WHATEVER THE WEATHER!

Weather wise, it's been a strange start to the year.  Extremely hot the first two days, a little cooler on Sunday, then cloudy and mild Monday and today, we've actually had rain.  Not lots, but still "rain".
I think our garden will appreciate it.

12 Days of Xmas Swap.

Next 4 little parcels opened.  I only have one more to go and then I can show the last 4.

I can't believe that Jo and I have actually thought of some of the same items to send each other, being pins and pincushion, calendar depicting our own country/state, buttons and handmade bits.  Love the calendar and will make, maybe, the recipe for each month.  We'll see.  Thanks Jo.

SUNDAY.

We headed south to Inverloch to have lunch by the sea and whilst there saw many of these, as it was quite breezey.

Kite surfers.

Admittedly not the best photo, but they were so quick to capture and this one has no people in it, which I do worry about at times.  We also saw rays, swimming in the water around the jetty.
We made our way back  along the coast before turning inland toward home.  We stopped and snapped this photo of Eagle Nest Rock.

Next carried on to Cape Patterson and realised we were on a no through road and parked at the end and walked to the end of a headland and looked out to sea.

This the walking track over the sand dunes.  It certainly gave our legs a workout.

A photo below of the hills, looking so dry already.

CRAFTING.

Ok, so no challenges this year, but gentle goals.  I felt that I didn't take up any of my challenges last year and as I don't make resolutions either, I'll just wing my way along with craft etc.
I know you've seen the "big star" quilt before, but it has borders now and I've got to find some backing fabric, which will definitely be 'wideback', as I have no intention of piecing one.  The quilting will be an easy edge to edge design, so that I can actually say IT'S FINISHED.

Looking through my "to quilt" box, I found a small  quilt that needed a border, so put that on yesterday,
Has anyone got "lots" of  SPECIALITY RULERS?  Hmm, I have.
I've used some and think, it's about time I tried out some more.  Every now and then I'll pull one out and give it a go with some of my stash.  What brought this on?  The small quilt was made many years ago with one, as you'll see.

The small quilt.

The ruler I used.  Don't laugh, but I bought because it had a funny name.

A small box of rulers and a big basket. with some in the other side too.

I'll discuss more about these sorts of rulers as the year rolls on.  Maybe some one would like to join in with me to use some of theirs.

Last, my darling hubby made this out of some scraps of timber he had on hand and these two corellas were our first visitors.  I hope that we can attract some of the more colourful birds too.  Buddy, my magpie still visits most days, but doesn't seem interested in the wildbird seed, although he's watching these 2 from the fence.

This post has been written over 2 days, and this morning I took more photos of bits and pieces, but will leave these for Friday.  This cooler weather is a huge bonus, so will make the most of it today.
Take care all, Susan.