Hanging Around

Great excitement in the Aussie camp!
Our boys won the Bronze… and the excitement is just overflowing!
In Valle De Bravo Mexico they are being treated like rock stars!!

The French coming 1st (for the 4th consecutive year) and the Italians 2nd.

The Aussie team.. happy as!

Jonny and Gooey

The last 2 days of competition were cancelled due to the weather gods not playing fair and it was too dangerous to fly.
Which turned out to be a good thing as the boys were getting injured …Gooey (the Mexican pronunciation for Guy) having a suspected cracked rib after his little impromptu landing in a rocky gully, several scrapes and bruises…then having an argument with old barbed wire (left over from the war?) when he went for a walk!

Jonny and Guy being treated by a man named Sue!

Blenky ended up with a broken wrist and facial massage when he did a spectacular landing coming into goal to dodge power lines. Which was an awesome effort considering only 14 out of 80 made it to goal that day and it helped get the Aussies back into their 3rd spot.  

Mexican fans

Body guards?

 Not a bad effort for a boy who taught himself to hang glide 34years ago.. torturing our mother by jumping off whatever hill he could find around Cowra..only went in one comp a year ..always flying an Old kite..being selected for the worlds in 1988 but not going because he was about to become a dad… NOW in his late 50's going to comps...selected for the World Hand Gliding Championships in Mexico…and the team winning a BRONZE medal for Australia!!!
Oh yes ..and ranked 45 in the World!!

I ain't 1/2 proud!

Do you think we could get it in the Olympics?

getting side tracked

Not much stitching getting done here….. Oh yes.. just a little, on a retreat last weekend…I'll catch up with that one soon.. promise!

I've become addicted to following the World Hang gliding Championships in Mexico!
I know… thats a bit weird!!…
But there is a team of 6 Aussies competing  over there and one is my (little) brother.

The boys are doing extremely well after 6 days of competition and are coming 3rd… behind the Italian and French teams.

just a little excited after scoring for the team!

I have been getting up at 6.30 (AM)!! to watch little dots zooming around on my computer screen. Its live tracking and I can follow him, see what altitude he's at, how fast he's flying, when he is in a thermal and is spiralling upward. ..just amazing!
There are 115 pilots from all over the world and they are set a different course each day of about 120 kms, with turning points they must reach and a goal.

the only place to get internet… at the shearing shed!

Yesterday Guy came to an abrupt end only 3kms before goal…Landing in a rocky gully... Luckily he's only bruised and his glider is OK… today was a lay day.. so at least he's had a little time to recover.

4 more days to go!!




 Awesome effort boys!... GO Australia!!

Bucket list tick

Ni Hao
Guess where I've been over the last week!

Lucky me got whisked away to China for our 30th wedding anniversary.
All places high on my bucket list...and they didn't disappoint!

Forbidden City ..Beijing





The Great Wall...
Even a toboggan ride down to the bottom!


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Temple of Heaven ..Beijing





Summer Palace.... Playing on the frozen lake









Terra cotta Warriors.. Xi'an











Shanghai....



















No stitching getting done .... I prepared a few blocks for the Stitch-a-long project.. And did them all on the plane... Now I have nothing to do on the flight home!!
Wonder where I can find a patchwork shop?

Till next time ..
Floss





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whoops… dropped off the planet! (AGAIN)

How time flies when you don't  do a post!… But I'm back!
I have joined in with Chookyblue's stitch- a-long so if I don't hurry up and post regularly … I'll get kicked off the island!!  lol

There hasn't been a lot of stitching to report on…. But I did have a lovely day recently with a few stitching buddies.
Raelee from wish2stitch had a quilt frame warming…we had to go and admire her fabulous new quilt frame… OH what a frame it is too!!…there will be no stopping her now!!

 I worked on a tablecloth… it is a looong way around.. but I'm getting there… thought I might do some hardanger embroidery on it too.

 I've made a 'sew together bag'.. it was fun!!

 Started  the January project for the stitch-a-long while I waited for an appointment...

 But came to an abrupt halt after having cataract surgery today…. now I'm seeing double.. so I guess I could stitch twice as fast!!

I think I look a bit too happy here….but I do have great expectations that I'll be able to see better than ever when I loose the glamorous  plastic eyepatch!.. well fingers x'ed.
till next time
cheers Floss

Where did October go?

You would think I had nothing to blog about!

Do I catch up all in one go… and bore you all? .. Yes!

In the past 8 weeks I've had…..
3 retreats
2 weddings
1 funeral
A walk up Mt Kosciuszko
A visit to the Starlight room
A visit to the Supreme Court
A few weekends on the farm
A conference at Port Macquarie
And a weeks work in Inverell
But ...no partridge in a pear tree!….

First…. A quilt finish….Wendy Williams designed 'Two's Company' for a special little Great God Child…. (if there is such a thing).. Harrison Charles.  I Loved making this!!

 A workshop in Newcastle with the lovely Marg Sampson George…very inspiring .. but I still haven't made a start!

 Di Ford was another lovely tutor at Cottage Quilt Works …working on the Morell Quilt

This is my effort so far...

                                   Retreat at Middlebrook Station near Scone

 Fox quilts were the order of the day..One in liberty.. one 1930's and one repro prints.

                                                                                       

My foxes are finished!!


 A weekend at farm and the cows were impressed with Harrisons quilt.

 Yes.. I even stitch in the dark while having sunset drinks!!

 New boys on the block… meet William and Harry…. our cows were impressed!!

A proud day when DD2 was admitted to the Supreme Court as a Lawyer ...

The Starlight room at the John Hunter Hospital and a presentation of $117,000.00 from our fundraising on our Trek 4 Kidz Bash.

A Wedding in Newcastle... the beautiful Eleanore and Robert

 A few stitching buddies party on!.. can you recognise anyone?.. esp the Mother of the Bride.

And a Wedding at Lake Crackenback…My nephew Andrew and his beautiful bride Emma.. The 1st in the family… so a very happy event and fabulous setting.

What do you do in the Snowy Mountains in summer?… walk up Mt Kosciuszko!..Of course!!.. only 13klms and temps of MINUS 14 degrees C!!
….that is chocolate we are holding!… and Mr Floss has his socks on his hands!!

Unfortunately we had another family event this same weekend when we farewelled our dear Uncle Ken. He was 92 and such a lovely man. A good old farmer who has seen so many changes in his life. I love all his wonderful pictures of farming on his most modern equipment!!

I'd better keep up in future! (This has taken me ages!!)… I hope your happy Chooky!
Till next time
Floss