Updating the For Sale pages of the blog......

 I am currently in the process of updating the For Sale pages of all the fabric bundles and packs that I have for sale. This is a work in progress, so come back often to check for my product.

I will be the shop at the next SA Quilters meeting on March 6th and would love to catch up with you there.  As  I don't have room to bring everything to the meeting, if you are interested in any items, please contact me.

For all my blog readers, I shall be having a stock reduction sale on some lines very soon. Meantime, I shall get back to cutting and packing and listing more items for sale. 

Hope you are all enjoying this lovely weather we are having here in South Australia, as I am sure the hot has not gone away yet.

Blessings, From Jude

Going west again.........part 4.......Kalbarri

 Here we are, already half way through the second month of the year, and I haven't finished the report of our trip to the west. In the last trip post, we were based at Northampton for 2 nights prior to a day trip to Kalbarri..............

It was New Year's Day, the first of January and the weather was forecast to be HOT. We left the van at Northampton and headed through country to Kalbarri, via the coastal road............ 

We saw the signs to many mining sites, one being a garnet mine. This is the Pink Lake, which covered a big area........

We stopped at a lot of coastal areas, beaches and cliff areas...............

...............until we reached the town of  Kalbarri.

We parked in a shady spot in the town to  eat the lunches that we had packed.

Next stop was the the Kalbarri skywalk, in the Kalbarri National park.

....(not a real emu)............

It was very HOT by the time we reached the skywalk, and you probably could have fried an egg on the footpath................

...........the view from the skywalk was amazing, well that was after I got used to walking out on the platform and being able to look down...........

There is 2 platforms and you can see the second one in the following photo, and just how far out over the edge that it sits!!!

                             

This photo has been taken from the internet site, and gives you another perspective of the platform.

We did not spend a lot of time on the skywalk, because it was so hot, and were very thankful that there were icecreams in the engel freezer in the car. This was the first icecream I had eaten for more than 2 years!!

We drove back to the van at Northampton through the national park, (which had cost us $17 to enter.)

After a good night's sleep with the air con on all night, it was time to head in the direction of home. (insert sad face).

I will be back soon with Part 5.

Blessings, From Jude 

I am still here.............

 As I have had more than one comment recently that they keep looking at the blog to see if we are home from our travels yet, perhaps I better check in and reassure you all that I am home and well.....

My last post was on the 1st January wishing you all a Happy New year, and now it is the 8th February!! Where does time go to?? All I can say is that the days are full and there is little sitting around happening here. The holiday has finished and reality hit.

We arrived home on the 16th January, and I will post the remaining part of our trip, sometime. We did detour down around Eyre Peninsula on our way home, and spent time with my brother and his wife. We then headed to the Barossa to catch up with family, before spending some time at the caravan park in Murray Bridge.

We caught up with my Queensland cousin and husband who were also spending time in Murray Bridge visiting rellies..........

We visited my brother and his wife who had recently moved into their new house in Murray Bridge.

Before we headed for home we received the news that Mum had fallen, (outside shifting the hose, so she didn't trip over it!!). She spent some time at the emergency dept at the hospital before being discharged with no broken bones, although a lot of bruises!!

Then it was time to drive the 2 hours south to home, and unpack the van, put the washing on and get our heads back into "normality' and "reality"!? There was 6 weeks of mail to go through and it was exciting to open the latest copy of Newsfromjude blog book. The previous publishers of blog books are no longer printing them, so I was anxious to see how the new company went. I am very happy with the result, and hope to work out the 'system' better next time I get one printed. This book is good quality and is a little longer than the last ones.

I can recommend this new company.........https://intorealpages.com/

So what else have we filled in time with since we came home?

My QLD cousin and hubby called into Bordertown and spent the night with us on their way north again.....

No sooner had we arrived back in town, we packed up again and went back to Murray Bridge for the  Australia Day weekend........ we had a 70th birthday party to attend, and of course it was a long weekend!! We like the MB Marina Caravan Park and it is not far from Mum's place........

We went to church with Mum and Barry caught up with his Uncle and Aunty who also live in MB.

It was good to take mum out to lunch instead of spending time in the hospital with her!!

In between the travel I have spent time with Max, who had a 2 month holiday!! I wondered if I would remember what to do??....quilt photos will come in a separate post...... I was very happy to visit my hairdresser for a long overdue treatment.......

and much time has been spent sorting and cutting fabrics in preparation for another market day that is happening next month.........stay tuned for updated For Sale pages on the blog and a good sale.

Last week the weather was very stormy with a lot of lightening in the area...... and we went for a drive to the farm to check on things........got a couple of interesting cloud photos......

The lightening has started a few fires around the district and over the border into Victoria there has been some large fires with a lot of countryside burnt out.

Time to finish this post and head to the kitchen...Barry's brother has arrived and a cuppa is on the agenda.........be back soon.

Blessings, From Jude

Happy New Year........

 

                                Wishing all my blog readers a Blessed, Joyful. Peace filled 2025.

                                                   Blessings, From Jude

Looking back at 2024.............

 I usually look back at the year and do a summary of the happenings,.............so I have spent time this afternoon doing this and found out the a LOT of the year has involved travel, there has been a little bit of quilting, and lots of catching up with friends and family.............so here is a very brief summary of some of our activities..........

January we spent time in the Barossa, camped on the block of DS where they were in the process of building a new house..........

............we travelled to Kingston for the day to catchup with my school friend Dianne, who lived in Cairns and was in SA visiting her sister..........I was so glad to have caught up with Di, as in July I received the sad news that she had passed away, 2 weeks before her 70th birthday. 😭😭

Early in the year there was a big cleanup in the shed, and now we can put a car in there, instead of all the junk................

We spent time at Murray Bridge in the caravan park..........

.....and visited  family while we were there.............

There was a visit by DS and family and Miss Bridie loved her time at the sewing machine...........

Easter time was celebrated at a local church with a lovely outdoor service.............

We had time away at Waikerie, where we caught up with friends.....

..............and went to a quilters gathering.........

..........we visited mum................

 

There was another caravan trip to the east of the country............

and we met up with my cousin and her husband...........

.........we went on a paddlesteamer for a cruise up the river..............

.......and spent time with Barry's friends at Wodonga..............

............and met up with fellow longarm quilter Susan at Yackandandah..........

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............and another quilting friend at Moruya in New South Wales..........

..and another catchup with 2 of my cousins.....................

In May I turned 70, and celebrated with family and friends at Mundulla............

..............and GD2 announced her engagement...........

June and July saw us off on another caravan trip, this time up the centre of our  country.............

..........where we had a helicopter ride over King's Canyon .........

.and a plane trip over Lake Eyre and the Painted Hills.............

................and met up with one of my cousins in Alice Springs................

....and had a pic taken at Mataranka Springs.............

........and a swim in the warm water of the springs.................

we enjoyed meals at Stokes Wharf in Darwin.............

......and a Sunset cruise around the Darwin harbour.............

............and on the way south again, we loved Standley Chasm...........

and spent time with family on our way home from our trip............

In August Barry and I were married at our local church, in a very small ceremony with 2 witnesses and my mum to give me away.........

In October I took my wares to Kaniva for their biennial quilt show............

......and Sherrel won a highly commended ribbon for her quilt in the Melbourne quilt show............

In September we were off on another trip to Cameron's Corner and caught up with another blogging friend, Jo, in Mildura...............

............and I stepped into Queensland...........

........and enjoyed a sunset at Lake Menindee..........

...and attended a quilt show at Irimple...........

In October we attended the engagement party of GD2...........

............and the 21st birthday party of my nephew where mum was enjoying having all her children together at the same time.............

In November we enjoyed a sewing day for Melbourne Cup day.........

........and I have to say this is the only stitching time I have had all year...........(and it is still not finished)

In November DD1 celebrated her 50th birthday and some of the family enjoyed an evening at a winery in the Adelaide hills.........

In December we celebrated the 93rd birthday of my mum.........

December also saw us head off on another caravan trip, this time to West Australia again..........

.....where we have enjoyed some rest time..........

..................and enjoyed Christmas with Barry's family.........

..........and this is where we are camped tonight, for a very quiet new year's eve.

You can see there has been a lot of travel time, and it seems like we have been all over............and this is a map of Australia and you can see that there is a lot of country to see yet.

On a quilting note, I entered 2 of my own quilts into Adelaide Quilt show in July,................ 

 and received a Highly commended ribbon for one.

That is a very brief summary of the year that was 2024!! What will 2025 bring?? 

Blessings, From Jude