A day at the races

Kart racing that is!  It's cold and slightly overcast, so I packed the essentials in my vintage bag. A thermos of hot water, coffee, hot chocolate, umbrella, heat packs for the pockets and the bag of kit jar chocolates. Now to do some stitching between races. 

My son, Josh, is doing some great lap. times so far today  

Should be a nice family day out

Look Janet

I am finally get a chance to sew on the Featherweight. A little getting used to, the foot pedal is sticky, job for Michael tonight.

Very happy though. I am piecing snowball blocks in blues, white, cream and tans. Only have to do about 304 squares with 1216 corners. I will have done in an hour. Ha

And finished

Sewn, pressed and loving it. In the pile to be quilted. 

Last seam

On my Scrappy Trip Around the World

Rain rain

We have had so much rain in past few days that this creek is flowing so quickly. It is normally just a trickle. I pass this creek on my walks , but today I could hear it way before seeing it. The water flows under the road and into what is now a large pond that looks so lovely but would have a strong current underneath. Not good. 

Fun

Feathering away today. Have done all the  ditch work. Now filling in the spaces. Beautiful quilt made by Fay. I don't know the name of it yet. Hope to find out soon. 

Go

I was on the go all day yesterday. It is not a typical day, but it feels like these days are becoming more typical. 

First daughter to school then off for my walk. Very typical start. Home again then start quilting. Customer coming to collect a finished quilt. Back to quilting. 

Had to go out but first i need petrol. How dar do think i can get When the light is on. Duck into the shop for milk and chocolates. Down to The Patchwork Angel to meet Lynley. She was collecting one quilt and giving me another one. 

Home again to pack some clothes, more quilting. 

Pick daughter up from school, pop home for showers. Get in the car and drive to Brisbane. What would normally be about 1.5 hour drive took us nearly 2 in traffic. 

Got to mums. Had a lively girls night. We are now at 8 am at the airfields for the Cubs to learn about planes for their Aero badge. 

Busy, cold and early. 

Happy

This quilt is for a baby due any day now. Very cute. Creating texture. 

This is about the only sign in nature that I have near me that tells us winter is in the way. Or already here, cold mornings happening already. 

Defying Gravity

Last night we got to cross off another thing off the "Bucket List".  We were offered tickets to the "Nitro Circus", you know the thing that has, I want to call them kids, but they aren't all kids but they sure look young, very young ( not that I am any older, not) do crazy, amazing, scary, gravity defying stunts on two wheels, or no wheels, down a very tall ramp, fly over a distance doing amazing things and then land safely. OMG. 

Now, this is something we would not of probably bought tickets in advance for and been mad keen to see, but we went and enjoyed it.  But I was conflicted watching it, scared, amazed, frightened, but also swept up with the crowd, cheering at the stunts and landings, but when the kids didn't land the stunts, going Ohhhh with them.  I was glad we got through the night without anyone being "seriously injured".  We were certainly entertained.

Tonight on a current affair program, there was a story about these kids and the stunts they do.  The segment was about how young kids are being killed doing this stuff and pushing the boundaries and risks to be the first to do a stunt or the youngest or something...... so sad. But what I did understand about these kids (young adults) is that they are and have been doing this stuff at home with parents support, and would be doing this anyway whether in front of a crowd or not.  I just don't know....

I am not saying anything regarding these peoples choices, my son competes in a motorsport and loves it, I am just talking about my own conflicted feelings about seeing and maybe contributing to this behaviour. I don't know if I have expressed myself properly. We have been to a Cirque du Soleil show, and those performers do push the boundaries and take risks with gravity defying stunts also.  These performers are not different to the males on these bikes.  Anyway it was a show and we were certainly entertained.

Working today

Very chic