Happy Mail

I have received two delightful pieces of mail lately, the second of which arrived today.
The lovely Sue (kiwikid) sent 'Use Scraps, Sew Blocks, Make 100 Quilts. A fabulous surprise!

This is a beautiful book with lots of different ideas for making scrap quilts...Sue knows me well! I love it Sue, thank you so much ♥

This morning's mail was a big surprise as well.
A while ago I was contacted about a photo of mine that was on Pinterest. The Norwegian Quilters Association asked if they could use it in an article in their members' magazine.
I gave permission (of course) but did ask, if it were at all possible, that I could see a copy of the article. I imagined a picture of the page, but instead I received a hard copy of the whole magazine!
The article was about the Wagon Wheel block.

The photo was of a Wagon Wheels runner I made for a friend a couple of years ago, I blogged about it *here*.

How fun, huh?!

The magazine is a lovely one. I can't understand it of course but there are lovely glossy photos and interesting looking articles. They even cover Aboriginal motifs/symbols and the Sydney Quilt Show.

I did something completely crazy this morning. I set out for my walk - across the road and up the first hill - and kept on walking.....

Past where I went a week ago - that was a Big Walk —

Then I carried on —

And on —

Before I knew it I was at the run-off. Now, nobody walks out to the run-off. It's pure madness and a real walk and a half. But I did!!

This block of land is where we graze the non-milking animals.

The run-off, a cleared bit of pasture land in the middle of all the bush.

Well once I got there I realised I had to walk all the way home too! Most of the morning was gone by the time I arrived back at the house.

My little app that I have on my phone helps me keep track of what I'm up to. I never bother about the pace info as sometimes I pause it when I stop to rest, or take photos or whatever. Sometimes I forget. But I'm always interested to see the elevation lines (when they show up - I think it has to sync at home to get the full information).

Lots of people are talking about the extra baking they're doing during lock down - I've been doing a little as well - but I always love to bake in autumn, using up produce.

This afternoon I offered the MOML the choice between apple crumble, apple pie, apple shortcake or apple cake for pudding tonight.....

Apple pie and custard won the vote. The pastry looks a bit sad but it's
actually pretty good for gluten-free pastry.

'til next time,

happy stitches,