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Saturday, December 5, 2015

"That's the first week of December done and dusted."

Hello,

How did your week go? Ours was a busy one, we celebrated our Wedding Anniversary with a day out. It was decided to spend sometime looking at the amazing old paintings dating back to the 1500's at the Museum and Art Gallery at New Norcia. You don't need to travel to Italy to see old paintings they are here in Western Australia.
New Norcia Hotel.

Then it was time for Lunch at the New Norcia Hotel. We had a delicious lunch but as the tables were fairly close as is the case in most restaurants these days we couldn't help but hear the lady  at the next table arguing the whole time with her Husband. It even came to tears by the time their meal was served. She must have forgiven him because she ate his leftover pizza!

After lunch it was a wander around the town looking at the array of buildings and cemetery. Nothing like a cemetery to find a rich history of the past.


I couldn't get over how tall this gum tree was, it was so tall I couldn't fit it all into the photo. I bet this tree could tell some stories.

St Ildephonsus College.
The style of buildings is just stunning, they certainly have stood the test of time. We then drove onto Bindoon to have a look around there and enjoy a cuppa and cake at the Bindoon Bakehaus. This is where Prince Harry called into earlier on in the year and purchased some cake. I can certainly see why he chose to eat there as the service was fantastic. After we got home we found that Lucy had put up our Christmas decorations while we were out. Thanks Lucy, then she cooked tea for us. Wonderful to come home to a meal of our choosing and no cooking involved for us.


 During the week I did manage a small finish. I put together the fabric samples and made a table runner. As the fabrics were a bit stretchy I used a stretch type fabric for the backing.


 Teddy seems to like it.

Friday I joined in Friday Night With Friends the last one for the year. I worked on a recently started project. Adding lots of fabrics to strips of calico. I need to make 27 strips that are the Width of the Fabric ( 44 inches), I had some extra wide calico so one strip makes two of the pieces required.  I am half way there. It is a good project to use up those skinny pieces of fabric that you save "just in case"

It was so lovely to hear the rain during the night and this morning. A very rare occurrence for this time of the year.
I will be attending a Thermomix party and playing with the Grandies this weekend. Are you doing something you love?

Happy days.
Bev C

18 comments:

Sisbabestitches said...

Sounds like a lovely relaxed way to spend an Anniversary, oh and congratulations :) Sweet runner, glad Teddy gave it's paw of approval :) Interesting strips project, it would certainly clear out a lot of scraps :)

Maria said...

Looks like you enjoyed your anniversary at New Norcia... Not far for you to travel..
Nice blanket for teddy and what are you making with the colourful strips?
In Perth for the weekend and going to Lion King...

marina said...

A lovely way to celebrate your anniversary, lovely of Lucy to make you a special dinner.
Very pretty runner and love all those scrappy pieces !

Jeanette said...

Happy Anniversary. What a wonderful way to celebrate. Hugs, xx

Michelle Ridgway said...

Happy Anniversary to you and your beloved. Such a lovely way to celebrate. I love your pretty that teddy as claimed. It always feels great when you can use your scraps x

Karen S said...

Congratulations on your anniversary. Looks like you had a lovely time celebrating. The buildings are beautiful. Lovely work with your stitching, too.

KERYN B said...

Happy Anniversary and nice to share a lunch with hubby. Shame about the people arguing you think they could do that at home. Lovely photos.

Lin said...

Congratulations on your anniversary - looks like you had a great day, those buildings are beautiful. Your table runner is oh so pretty! Interesting work on those strips - should be a fun project. We are getting ready to drive to the UK on Thursday so busy sorting out stuff to take including pressies and lots of wine! Still doing odd jobs in the garden too, lots of leaves still to come down let alone collect. Have a great weekend. xx

Melody said...

Happy anniversary, your day sounds absolutely wonderful

Mylene said...

Happy Anniversary!! and sounds like you had a lovely time with hubby..beautiful pictures!

Julie said...

Sounds like you had a lovely outing to celebrate your anniversary Bev. Congratulations to you both. Your lacey table runner looks wonderful, I love it.

Deb said...

What a nice newsy post full of interesting things! Happy Anniversary! Sounded like a grand way to spend the day. Lots of things to see and special fixings when you arrived back home to boot! My weekend, so far, has been just fine...we Skyped with our daughter this evening and watched her open her birthday gifts a few states away! Amazing technology! That was fun!

Christine M said...

Happy anniversary, Bev. Sounds like you had a lovely day out.

Terri said...

Happy anniversary to you two! Looks alike a fun way to spend the day. Your lacy sampler is so pretty! How fun to start a new patchwork project.

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...

Happy Anniversary Bev...what a lovely day out you had with the best finish with tea being made for you!

Linda in Calif. said...

Happy Anniversary! What a nice why to celebrate. Love the pictures - and lovely, very lovely sampler.

kiwikid said...

Happy anniversary!! Your day out sounded wonderful ..lovely blue sky in your photos. Your scrap project looks interesting.

Eggs In My Pocket said...

Happy Anniversary! What a wonderful day it looks that you had!