Pinning the quilt.

Have you ever pieced the back of a quilt, measured, and measured and you definitely have it correct.. The quilt is huge. It's hard to manage so when you have the back stretched you maneuver the batting and get that looking wonderful…. Put the quilt top in place, smooth it nicely and  XXXXXXX   you are…

Home again, home again, Jiggety Jig.

It's Great to be home. The brain isn't working to it's full potential today. I need to go and make another strong coffee…. but I did manage to buy the groceries, catch the dog "Lionel" who ran away twice with me in pursuit. I've kissed and hugged most of the Grandies, attended the last hour…

Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking | The Creativity Post

1.      You are creative. The artist is not a special person, each one of us is a special kind of artist. Every one of us is born a creative, spontaneous thinker. The only difference between people who are creative and people who are not is a simple belief. Creative people believe they are creative. People…

You never know.

I thought I had completed my last blog for this trip. We woke to rain, rain, rain. That put paid to travel today. There is nothing worse that travel in the rain.I don’t do rain at all. Son Jamie is here in South Africa filming and we haven’t seen him for months now. He's just…

Cape Town

This is probably our last post from Cape town…. Just one more day to go and we return home. But what memories we have. We spent time with the penguins, Visited the legendary Cape of Good Hope. Seen spectacular beauty. Beautiful towns. Historic buildings. and taken almost 5000 photos to remember it by.

traveling and Teaching… the perils and passion.

  It's early morning and I'm working through the business of the day. It never ends and is part of the job even on holiday. It occurs to me that in all reality Keith and I  would not be here sitting in a nice apartment in Cape Town if it wasn't for my choice of…

Walking the road

Walking the road. For several days we've traveled along the waterfront here in Capetown. Several times in the bus and then by car. The freedom of having a vehicle yesterday allowed me the time to stop and take a closer look at the sculptures that captured my interest. Marieke Prinsloo-Rowe   "The Little Girl in…