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At the beach

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We’re back on the road again, having another week away from the cold weather back home. I guess thats one of the lovely things about being retired, you can just decide to go away on the spur of the moment and off you go!

We’ve been in Coffs Harbour and the weather here is perfect.  Neither of us have been here before and we’ve been impressed with how quiet and laid back it is despite being a popular tourist destination. 

We’re staying across the road from the beach so we’ve been out early to watch the sun come up each day.

You can hear the ocean all the time which is really lovely at night-time.  Theres lots of walkways and places to sit, we’ve been sitting outside for breakfast and lunch enjoying the views.

Yesterday we went up to the Forest Sky Pier which had the most incredible views of the coastline. The lookout bridge goes out over the rain forest & moves in the wind.

It’s not possible to get the whole view in one picture, this is about a third of it.

We have another day here and then we’re off to Tenterfield for a look about. Today we’re going down to the jetty & to Mutton Island Nature Reserve. I’d certainly come back again and perhaps stay longer next time.

Well its almost time for another sunrise so I’m heading back to the beach for a while.  

“To escape and sit quietly on the beach – that’s my idea of paradise.” 
Emilia Wickstead


If you’d like to see some more Australian travel Janice is blogging her trip with some fabulous photos at Jannimary

Summer in the Country blocks

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I’ve been working on my Summer in the Country quilt blocks over the last week. I’m really happy with how the blocks are looking, its a lovely pattern to work on.  Here’s the new three completed blocks and I have four more cut out to sew up over the coming few days.

Picnic Star – a definite favourite – this would be a great block to do a whole quilt top with.

and Firefly

I had to call into work briefly this morning to drop something off and I really noticed how rushed everyone was and so busy. I felt a bit out of place really. Made me realise how much I’ve slowed down and moved on from it.

DH and I have been enjoying sitting out on the verandah having coffee at morning tea time, just relaxing and talking. I’ve decided that we’ll make sprucing up the verandah our first project now that we have time to sit out there during the day. It needs a good clean up, some new chairs and pot plants and some pressure cleaning to get rid of the spiderwebs and clean the old concrete. We have a lot of work to do on our house and garden but we’re just going to take our time, not try and get it all done fast and wear ourselves out. 

Well, time for me to enjoy a bit more sewing before dinner – I have so many projects I want to work on and the list keeps growing. 

Linking up with Put Your Foot Down at For the Love of Geese.

Home again & RSC – Purple scraps

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 We arrived back home yesterday morning from our trip. It was great to get away but its always nice to get back home again. 

 This month is purple for RSC and I had a lot of purple scraps. I had made some of my RSC Carolina Chain blocks for the month before I went away so yesterday I finished them up.

Then I made some two inch strips with the remaining purple scraps which I can make into 4 patches later.

Heres a few more pics from our holiday. We spent a lovely day in the Warrumbungles National Park. Stunning views, very peaceful and quiet. Lots of birds and lots of kangaroos about enjoying the sunshine.

We also visited Milroy Observatory in Coonabarbran and had a great night looking at the stars under the full moon after a stunning sunset.

I love the purple skies at sunset

Then the moon rose as the purple sky went to black.

… and this was a close up of the moon through the telescope

 I love being in the bush in Australia. Can’t wait to go up here again next year. Now its time to get on with more decluttering and making a start on some of the jobs around the house 

Linking up to SoScrappy,  Oh Scrap & Monday Making