Romany Quilting

 The caravan club had a rally at Mt Lees over Anzac weekend.  With a museum visit and lunch planned on Sunday, I decided to drive up and join in the activities.  Fellow member Geoff was planning to go as well, so I asked if he could give me a ride.  The only problem was that President Owen had called a called a committee meetin...

Anzac morning dawned calm, clear and crisp.  I took myself out for a short walk.  The ranges are snow free today, but just a couple of days ago, they were covered in snow.  Sadly, I didn't get a photo then.

 It was a cold and showery morning when the Sew Wots came calling, it was my turn to be hostess today.  It was such a chilly morning that I turned the heat pump on to make it cozy, the first time I'd turned it on this season.   Sandra had brought around a nice big bunch of crysanthemums for me, that was a nice surprise.  S...

 With my sewing machine away being serviced, I've been spending a little more time knitting.  Last week I came across a stalled knitting project and set to work finishing the two fronts, knitting with  some hand spun wool sent to me by my late friend Merilyn.

It was a misty morning when we left Te Anau, stopping off at Lake Manapouri, the deepest lake in the country at 1455ft.    The Maori name means "Lake of the sorrowing heart", referring to two sisters whose tears formed the shape of the lake.  Environmentalists   campaigned long and hard between 1969-1972 to prevent raising...