Walking Dogs in the Rain!

good morning!

today

i'm a little late for 'grateful saturday'...

so it's 'grateful sunday' around here!

my brother's been staying here

and

yesterday

i'm grateful that he took two dogs on a long walk...

it was funny really...

he was standing in the dining room

rattling a  choker chain on the side board...

and

he didn't realise he was literally inviting them to take a walk

and they were nearly bursting with excitement,

whining and yapping and leaping around...haha!

he consented to walk them

so after a few minutes of trying in vain to keep them still

in order to put their leads on,

they were off out the door...

into the rain!

here they are again

arriving home after taking them downtown.

time to take their leashes off ...

a pair of wet and tired puppies,

ellie on the left

and max on the right,

wild eyed with his tongue hanging out!

not the best doggy portrait they've ever been seen in...

and that wet dog smell!

i'm grateful for a brother

who will take his sister's dogs for a long walk..

exhausting them thoroughly!

a late entry into 'maxabella's grateful saturday'...

enjoy your sunday!

naturally Carol xox

Friday Freedom...Finally!

hi!

...finally.

it feels like i have been submerged for a week.

last saturday i began to collate some survey figures

and late yesterday afternoon after spending days typing

and 75 pages having been printed...

i've emerged.

i delivered the goods this morning

and walked out relieved!

it's my brother's birthday next week...

but he's coming up from brisbane

tomorrow to spend the day with us.

he loves caravanning,

and says caravan parks are the best places to socialise ever,

 so...

i found this great fabric online

and it came last week...

check out the little orange kombie's...

those retro silver caravans....

and tiny green canvas tents...

so cool!

no prizes for guessing what this sister is making!

thought a cushion would look great in his van...

or on his bed.

i made a couple of local phone calls today

regarding distributing our cushions

and have met some lovely people

and there are some ideas in the pipeline!

have a great weekend...

camping anyone?

or caravanning?

...maybe some sewing!

naturally Carol xox

Buried...

...in this!



still.

i'll be back when i can take a breath!

naturally Carol xox

Beach Dreamin'...

good morning to you...
i'm linking up with quiltstory today!

and

i am seriously goin' to have to go beach trippin'!

since

nancy @ a gardner's cottage sent me these georgeous aqua fabrics...

i've been beach dreamin'

or

walking in my imagination through cool rainforests

or

day dreaming under trees of falling leaves!

the fabric used in these is quite fine

so "starfish" is lined with cream cotton

and "waves" has a layer of fleece and then a backing of cotton

then has wavey stitching to hold the layers together...

random waves

if you look closely you will see

a large machine stitched starfish on the front of "starfish"...

buttons on the back...

these two will be joining the others

and given to flood affected people here in queensland...

currently made & collected...

43 hand made cushions

hip hip hooray!

thank you everyone!!

now kara just wants to say hello...

so..a big 'hi' from kara...

enjoy a terrrific tuesday,

i'm just going to make sense of a few more statistics..

i should finish collating one of the surveys today...

one more to go!

naturally Carol xox