OK.......where did February go?
Been a busy month of appointments, hot weather and trying to keep on top of blueberry picking & car club stuff. Not done a lot of crafting, but did have a few days fussing & stressing over something I'd wanted to do for a while with a gifted pattern and using my stash. This will be the "Part 1".
We also took some time out for a short trip which will be shown slowly over the next month or so as I took many photos. This will be "Part 2".
PART ONE.
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Mine is quite paltry, as it isn't quilted yet, but did take many days of stressing over the fact that I'd read the fabric requirement wrong and only wanted to use from my stash. So instead of using one background fabric I've used 2. This is how it turned out................
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| The Cascade pattern from Joanne at Canuck Quilter which I was gifted after participating in a QAL. |
SILO TRAIL TRIP (Part One).
This will have to be done in stages and hope everyone enjoys seeing some of our wonderful creatives and scenery here in Oz.
We started out on Sunday & headed towards Ballarat to visit my friend Joy, then off towards Stawell, staying at Lake Fyans Caravan Park.
Monday morning saw us head out to our first silos in Horsham, where we also picked up a new brochure than the one we had & also found the most amazing Newsagent that had a plethora of magazines & books, a gift shop and cafe.
Our first silos of our adventure.
Next we arrived in Natimuk.
That's it for today and hope I've not bored anyone too much and I will be back with a few more posts of our adventures, plus, more crafty fun when it happens.
Now a photo, completely opposite of the ones above, being some grain storage in a paddock.
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| Covered storage after harvesting. |
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| Some children's art on display. |
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| Interesting in the window of this shop that wasn't open. |
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| OOH...............a one eyed monster made from some very interesting castoffs. |
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| A dry creek bed beside the car park. |
Passing by Mt. Arapiles with the little side lump of rock to the right of first photo and in the second a great gaping hole in the middle which looks like an open mouth. You many need to click on it to enlarge.
Next stop was Goroke and its silos.
And here we have 2 of my favourite birds..............a kookaburra and a magpie.
As we left town heading for Kaniva we passed this little display in a farmers front paddock.
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| Isn't it gotgeous. |
In this part of Western Victoria, much of the landscape is broad-acre farming with the emphasis on a variety of grains, which of course go to the wonderful painted silos along the train line.
Last photo for today of the wide open countryside.
Thanks everyone who follows, take care and hugs.
Susan.
Those silos are great, I've never seen anything like them before. Sounds like you had a fabulous trip.
ReplyDeleteThanks Eileen ,we sure did even though it was ever so hot. Look out for more to come over the next few weeks.
DeleteI love how they decorate the silos, I think the kookaburra is my favourite. There's always some interesting finds on your travels, the one-eyed monster and the paddock display, isn't that lovely. I look forward to hearing more.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo. Possibly another few posts during the week.
DeleteThe silos are wonderful. I like the ones with the kookaburra and magpie. Also love the scene in the farmer's field. I hope you enjoyed your days away from home:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Rosie & yes we did enjoy, even though it was very hot.
DeleteThe silos are so good and I did like the one eyed monster made from the castoffs.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Thanks Jan.
DeleteThat is very interesting art. Thank you for taking us along.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kate.
DeleteWow. Those silos look fantastic. I had no idea that such lovely art work was a thing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cherie & I've a couple more posts to do yet.
DeleteIf you hadn't said anything, I'd never have known you were NOT supposed to have two backgrounds! I love Joanne's designs. Gorgeous photos - we have lots of murals across Canada, most on old buildings but some on grain elevators, and none that I know of on silos. The area looks so much like southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, in short, the prairies! The last photo looks quite a bit like the flatness of Essex County, southern Ontario, where I live. Thanks for linking up with DrEAMi!
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