More patchwork on the run.

Sorry about that , we just had a massive thunderstorm amd hailstorm and I had to stop and take some photos of the hail. I managed to save the blog, but I couldn't get back into it to finish. Damn and Blast!! It is still thundering but the rain has stopped. It is a day of contrasts we walked up to the village this morning for coffee and a few items, and upon our return I checked out the motorhome , to find the fridge was off! So i had to do some manoeuvrethe motorhome up onto a chock and blocks to try and get the fridge level. My friends property is on a very steep street. so we got that sorted and I threw out my freezerful of food. and now a thunder and hailstorm. My life is never boring.. Yesterday we went to Springwood to see over 1000 quilts made by the quilters of Australia for the victims of the recent(October) bushfires . It was really mindboggling , they were being distributed today to everyone who had a need. what a wonderful outpouring of generosity. there were also collections of quilting gear and books and fabrics for those victims who may have been quilters, also cross stitching and knitting . Very moving.
 Now to attach the photos. I have battled for a couple of hours, with the help of my friends brother, but still no photos, sorry, byt if you look at my facebook  i have put there a photo of the hail on the back deck and roof of the garage, and a previous post shows sone of the quilts.

Patchwork on the run

well a lot has happened since my last blog, as usual. I drove up to the Central Coast to my friends Mike and Hazel at Toukley, via  a side trip to Berry with the NSW solo motorhomers. Had a lovely long weekend with them met some delightful folk a lovely lady who is also a patchworker, and a chap who helped me with my photos and the computer. I was persuaded to do more with facebook and have successfully been able to put photos on my page! Still cant put them into the blog but maybe something will rub off and I will work it out again.
I had a lovely week or so at Toukley and then Hazel took me to the station to catch the train to Sydney for my patchwork cruise.. Meg arrived with another friend from the geraldton area in wa to join me. we were on the vVoyager of the Seas, 3000 plus passengers huge ship even with an icerink! we workedery hard at the classes, hardly saw anything of the ship, but enjoyed 3 ports of call at Noumea , Suva and Lautoka, I enjoyed it so much I have booked for next year which is 11 days to north island of NZ. Same ship, sister Jean is coming to share with me. So after getting back to Toukley and visiting for another 10 days with Hazel, she is a beading person and we achieved a huge amount of stock on hand. !! I finally left 2 days ago to come to the Blue Mountains where I am visiting with my friend Caroline, a patchworker, getting ready for  a  weekend retreat at Blackheath.