Come fly with me.

You may remember that Graham was given a helicopter flight for his 50^th Birthday.

And, I’ll remind you that it was pouring rain on the day of his big party, so his grand arrival was cancelled.

Well the good news is that we have finally had *lift off*,  and here are the best photos from the flight.

Above,  is the *Hero Shot*!

 

This is Dangars Falls, and to get an idea of the drop can you see the little viewing platform at the top of the falls, unfortunately no one is on it to add a little spot of interest to the photo. 

To get a further idea of the size of this waterfall here is a photo that I took on New Years Day 2010 from that very viewing platform!

1st January 2010. View from the platform above Dangers Falls.

Above is the map of our route.

The hour long flight from Armidale airport was with Fleet Helicopters and was called the Flight of the six gorges.

For more info visit -- http://www.fleethelicopters.com.au/

Here are Graham and I at the airport before the flight.

I’m afraid that some of the photos have a glare and reflections on them as I was shooting through a window.

Armidale looking north – straight down Danger street

East Armidale over the racecourse

over grazing land

I had the back seat

I get a bit confused about which part is which! So I may up date later once I identify some of the geography.

  

 

All the photos below are of Dangar's Falls-- I've always been fascinated about how the grazing land goes right to the edge of the gorges. Its great to see water going over the falls after so many dry years.

Until next time, Kim

National Motoring Heritage Day 2011

It was a cold day with a beautiful blue sky for our latest outing with the Car Club.

This event was to celebrate Motoring Heritage Day and started with a display and picnic lunch in Curtis park.

Following the display there was a observation run. We were given a list of questions and we needed to find and identify landmarks along the road to answer them. 

We didn’t do very well as I got confused by the instruction's and missed half the questions!

Not to worry, I was able to keep myself entertained by making up witty but wrong answers to the missed questions! 

Until next time, Kim

Car Club – Craft and Hobby Night

Here are the photos of our most recent car club event, the annual Craft and Hobby night.

There's a bear in there

This year we used the function room at Armidale Racecourse.

Robyn makes handmade cards

Peter collects cameras

A group of lovely ladies

Graham displayed his Daleks and I took a couple of my quilts.

Mick's toys

Until next time, Kim

I Spy Quilt–FiNiShEd!

And, its a BOY! – Kayden, born on the 7th May 2011.

I finished this quilt just in the nick of time. Finished it on the Friday to take to the Car Club craft night on the Saturday night and he was born that night!

I didn’t get to do the traditional clothesline shot as I had to quickly wrap it up to take it to the hospital with us on the Sunday!

But I have started a new tradition --- quilts with feet !  – see photo, ha, ha…. and how did that Alfie dog sneak into the shot!

And, here are some close ups of the eye spy blocks.

Until next time, Kim

Kaleidoscope Quilt – Progress Report

I’m having great fun putting these quilts together – I guess the novelty will wear off eventually. The novelty certainly has worn off the top with the appliqué basket – I really must get my act together.

But I have almost finished the ‘I Spy’ quilt (putting on the binding) and the 'I remember you’ top is at the quilters now.

As promised here is my method of assembly for these complicated quilt tops! 

I start with my EQ6 pattern and I am breaking the tops down into separate blocks. I have a special print out of each of these quilts where I have substituted the mixed black background for a neutral light green, which makes it easier to define each block.

I then break each block into how many pieces of each colour. As the blocks in the book are always a few pages ahead I can usually cut enough of one colour for the next few blocks.

Also, each block has pieces that are either cut on the bias or on the straight of grain. The ‘Nanny Ogg’ part of my brain has called these the male and female pieces. The male are pointy at an angle, the female are up and down……..

I’ve nearly completed the first big star burst, which is identical in each quilt. Then I’m going to move on to some of the black parts.

Here are both tops together.

Until next time….. Kim

In My Life -- Beautiful Dawn

Hey - there are some good points about getting up early in the morning to go to work, such as witnessing a beautiful dawn moon from my back door.....

Until next time... Kim