ALL SORTS OF TRIANGLES

There's a new project on the go in this house - a steep learning curve methinks.

Although I swore I'd never do any patchwork involving triangles this project has lots of them.

If .... it works out , it will be a Christmas Table Runner.

I've already unpicked a section because the points didn't match...

and thrown out and resewed a bit that contained:

 2 Eighth Square Triangles,

1 Quarter Square Triangle

and 1 Half Square Triangle

because after I had sewn it all together I recut it wrongly !!!

Phew, this could take a while, I have to psyche myself up to get back into it !!!

Cheers.

FAVOURITE THINGS FRIDAY - BRISBANE'S RIVERFIRE FESTIVAL

While I was up in Hervey Bay on Saturday our city's Spring festival called Riverfire was swinging into action.
Tony decided to go in as there was to be a flypast by some Hornets and he is a bit of an aeroplane freak
enthusiast and he took these photos for me.
As parking costs enough to warrant taking out a special bank loan these days, he caught a bus- a novelty in itself - and was delivered into the centre of town.



These Leopard trees that line the whole street are such a nice splash of green amongst the new towering buildings.

There was quite a lively festive air throughout the city

with bands playing and families out enjoying the warmer temperatures.

The flowers in the Mall were very pretty too.

He walked over to Southbank where all the action was to be later in the night with a fantastic fireworks display.



Crowds were beginning to gather along the river bank in anticipation of the airshow. 

The Performing Arts Complex's bright facade made a lovely splash of colour but the trees in front seem to be dead, perhaps they are a casualty of the floods earlier in the year.

Before long the Hornets made their appearance flying low over the city ,

making several passes, some of them upside down

until they made a spectacular fiery exit.

He decided it was getting too crowded for him and there was a long wait till the fireworks ( and he was all alone and lonesome !!) so he toddled off home.

 Last night we went back into the city to see the Laser Light Show over the river.

It was a lovely night and the lights looked very pretty on the water.

Tony was experimenting with his new camera and tripod so he set it all up on the river bank

 while I found a comfy spot on the grass and we waited for the show to start.

And what a show it was !

It was all set to music played over a loudspeaker system.

With the help of two tugboats spouting huge cascades of water from their hoses, lovely coloured lights danced through the air above the water.

They made all sorts of shapes that snaked this way and that.

Absolutely delightful on a balmy Spring night.

 When it was all over we walked to the busy restaurant precinct nearby

where we joined lots of others getting a bite of dinner ....

before it was off to the bus stop and home.

We may go back for another look before the festival finishes on the 24th.

Cheers.

PS. As you can see most of these photos are Tony's (Bravohorse !!!) but I managed to get a few with my trusty little camera in the difficult night time conditions

ANOTHER FINISH

Just back from Hervey Bay and rushing off to read all the blogs.

I'm just snatching a moment to show you my latest finish.

I'm pleased with the colour combinations. It goes very well with the colour scheme of this room.

The weather is warming up very quickly so it won't be staying there very long before it is put away till next Winter.

It's  just right for a bit of added warmth ......

Yep, it'll do nicely.

Now, what's next ? ????

Cheers.

AUGUST SCAVENGER HUNT

What a rush !!

I was going to give this month's Scavenger Hunt a miss until I saw a few and that got me going.

As a result I've been combing through all of our photos to find some to fit the bill.

I'm off to Hervey Bay to be with Dad for Fathers' Day so I'm going to make Photo Scavenger Hunts my favourite thing for Favourite Things Friday too.

 

Here are the photos for August:

1. a fountain

In the lovely grounds of Cliveden in the Chilterns, England on our recent holiday.

Coincidentally Tony and I lived next door to eachother when we were teenagers on a housing estate called Cliveden.

2. street food

London's Portobello Road Markets had some fantastic looking food.

That's me peeking through the gap way back in 2008.

3. mountains

It's hard to beat Canada for mountains. Taken in 2007 just after I retired.

4. bread

Where else but France !!!

5. a picnic

A picnic tea on Dover's Hill on our final night in the Cotswolds after a 3 week stay in Willersey in 2008

6. sport

The ANZAC Day AFL game in Melbourne.

A very special match for all Collingwood ( Magpies ) fans.

You always have to eat a pie at the footy !!!

7. a boat

Ahhhh ... what a setting!

Eilean Doonan castle, Dornie Scotland .

8. a market

Ludlow, Shropshire 2011

9. fabric

Pretty colours used in my latest quilty project.

10. something ancient

No, not me!

The wall !!!

Hadrian's Wall to be exact!

Many years ago.

11. a fair or festival

The ANZAC Day parade in Melbourne

12. something bizarre

You asked for it!

 Me, very unwillingly, wearing a Loch Ness Monster hat that only ridiculous tourists would buy !!

Well that's it for August.

Cheers.

I NEED A BETTER ZOOM !

This morning , as  happens every morning at the moment, I was woken by the birds.



There is a lot of bird action in my backyard at the moment because all the Grevilleas are flowering
and that means Lorikeets - lots of them!!

I tried to get some photos of the birds from our top terrace but with my zoom this was all I could do.

and even though the Lorikeets are very brightly covered they are difficult to make out in the photos.
(click to enlarge. There are about 4 of them in this photo)



In fact there are birds in all of these photos. I just can't zoom in close enough!

I need a camera with a better zoom !!!

This is the type of flower that they love. It's full of nectar and they are having a feast.

Since we were up and around at a reasonable hour we decided to zip into town on the bus and visit the Art Gallery where there is an exhibition that Tony was keen to see.
It's by the photographer Henri Cartier Bresson and is called
"The Man, the Image & the World "
On the way to the gallery we walked past the museum through this passageway.

These lifesize models of whales were swimming above us and a recording of their "singing" was playing.

Absolutely fantastic!

The exhibition was very good. We decided on a light bite of lunch here at the gallery

It must be lovely under this tree when it is in full leaf in the heat of Summer.

Then we were on the bus and home just in time as the first of the Spring thunderstorms began rolling in.

Time to batten down the hatches.

Cheers.