Buderim Ginger Factory, flower festival

Greetings all,

Last Saturday we visited the Ginger factory Flower Festival. The flowers there were amazing. All were forms of the Ginger plant which were quite big. We had rain at Christmas which helped the flowers to bloom.

This week we have had heaps of rain (8 inches) which was very much needed. We hadn't had any rain apart from a few days at Christmas for many months which is most unusual for this part of the land.

Needless to say we were very greatful for it all.
That is all for this post, so til next time
BFN Lorraine H

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Well there it is, catching up on a bit. I am still not getting this the way I would like.
I will keep trying.
So until next post I wish you all a happy week.
BFN Lorraine H

Part 2

>No! the bottles are not the children drinks.(They were the mens)
Christine and Jennifer sharing photos

These are the photos of 2 wall hangings I made for Christmas.


Bob bought Sienna,Mattie and Logan a trampoline for Christmas. He was worn out putting it together.

I made a quilt for Logan's birthday in October and he thought it was a Christmas present....Well it was only a few weeks late.....better late than never I say.<

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Greetings all,

I am sorry I have been slack on my blogspot but I have had all sorts of problems with it. Maybe my mind is altering somewhat!

Nevermind here we are 1st February 2010.

We had a lovely start to the year with dinner at our favourite resturant at Mooloolaba. Hot Pippis is right opposite the beach. We had the early seating so the GK's could see the fireworks at 8.30pm The night was warm and balmy with a soft sea breeze blowing.

The winner of the Giveaway

Good Morning all,

The winner of my giveaway is Bec Clarke of Tumbarumba in NSW.
Please contact me with your snail mail so I can mail your parcel.
I wish I could send you all a gift.
When I have my next giveaway please enter again.

Happy quilting
BFN Lorraine H

Movie World part 2

The Stunt show was great but Mattie found the cars very CLOSE and LOUD!
After lunch we watched the Parade.

To end the day Andrew and Bob went on the Batman verticle ride, straight up in no time flat. I am glad it was them and not me!

They both said it was great and lots of fun.
By the time we arrived back at Chris and Andy's place we were all very tired and ready for bed.
It was a great day and Sienna enjoyed the start of her birthday celebrations.
Today is her birthday and went off to school with 30 cup cakes to share with her clas members. Where has the 8 years gone. She is growing into a most beautiful girl.
Happy 8th Birthday Sienna.

Queens Birthday Long Weekend

Greetings all,

What a good weekend. Beautiful days, so clear and sunny.
Sienna is having a birthday and turning 8. As her gift from the family we all went to Movieworld on the southern outskirts of Brisbane. A 1 and a 1/2 hours journey from here.
We were all very excited about the day and it was such good fun.
Bob and I won a doggy soft toy for the girls and then Miss Sienna won a dog on a lead for Logan. (soft toy kind) Logan loves toy dogs so he was happy. The Wellfares all got to go on the Dodgem cars.
Next was the Loony Tunes show with Bugs Bunny, Silvester, Daffy Duck and Tweety Pie, the girls called him Sweety Pie. A nice alternative.


Then we lined up for an hour for rides on the Taxi rides. Sienna and Mattie were fine but I did not think Logan would be able to drive his car. WRONG! He just put his foot down on the floor button and was off like an experienced driver

Giveaway

Greetings.
I will close the giveaway on Saturday June 12th at 4pm.

Sewn Giveaway

Greetings all,

Just a quick post. My giveaway wil be a pack of papers, fabric and thread to get you going in the world of paper piecing.
Will take a photo later today and will post .
BFN Lorraine H

SCQ sightings on the weekend

Greetings all again,

Isn't it funny when you do not see another SCQ person (except Sharron that I see every week) then in a weekend there are three.

On Saturday night we met Sharron and her (DH dear husband)Lee, for dinner at a resturant in Maroochydore pre planned.
Bob and I walked in and there was Fran Williams and her DH from Launceston in Tasmania sitting at the next table. It was great to see Fran and Graham again after a long time.We could have made execitive decisions as we 3 are holders of positions on SCQ.

This morning another axe murderer called in to spend the day with me.
Cath Midson from Sydney is on her way to Coolum (just up the road) to a week retreat with machine embroiders. I was Cath's Angel last year. Her machine embroidery is quite amazing. I have never done that type of work before so it was good to have "Chantelle" (show and tell)
The weather has been quite nasty up here during the past week. We even had 8 inches of rain in 24 hours, needless to say I will not be watering the gardening this week.
Each Friday after I take Logan for his swimming lesson we have been going to the beach at Mooloolaba. The sun was so good and we had a great time playing in the rock pools and making sand castles


On Wednesday I am going to visit Jasmine's Mum again as she also lives in Buderim. What a great Lady she is too. Just like Jasmine.

To make this even more quilty I have not done any piecing of my Japanese quilt blocks for almost 2 weeks now. Maybe this week.

Bob goes to Sydney today so I should be able to do some of my degree study done and finish my Japanese blocks (3left to do)
Well enough from me for this time.
Hope you are all happy and well,
BFN Lorraine H

The trees in Buderim create beautiful shade when walking in the main shopping street o

They all did a great job of presenting their work in the school Library.

Greetings my friends

Greetings,
My time to post again,
As ever I have been a busy little person.
Matahra has been explorering the Art scene.
As an excersion the year 1 children went on a visit to the Brisbane Art Gallery and the contempary Art gallery.
As a part of the unit all the children made their own canvas, then had an evening Art gallery show with all the works, food drinks for both students and adults. There was live music compliments of the music students, violins, pianos and flutes.
It was a wonderful evening. There were Jackson Pollock, Picasso and Mondrian.