Pablo

While in New York we went to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Times Square. This is Shawn with Pablo Picasso who he studied at school recently.

I had almost a days work today and another 5 hours tomorrow. Matt is off to New Castle for a meeting tomorrow night, so busy times in our house.

I am pretty much all unpacked and settled into routine from our trip... unfortunately :)

Panorama

This is the 180 degree view from my Dads deck. If you click on the image it will come up larger. The red bird feeder to the right is for Hummingbirds. In the middle, near the pine trees are the other bird and Squirrel feeders.

I was shown the short cut for joining photos at TAFE last Thursday, (My last one). This is made from 4 photos. I hope to find time to play with this technique more, it is so simple.

I went back to work yesterday...

Enjoy the rest of your weekend! x

I'm back...

If anyone is checking in we are home!

Exhausted but swine flu free. The 43 hour trip home really knocked me about, hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. Although today was pretty productive, all 7 suitcaases are unpacked, 3/4 of the washing is done and most stuff has found a home.

Now I am going to start looking at the 1411 photos that I took.

night.

Hellllooooo...

Hi everyone!
Sorry I have not posted since I have been on vacation... time is just to short to be on the computer! We are all having a great time. Shawn and Liberty are loving spending time with their Grandpa!
Weather has not been to bad, a few wet days. We are hoping to let off some firecrackers tonight. It should be dark enough in about an hour....

New York was fantastic.... could it be anything but???

We went and had 2 nights at Lancaster with my cousin, her husband and her 'baby to be'. It was a great 2 nights, with family, but also friends :)

Liberty is breaking hearts all over the state :)

Well the hot dogs are on the grill so I better go!

Hope all is well in your part of the world! x

not long now...

Sorry I have been MIA lately.
I have been busy packing. Tomorrow we head off to Sydney then Friday to New York!!
This time next week we will be in Pennsylvania with my Dad!! I am so looking forward to our trip.
Hopefully I will be able to post the odd post while we are away.
Until then....Byeeeeee x

UFO Factory

Matt calls this building a UFO Factory. It is actually a unique shearing shed.

" The Deeargee Wool Shed. It was built in 1869 to an octagonal design with a unique 3 tier roof with glass ventilators providing the perfect environment for shearing. It is the oldest and largest shed in Australia and is still in use today. It is a National Trust registered building."

HERE for the www that I found the info...

I took this pic 2 weeks ago. We have no sky for me to take a Sky Watch Friday photo, it has been wet and windy for most of the week.

Only 6 sleeps until our trip!!! NYC here we come!!! :)

Enjoy your weekend!

Thunderbolt went to the Ball

Well the Deb Ball is over!!! It feels soooo good. I think the Ball went really well, it is always hard to get a feel for how things are going when you are 'backstage'.

I guess someone enjoyed themselves and thought Thunderbolt should as well. He is wearing the latest in Deb Ball Tableware... Pink Satin. I overlocked about 140 meters of this pink fabric... such a slow job.

So today, not having Ball stuff to keep me busy, I started to pack. Only 10 sleeps until we start our trip.... soooo excited!!!!

A beautiful Autumn

This Autumn has been beautiful. Not many leaves are left and the wind is picking up so not much more colour is left.

Tafe was great tonight, I loved the exercise we did. I might post it in the next few days.

Tomorrow is set-up day for the Debutante Ball. I am looking forward to the ball being over.... it has been a huge, time consuming task.

This photo is my image for this weeks Sky Watch Friday. For more images from around the world click HERE.

Moonbi Lookout

We stopped at this lookout on the way to Tamworth last week. It had been many years since I had stopped instead of driving past.

Mother's Day stall went well at school yesterday. I am going over again today to see if I can sell a few more items at Recess. A lot of kids forgot money. Normally we don't do the second day, but I over shopped and we had more donations than normal...

Another frost this morning, if the wind stays away it should be a lovely day!

Happy Sky Watch Friday everyone!

I scrapped!

Sunday evening I actually made time to scrap!

Today I had grand plans.... then I was asked to go into work... Can't say no to money! So the housework will wait another day, possibly 2.

Tomorrow is the Mother's Day stall at the school. I have wrapped and ready to go over 240 gifts. I am looking forward to tomorrow. It is so great to see the children so thrilled to be doing something great for the 'Mum' in their life. I must say it will also be good to clear the gifts out of my house and cross it off my list of things to do. It means our trip is just a little bit closer and I get to see my Dad!

My Kandinsky

This is what I learnt at TAFE the other night. How to make your own brushes for photoshop. I wasn't feeling 'into' class that night, so I just used the first photo that came up in my album. That photo was the waterski image below. I used just a small portion of the spray. I was pretty impressed with this little trick! I can see so many ways you could use it... weather I do is another thing :)


I worked this morning, nothing went right!!! I did make it out the other end not to flustered so that was great! Nothing like the smell of photographic chemicals.... ick...

After work my Mum wanted me to see some Jewellery that she found at a craft show. Dichoric Glass pendants. I have often looked at them not knowing what or how they are made... I now own two pendants, I couldn't choose between them. Mum treated me to one, thanks Mum! x I will try and take photos of them, it will be a fun experimental activity.

Frosty....

I snapped this image yesterday morning. I stepped out to get some wood and discovered Jack Frost had paid his first visit of the year. It was rather pretty.
Looking forward to this weekend. I don't have any major plans and home to get this house into some order and get some neglected things taken care of. The joys of owning your own home! :)
To look at skies from around the world look at Sky Watch Friday

Have a great weekend!

Boys Toys!

This is Matt's new toy. He spotted this on ebay Sunday afternoon and drove 3 hours to look at it Monday after work... and it followed him home!

When Matt and I first started going out he rode a bike, very cool! ;)

This bike needs very little TLC. A new tyre and some work on the tank sticker that has been put on badly. It is registered and insured ready to go!

Shawn and Liberty love it!

This scrap page is from much warmer days... it is so frosty outside!

Today Liberty and Shawn went up to Grandmas so I could get some sewing done for the Deb Ball. My poor old overlocker is struggling and it needs a service. If it plays nice and gets me through I will treat it to a make over!

One month and one day until our trip!!!!

Mr Lucas

This is my Godson to be... How exciting!!!! The Ferris Four were in town and stopped in for a bit Saturday. Matt & I were asked to be his Godparents... Of course we said yes! He is the happiest little man!

Today we went to Tamworth for a quick trip to spotlight for some pink thread.... exciting isn't it? :)

This afternoon I had a very special delivery. Pam personally delivered to me a big,yummy bowl of her Pumpkin soup.... soooo good. I just finished a mug while tucked up in bed and I could just curl up and sleep. After Pam's generosity and kindness, I put her to work wrapping Mother's Day gifts for the school :) Thanks Pam!

Happy Friday!

Sorry my posts are becoming far and few between... life is busy, too busy at the moment! If I can get all the the school P&C stuff done and send out my UEMC street parade info asap then I can focus on our trip to NYC and Pittsburgh.... Anyway, I will stop my complaing, it is Friday after all! :)

This is my Sky Watch Friday image. I took this Monday evening. I was on my way home from Armidale and the whole 15min drive wished I had a camera with me.... Just as I pulled into town it dawned on me.... I went to Armidale to pick up my new D90, it was on the floor beside me!!! See, I have way to much on my mind! :) I had missed all of the open sky shots, but I did manage to take this shot in Alma Park.

Yesterday was a great school holiday day. Just what the kids (and I) needed. My distant cousin was up this way with his 2 kids. We had a great day hanging out. Met up with my friends at an indoor play centre, then McD's. Later in the afternoon the kids got back together for some PS2 and hide and seek. A very refreshing day!

Well time to start the day... Happy SWF!

My new baby...

Isn't she beautiful....

I traded in my D60 for the D90. I am so much happier... I have not had much of a chance to play, but the little things make so much of a difference. The flash for a start is more balanced and even. All 11 focus points... Bliss.

I worked yesterday afternoon and had a great time. I caught up with some customers I had not see in years, 5 years. I even saw a guy I used to work with... he had grown up, in such a good way! It was just great to get out of this house!!! These school holidays are really testing me!

Today I finished designing the Deb Ball tickets then printed and cut them out... all 200 of them. It was the perfect job for today. Yesterday at work I twisted my knee, so I needed to get it up. I am off to ice it again! Bye x

If anyone needs a spare battery for a D60 I have one goping at a good price....

It's a bit chilly!

Sunday. Well the weekend is almost over. I love weekends, but they just fly past so quickly!

Both Shawn and Liberty are unwell so they are on the couch with a DVD. Hopefully they will both fall asleep (yeah, right!) I am going to finish this post and then start on something crafty.... not sure what yet, but I will come up with something! It has been awhile since I have sat at my craft table. Hope you are all enjoying your weekend! :)

I took this pic of a busy bee last week on a trip to the park. We had an Easter egg hunt with some friends. We enjoyed the sun while it was out, it has certainly left today!

Mighty Macleay

This morning I realised I didn't have a Sky Watch Friday pic, so I stepped out my front door and saw this Magpie perched up on the electricity pole. Not a cloud in the sky! I really must get out and take some Autumn shots before it is to late.

This landscape is of the mighty Macleay River. The property is Green Oak and I took this shot last Saturday. When the river flooded a few weeks ago, 6 meters of extra water went through. In this photo it is approx half a meter above 'normal'. I can't imagine what 6 meters would be like. In the flood of 1949 water surrounded the house. That is the house in the top right.

If you click on the photo it should come up larger for a closer look :)

Easter Long Weekend 2009

Well we had a great Easter break!

Friday we went down to Green Oak on the Macleay river. The flood certainly made it's mark! We got some good quality fishing in and between the 9 of us who were down there got over 20 keepers. Shawn does love his crumbed fish. Nothing beats catching you own and helping your pop prepare and cook it!

We were to have done some major fencing while away but the river was still to high and moving much to quickly to cross with all of the gear. Saturday morning we decided to take a road trip to Stoney Park and watch some of the Australian National Waterski Championships. Matt enjoyed watching and looking at the park set up... I enjoyed taking over 300 photos :) I have not had a chance to look through them all and have a play yet.

Sunday the Easter Bunny had visited, Shawn and Liberty were very excited! It rained on and off most of the day, but at least it wasn't cold. We went on the 4 wheeler and took the dogs for a good run. That afternoon we went fishing for hours.... It was lovely! I will post some photos of the river later on.

Now we are home and all four of us have colds and sore throats... apart from catching up on all of the washing I plan on doing very little!