looking for a title

about halfway through the quilting - stippling in orange over the overdyed area
suggestions please?
lol

Finally!

Some dry weather- after the fizzer of a Wet Season last year this year has made up for it in spades!!  As my dear mate informs me we had 5 dry days in March and up until last Tuesday 19 days straight of rain which made getting anything dry almost impossible.
Added to that I had no phones until yesterday from about the 29th of last month although I did still have the Net.
Had a lovely Easter and went to the pictures to finally see Avatar.  I wasn't that enthused about the idea but my companion had been raved to about it so we decided to check it out!
The plot was clunky but the visuals were STUNNING.  Cant wait to see how this technology is used by someone like Tim Burton. James Cameron's films are entertaining but there is no subltety in his plots.

This is what I have been doing lately
the colours are iridescent so dont digitise that well but here goes and the ground is silk

Wet season finish soon- please?

silk and a quilt trying to dry in the rain. Aaargh I do love the Wet Season but sometimes ENOUGH!! lol

Back to blogging and life

Back again folks
some of you know that life has been a bit of a roller coaster for a while but things are finally starting to even out. a little anyway.
I have been doing some work again finally and when I get my stuff together will post some bits and pieces but I am preparing a discharge quilt for Airing the Quilts during Carnivale
http://carnivale.com.au/general/2010-program/
and also borrowing Flutterby from my mate to enter as well- my work is a bit different to the quilts I saw last year so hopefully there might be some interest
I am dyeing and preparing silk for another project and so far have managed to sell the samples I have made so I have to make more LOL
Here is my girl enjoying the Tropics
loves

Spam hound

You know who you are "Anonymous" the settings have been reset and even though I am NOT blogging much at present I would appreciate you keeping your commercial mitts off my blog,

Ms Miriam and Mr Hugh

Makeba and Masekela
the greatest exponents of South African music in my very humble opinion

tranquil days

The Time Has Come

Been a while I suppose
still plodding along and starting at last to get some creative juices flowing.

At present my photography is the largest part of creative practise I am engaging in but here's hoping for the future

Wow

Words dont do it justice

pictures are worth a thousand words they say
aint got no words at the moment so the pics can speak for themselves

Doubts

The past few weeks have been kind of rough, I havent felt in the slightest bit creative and was getting really depressed by the entire issue. Slogging away with drawing just to keep up my 'creative fitness' as one of my tutors referred to it was SUCH a chore. So much so I have actually been wondering if I have made the right decision to move this far from family and friends.
I am hoping it is just the post move blues because in real terms I have been on the run since we got up here and not had much time to get creative- that and the fact there have been outside influences on my movements around the district. The aforementioned Wicked Witch has played a role in my mood, being accosted by strangers and abused for no real reason is not pleasant but that seems to have settled down. Her toxic presence is set to be removed from this sphere in about 8 days- and yes I am counting but I am not the only one doing that! ;-)
But maybe I am rediscovering the reasons I moved to this part of the world after my sailing evening on Wednesday- not much wind so a boring sail for the white knuckle dudes aboard but I loved it.
Good company and a brilliant light show and being able to photograph Samantha at long last in good light was a bonus

Ministry of Silly Walks

and hey after reading this morning that the Monty Python crew have set up a channel at You Tube I just had to post this
go and visit and have a giggle and know how much laughter the re enactment caused

http://youtube.com/MontyPython

Sketching trip that turned into

a skinny dipping expedition.
Yesterday I was restless and packed up the Rocket and took off to a local creek to do some sketching. A good omen as soon as I arrived was the appearance of a Ulysses butterfly- something I am taking as my personal totem in some ways I suppose- they have featured in my work in the past of course.
Did some pen and ink work but was feeling a bit hot and bothered and went for a paddle in the creek. Realising there was no one for miles around and I would hear anyone approaching I decided to get into the water but I hadnt brought a swimsuit- and anyway my swimmers are all too big now!- so as skyclad as they come I went for a swim in the water which was crystal clear and with little fish in it all over the place. The water was cold and refreshing and thankfully well above the Croc line up here in the highlands YAY
Nice place to unwind!

More

Cape Tribulation

Long drive but worth it
but get up there early unless you want to be run over by all the tour buses out of Cairns

Time is the shrinking commodity here

Haven't been around much because over the past couple of weeks we had some friends staying with us from Victoria which was terrific fun. Corrie and Hamish were brilliant guests to have and we have been whipped into shape by Corrie LOL.
Well she got me to get my studio sorted out FINALLY!!
We did some trips around the countryside and some sailing with the Sea
King who has not been so flash but at least his back is now better and it is only his hip that is still playing up. That bad lad has been limping for a few years now but it looks like replacement is the only way to go now the poor love. But Corrie and I have been giving him Reiki and it did ease the worst of it.

One of the trips we did was to Cape Tribulation in the Red Rocket- gosh I love that little car! One of the first stops was the Daintree Ice Cream factory- liked the macadamia and banana/mango flavours- the sapote and the wattle seed I could take or leave but the garden was spectacular as you will see from the above