A short break......

This week 8 more blocks were added to the Anthology quilt.....

I've started placing them sideways on my design board so they will fit better... 

We have had lots of lovely wet days.....

I am always amazed at how forgiving nature is - only a couple of days and there is green already.... and within a week the lawns needed mowing again...

Another block for Michelle's Holly Cottage Christmas quilt is done....  I'm enjoying the applique and simple piecing....

... and another little Dutch Treat block in reverse applique has been added to my collection....

(growing slowly but surely)

Hubz had a work trip away so I decided to be a supportive and dutiful wife and accompany him.....

...... I find it very hard to resist a trip to the seaside....

... amazing how slim one feels there.....

this is a coastal town called Yamba in NSW.....

the next day we went inland to a town called Grafton which spreads on each side of the Clarence river..... while Hubz had meetings I walked across the bridge and around the area....(I took this picture from half way across the bridge)

this is the bridge from one of the little spots under a tree where I sat and took in the view...

... and looking upstream - you can see quite clearly two parts of river coming into one...

... then onto Coffs Harbour, where the beach was more pebbly .... - here is a heart pebble I found specially for you Debbie....

I love beach walks.... even if it's a bit wet!

The wet did come down for our day of no meetings but we still found things to do...

you can see two of the 'solitary islands' here.... there are several and they cause a special system of currents ....

There is a science department studying the currents and system and they have a small aquarium which we visited... 

  

just amazing how the corals and sea plants glow flurescently.... so beautiful

hard to get nice pictures with glows in the background of the glass.... the fish are snuggling up to the  plants here - this fish can do it and gets a nice massage and scrub -  but the plant will sting other fish

We drove by the big banana at Coffs Harbour - I didn't bother to go and stand in the rain next to it.... 

but we did get a lovely forest walk which went round other beaches .... always lovely to see and listen to

... and found a lovely spot to eat yummy seafood in the evening

It was a lovely short break for me... lots of meetings and driving for Hubz

Righto, Gotto Go.... going away means a big pile of laundry to be done (small price to pay). 

Wishing you a wonderful week ....x