The Start Of 2013...

My last post was on the 1st but that doesn't mean I haven't been here or not surfing all your blogs...  I have been it's just that I haven't posted anything as my camera died before Christmas... 

what a time to do that???... 

so whats a girl to do.... 

order a new one

 and 

waited 

waited 

waited

 then I get a phone call from the store saying that one has been deleted from the stockist??? wouldn't that of been red flagged??? so I choose another and I am assured that I won't need a new memory card as they are all standard 

''are you sure as I do live 7 hrs from a shop to buy one and mail would take 2 weeks"... 

''yep I am positive"... 

well guess what shop man? mine don't fit it... a little bit of swearing when on when I tried it... 

so now I have to wait until I go to Perth in 2 weeks to buy one and I will be taking my new camera with me just to make sure I get the right one...

do you want to see it...

 as you can see it is a LOT different from my little digital Olympus... 

the newbie is a Fuji and has LOTS of other buttons to press and play with... it did cost me more than I generally pay for a camera... 

but hey I have a Grandie coming and two weddings this year so a little splash was needed...

so seeing I haven't had a camera to use I decided to hijack hubby's work one shshshshshsssshhhhh... 

so at least you can see I have been sewing...

 two mug rugs for two friends having birthdays

 two pillows/cushions for my daughter who had a birthday last week...

 I used a variegated thread for the embroidery 

and some of my Amy Butler stash was used...

 the embroidery pattern is from Patchwork and Stitching Vol 12 No 5...

also I started, made and finished this baby quilt last week

 it is for my niece who is expecting a boy in a couple of months... 

and I didn't have to go shopping for any of the fabrics as they were all found in my stash... 

I even had enough batting and some lovely soft flannel for the backing...

this mug rug is for a swap and you can see what the theme was for this one...

 and finally my little spider plant thingy flowered... it didn't last year...

I just love it as it is so different...

 we had a storm go through here on Wednesday while hubby was in town 

(I was away delivering birthday pillows)

a bit of damage around the place... this tree was up rooted and on the ground when hubby came home...

it's a huge tree and took him two days to trim up and get standing again... 

I love the canopy and shade this one gives and it is always full of birds during nesting time...

the pool shed was ripped from its bolts and is roped down at the moment... a few larger branches off pepper trees have dropped as well... hubby says there are trees down through the bush as well...

we did get 30 mls of much needed rain though.