of ballina and west of byron bay. it's also south of brunswick heads and east of bexhill........do you think that our early explorers had a thing for 'b'?!
so we stopped in here for a coffee on our way home today and explored some of the gorgeous shops. we probably need to go back sometime soon.....this is the second time in the last couple of months we have stopped here and there is so much to see.....lovely coffee and food, interesting art, intriguing fashions and great craft.  if you're around this area make sure you drop in and explore.
keeping up it blogtober.......things are looking good!

monday memories

I'm thinking Monday posts during blogtober might be about memories. tonight memories were made when i went to see the Vienna philharmonic orchestra with my son and my mum......what a wonderful night, very, very special. here's a couple of photos from tonite

sunday snippets

playing along with tinniegirl's sunday snippets. home from the weekend craft fair relaxing in front of the telly watching the no. 1 ladies detective agency with my family

blogtober has begun

two exciting things happening today....blogtober has begun - check it out at tinniegirl.  and today and tomorrow i'm at the craft fair at yamba bowling club - if you're in the area pop in and say hello. here's a couple of photos I took this morning of my stall...