Pre Work Indulgence

I had a jaffa macaron with coffee yesterday, before heading to the lifts and ascending to work.

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

The Outpost Cafe

Despite the threat of rain we went for a ride to Canungra and had lunch at the The Outpost Cafe.  Look at all the bikes!  There were some beauties there.

I had lambs fry and bacon - haven't had it in years - yummo!!!

Shades and Shadows

The smArtArts group in the Redlands has a exhibition in the Redland Museum.

There were lots of pieces to enjoy.  Here are two of my favourites.  "The Long Goodbye" by Marj Long

and "The Answer Lies in Shadow" by Amanda Buckley.

The exhibition is on until 31 May 2013.

Down Under Textiles

This mag is in the shops now - and it's a great read.  An article about my art quilt group "Broadstrokes" is in it, as well as a large spread about Chris Jones' Flood Art pieces.  You can also read about screen printing, breakdown printing and using soldering irons in your art.  I rarely read everything in a magazine, but I did with this one.

Chooks

I've always liked the idea of having some "girls" around the place.  These aren't mine, but they were very friendly

 and very generous.

I made a delicious lemon tart with their offerings.

Highland Celtic Celebration Ormiston House

It was a glorious day on 28 April and the view to the bay from Ormiston House was just gorgeous.  It was the perfect setting for a Celtic Celebration, including pipes and drums

 complete with these cute mascots.

The National Anthem was sung beautifully by a suitably attired Gregory Moore.

Two women stood in the middle of the clearing in period underwear and proceeded to dress with commentary on each piece as layer after layer went on.  Then they went for a stroll.

Canberra Airport Sculpture

Birthday Ride

I was spoiled this year.  I was taken for a ride to Mt Mee.  It was a glorious day, just right for my first time on the back of a bike.  It was a gorgeous machine.

Here's where I sat, enjoying the experience to the full.

Birthday at Tanja's

For a few years now, three of us with birthdays on almost the same day have had a tradition of sharing a birthday dinner at Tanja's in Wellington Point.  Something bubbly set the mood.

It's Organic!

I do like the Wednesday market in the city.  Fresh produce, interesting prepared food, yes.  But this?

Vietnamese Breakfast

Cafe O-Mai is a little gem tucked away in Annerley.  We had slow cooked caramelised pork ribs and classic pork roll (banh mi).  I ordered a Vietnamese ice coffee -

A very yummy breakfast/brunch.

New City Hall

It's been a major refurb, but City Hall is now open - here are a few images.

A Numbers Game

I noticed these giant numbers around town in early April - not sure if they're still there.  A reminder of our city's history.

Re-painted Box

I can't remember what was here before, on the corner of George Street and the start of the Queen Street Mall, but now it's this -

APT7

I only went once this year - as opposed to 3 times last time.  I enjoyed what I saw.  Even before entering the gallery I was taken with this:

I liked this piece particularly:

 detail

 detail

I think I liked the texture of it and the way the lines ie "light" brought out the texture.  Here are details of another one that really appealed - all white, it's all about line and texture:

The piece is by Neha Choksi and is called The sight of our heart's desire.

Parachutists

On Easter Saturday I was taken to lunch at Redcliffe. As I was waiting for my meal a whole lot of people dropped from the sky!

Easter

I know it's a while ago - but still...
I decided against chocolates this year - instead, I treated myself to this cute little figurine.

Tree

There was some pretty wild weather here at the end of March - which ended up with pretty much a whole tree in my pool.

Day Drive

The weekend before Easter I was taken on a lovely drive, along here

with a stop at the Tweed Valley Art Gallery, and passing through Mooball.

Stitches and Craft

I visited the Stitches and Craft Show at the end of March - it wasn't as big as in some years, but it was nice to see familiar faces and to enjoy some of the displays.
Entries into the QQ Challenge had to use this challenge fabric

My friend Jane won the Professional category with her Egyptian Delight - you can just see a bit of the blue ribbon.  Well deserved!!

Also on display were garments made by senior high school students - very talented!

A post show treat was afternoon tea at Mia's in Camp Hil.

Typewriter Pin

I forgot to say, when I wrote about the Type-In, that I had bought a special little pin for the occasion - it looks just like my machine!

Carindale Library

The new library at Carindale has been operational for more than a year now so I guess it's not that "new", but the chairs are holding up well - really like the fabric.

Pattern

While in Canberra in February I had lunch at the Hellenic Club.  No photos of food, but here's one of the carpet....I really like the pattern - obviously!

Gratuitous Post About Food

I've been going through my photos to see what I need to catch up on.  I noticed I haven't posted about this Duck Laksa I had in town at the end of February.  It was at one of my fave places on Charlotte Street - Satay Club Noodle House.  You don't go there for the ambience, as it's rather basic.  But the food is very yummy and authentic.

The first two reviews I just spotted on Trip Advisor happened to mention the same dish!

Auction Donation

Well, finally, here's a full view of my donation to the 2013 SAQA Benefit Auction -

It's called "Essence of Australia".

It's on page 3a of the quilt images on the saqa site, here.

Closer to the auction time, there'll be a blog hop of a whole heap of quilts made by the Oceania group, with more information/pics about the construction of the pieces.