Braving The Outside World

Yesterday we decided to take our lunch up to Daisy Hill forest which is less than a 5 minute drive from our home. Our closer environmental park which is usually lovely and peaceful is too busy with joggers tearing  through it constantly at present . I was hoping perhaps  it would be nice and quiet up at the forest with not too many people around and maybe we could safely get in a wander through the bush. And it was. Not too many folks around. Just lovely......how wonderful is the bush! You can feel your shoulders relax straight away.

The above is a stand of paperbacks on one of the tracks we took.

 To look up and see sky through those tall trees! Beautiful!

It is still quite dry.....only a puddle or two in the creek.

I love trees.....old ones, twisted ones....even fallen ones.

I was so happy to snap the burnt bits in this tree....I have a drawing I am doing shortly that has this....got to take a real good close up look!

The picnic area has some beautiful carved totems to encourage children to explore.

I loved this signage with the rusted iron work...

We made a new friend when we were eating our lunch....

He wasn't impressed when we didn't share......you're asked not to feed the wildlife but he was hoping we didn't read the signs.
It felt so good to come home refreshed and tired all at the same time. We are so fortunate to have this forest so close to home.
My stitching has been a little more work on my #sewalittlehappinesseveryday project.....its growing nicely and it will soon be time to decide what to do with it. I have a couple of orphan heart blocks and I saw someone else had used those around hers and I loved it....so I may borrow that idea too.

I hadn't really made a UFO list this year. I was just doing whatever took my fancy. However I did want to get back to some hand quilting when the weather got cooler.
So very shamefully I have retrieved my OLDEST UFO from its box and started back on the hand quilting.  AGAIN! I had completed 4 blocks all cross hatched work. They are large blocks....16 inches.

In hindsight I should have drawn all the lines in pencil first instead of using the tape for such large areas. As some miscalculations have been made......there are more than a few fudges and artistic licenses as a result that I cannot do too much about at this stage. You can't notice them and you would have to know where to look, so I am soldiering on! I really want this DONE as it is becoming ridiculous! I completely blame my hubby for dragging me all over Australia in the cooler months lol! That's my story anyway!

Wish me luck for enthusiasm to remain high.....and no guesses what I will be doing for "FRIDAY NIGHT WITH FRIENDS"  over at CHERYLL'S tonight!
Happy stitching friends...

Namaste and blessings Michelle xxx