Suffragettes 100 year Anniversary.Voting in Victoria.

Warm Welcome,

Hope all is well with you and yours. The days are warming up here, but we are promised rain for the next 3 days. I wont hold my breath... I've heard that before..

The other evening I went to a cocktail party, in honour of the 100th anniversary of the Suffragettes, winning the right to vote in Victoria.

Both of my older sisters went with me. When we arrived we were met at the door, by two ladies dressed as they did 100 yrs ago in white. They wore a violet sash over their shoulder and violet ribbon and green organza in their large hats, they were handing out newsletters, much as they did all those years ago, about equality of men & women. After a drink an some nibbles, we were shown to our seats in a large room, where 3 speakers proceeded to speak about womens equality, then and now. All the while a slide show was going on in the background, I was more interested in this. The photos of these women, all those years ago fighting for basic rights , not only in Australia, but many other countries, tweaked a chord in me. Yes I knew the stories, protest marches, violence, hunger strikes, jail terms, force feeding etc... but putting a face to the story was quite disturbing. It made me think.. how much is owed to these women.. for standing up.. fighting ....in a time when it would have been so hard to do so.

One of the speakers, read of a time when , it was considered that a woman was less intelligent than a man because she had a smaller head. A woman could not give evidence in a courtroom, as she was deemed to have memory loss, or too influenced by her husband, to have an opinion of her own. When a husband died, the money went to the nearest male relative. How unfair...

Well, I am grateful that I am living in this day and age, in a country where women have rights. Many countries are still in the dark, as far as the contribution women can make for the common good.

At the end of the evening we were given this badge to commemorate the event, it mentioned what the colours represented.

Green - Give

White- Women

Violet- Vote.

Well, must away....I promise not such a serious post next time...

With Smiles

Kathryn x

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows..

Warm Welcome,

It is the most glorious day here. I have been doing a little gardening trying to get the garden, prettied up. Have bought some pansie seedlings, but not enough unfortunately, I'll be out again tomorrow for some more. The water restrictions have but the brakes on alot of my garden beds. I use to plant masses of pansies, marigolds, petunias etc... But have had to replace with standard roses, and my seedlings are now strickly for pots and some hanging baskets. Have busied my self craft wise, with making a bag. ( I will show in another post) I also am working on my scrap quilt, with the prarie point binding, I showed some posts ago. Well, off to make pasta for dinner with some homemade pesto and roasted pinenut bread.

Oh, yes... have a look at the rainbows in my kitchen, every afternoon for a couple of hours I have the pleasure of the company of these gorgeous colours. There must be about 15. Aren't I lucky!!!

Goodbye, God Bless

With Smiles

Kathryn x

The Best of Days..

Warm Welcome,

Firstly, thankyou to everyone who has left comments. I really enjoy reading them, and appreciate the time you took to send them. It really makes my day.

Having a lovely day today, just doing the housework, cooking and enjoying the little things the day brings.

I have been cleaning my sewing loft madly, after I found a few families of moths in there. Yes, Shock..Horror .... How dare they even think of going anywher near my fabric stash, when I am so careful to keep mothballs & cloves in every nook & cranny. I'm all for live and let live, but not in my Loft..

I mentioned in the last post about the new family member, Daisy. She is 8 weeks old and a West Highland Terrier. It is just like having a baby again, peace and a nice sit down when she goes to sleep. Ahhhh... She is a lovely puppy. But so easy to stand on. Jock our dog, is lovely to her and they play alot. The photos doesn't do her justice.


Awhile ago I showed some fabric I was making into a cup bag. Well here is the finished product. I was pleased with it. The side pockets are for tea, coffee etc..
I made Quiche today, it was lovely with Salad.

RECIPE FOR QUICHE

Ingredients:

4 Eggs

1 cup Pastry mix(lion)

1 cup celery

1 cup onion

1 cup lean meat of bacon

1 cup carrot

1 cup cheese ( I use low fat)

1 cup cream(I use half cream half skim milk

Sprinkle some extra cheese & put some sliced tomato on top.

Mix altogther and cook for 1 and a quarter hours on 160c. oven.
Waa.. Laa....

Serve with salad.

Bye for now, God Bless you & yours.

With Smiles

Kathryn x

Home from Tasmania

We arrived back from Tasmania, it was a lovely break. The weather was lovely.We did some of the touristy things, visited Salamanca market on Saturday, with a plethora of wonderful items for sale. I bought this lovely little glass sugar & creamer, for $20.00. No, not cheap, but I wanted it. It's just what I have been looking for. Also purchased 2 jars of mustard, some sourdough bread, a two headed gingerbread man, pink lady apples, a stuffed tassie devil and a few other bits & pieces. Along Salamanca Place which runs directly alongside the market, are these beautiful old sandstone buildings, which housed some brilliant craft and artwork.

View from Hotel Room. View from Rosny.

We sat and ate lunch in St Davids Park, small pickins, but very tasty. So green... Tasmania we were informed, do not at present have water restrictions. We are on stage 3a, here in Victoria, and although we use grey water, we are still drying up.

Back to Tasmania.... We wandered around the city, and found the Cat and the Fiddle arcade, things we noticed were, some street signs were quite fancy, a much slower pace, friendly people, quiet city, green, scenic, the most extraordinary old buildings(I think this my favourite).


We had dinner at an Irish Pub, oh yes...and a Guiness, it was so nice we went back the following night.

We went to constitution dock and we on a cruise on a refurbished ferry, along the Derwent River complete with lunch. We also, went on a bus trip , which took us through some of the suburbs. I liked Battery Point and a place called Upper Sandy Bay, some beautiful views from a place called Rosny. Took a few Photos.. We had dinner on our last night at Constitution Dock, from one of the vendors that sell seafood from their floating shops. I think it was called "Flippers" , we tucked into some yummy fish, flake, callamari, scallops, chips and to be healthy a little coleslaw.Ha.Ha.. Whilst I was eating my small piece of fish a seagull came from behind, and took half the fish, from my hand, all I felt was a webbed foot on my forhead. When it landed I noticed it had a crooked leg, and I dont know if you have looked at a flock of seagulls, but there is always one with a bad leg. I always throw it a morsel, as I feel sorry for them. WELL..NOT ANY MORE........ Mr. M.. smirked and said "Just be glad it didn't poop on you as well".I could go on and on about the place but I would bore you. I would love to move there, perhaps to a smaller country town.(Oh well dreaming again!!)




Did I mention I bought some fabric, as you can see none of it matches. I will use the two bottom fabrics for quilt backing,( One of these was reduced in price to $3.00 a metre from $18.95, I think it must be a few years old.) and the other two, well....I just liked them. The red & white fabric just implored me to buy it.. Yes.. I'm a sucker for a pretty piece of fabric.

Miss. L. is a little camera shy, worried about her photo on the internet, but she was there.
I must remember to say a big thankyou to Lesley from Lesley's Creations in the U.S. for the lovely Award.

This a the new addition the family, her name is Daisy. More on her later.

Take Care
With Smiles
Kathryn x

Time Flies...

Time flies... I no sooner get to Monday with a full week ahead of plans, and all of a sudden its the weekend again. Who was it that said"Life is what happens, whilst we are making plans". Something along those lines anyway.

Time Management, I hear you say.... Maybe, it's simple laziness on my part......

We are off to Tasmania for a long weekend, for those of you who dont know where that is well I live at the bottom of Victoria (State on bottom right hand side) and the little island directly below is Tasmania.

We visited Tasmania, about 5 years ago for 2 weeks. Drove around, it is the most beautiful place, the scenery is breathtaking. It was the most relaxing holiday, and I would move there tomorrow, but Mr. M. won't be taken away from his work here. We are only visiting Hobart(capital) and the surrounds on our trip. Can't Wait....

Here is a pic of Mr. M. & I at a theatre restuarant not long ago, (sorry about the quality I had to take photo of photo, as scanning, wouldn't work.)

We have been together 26yrs and married 23and a half yrs. We have both physically changed alot, but we are still the same in every other way. Still laugh at the same things, like the same things etc.. both enjoy a simple life.

Bye bye, time to pack...

With Smiles

Kathryn x