How to fail a drink - driving test instantly

ok this is short but funny!

bits and pieces

bloom quilt in the making, nine patch squares with borders

waiting for the aqua border fabric to arrive

Christmas must be in the air, just couldnt resist these little treasures

as i love anything to do with christmas

I have ordered this for the backing, cant wait to see it

i just love the bright red

 i love this verna fabric set, which has been waiting for me

to put it together for some time now

 I still have a few other jelly rolls and layer cakes to figure out what to do with!

 

My MIL used to say "if wishes were fishes we would all cast our nets in the sea"
I think she was trying to tell us that we are already so fortunate, and that hard work was character building! She was a good stick, she loved her family and was a great mum and grandmum. She died too early unfortunately, but one of her great loves was travelling, so i think i would like to travel the world and see as much as i can. As soon as the kids are off. Or at least able to drive around - one down one to go. These are a few of the more well known cities i would love to see, which are on my wish list.

Italy of course, the art, history and culture

This is Vicenza where my fathers family is from, no wonder i love snow

of course

and say hello to the lady 

and have lunch here in NY central park

Oh Valentino!

On the weekend my daughter had a cruise on the Brisbane river with a boy she has met, he is smart and very nice,with a lovely family,  i would marry her off but she is only 14! Anyway we went to see the valentino retrospective on display in Brisbane, it was fab, no photos were allowed unfortunately but the brochure has a couple on them, i didnt buy the book as it was too heavy to lug around the city.

This is my little girls dress, not valentino but just as pretty esp on her, i forgot the camera duh! so this is it for now.

Monday itis

This is a lovely iceberg rose that i bought recently, i had it out by the back door, but moved it to the patio next to my Adirondack chair, its my fav spot to sit in the early morning sun, if im not working. I also got out my fabrics from my quilting to see what could be done with them, I have to finish the binding on one, and am in the process of constructing another, so decided to start planning another one, which i hope to have finished to send to my sister in law for her birthday in sept, in my spare time! The quilting is a welcome diversion and i dont have to think too much.

If you look closely you can see the ecg in the corner!

Its the start of the week and i have decided to pretend i dont have anything else to do!

tropical delight

After returning from Melbourne with a rotten cold which i think has caused my tympanic membrane (aka eardrum) to rupture as i am a bit deaf and it hurts at times, but i was greeted by a gorgeous display of flowers

in the garden. They are very beautiful, and i can see them all the time so it makes me feel better.

The purple ones are Tibouchina, The white and orange ones are a rhododendron, the hibiscus is a lovely pink and cream, but the camera wouldnt cooperate and flash, so they look a bit dark. Also it was overcast, and it has been raining so its a bit soggy!

Melbourne in a weekend

This is a collection of photos of Melbourne, its a great city known for its lovely architecture as you can see in the older buildings

             

Looking from southbank towards the city

 There are fabulous arcades filled with cafes, chocolate, and small designer shops filled with bags, shoes and clothes that are just beautiful.
                                                                  

And of course Melbourne is famous for its cakes and pastries

There is a laneway filled with this wonderful street art

Artist at work

I loved this one but couldnt fit it all in

This one is a bit scary!

This is my favourite city in Australia, its full of life, culture, and the best clothes, bags and shoes, shopping heaven, i think i will be back asap!

holidays

The snow gently falling outside our window

the five of us

 on top of the summitt

We had a great time, the alps are very beautiful, we walked to the top of one of the mountains overlooking the village just before sunset, it took us a couple of hours to get there and back but was worth every minute.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Our seats are reserved!

Its my wonderful friend's birthday today, happy birthday Marg, wouldnt this be a nice spot to have a few cocktails ? We are going to the local yacht club for lunch to celebrate, the view there is also beautiful so when i find the camera, %&^$** , i will post the photos. So cheers, Marg, do you like this ? Will try to make some thing but prob wont look like this one!

love from Renata xx

A French twist

Bonjour mon amis, yesterday was all frenchy at Brisbane alongside the beautiful river city capital of sunny queensland, so we decided to venture down and take a look. It was a fabulous day again, half of brisbane must have had the same idea as it was crowded although we didnt arrive until after1pm so it was a lunch time rush.  The "festival" was small so perhaps it will be expanded in the future, as it was so popular. We intended to eat some nibbles and wander around casually but it was impossible as there were queues at every stall, so we ended up eating  turkish at a wonderful restaraunt very close by. The food was fab, and they have these turkish delight martinis which are quite sweet but very yummy,       which i had previously tested and of course needed to confirm how good they were!

 

this is ahmets in southbank brisbane, very colourful

We started with a mixed mezze platter to share, with falafel, dolmades, eggplant and a stuffed capsicum all beautifully prepared








My meal, tender barbeque lamb strips in yogurt and eggpalnt puree, very tasty and generous serving

lamb skewers was another dish that was fab

So we started out as french and ended up turkish !