Sunday, February 16, 2014

Initial Heart Swap

I was in the Initial heart Swap run by Cheryll (she always runs such great swaps, so a big thank you to Cheryll).  Imagine my surprise when I opened the parcel to find this gorgeous bag inside.  
Simone appliqued hearts on the bag and put my initial in the middle, it is absolutely fabulous, beautiful work.  It has already had its first outing and been admired ..Simone had also sent a lovely bar of soap and some Ferrero chocolates...yummy....
The strangest coincidence was in seeing the town the parcel came from.  Simone lives just around the road from where my Aunt and Uncle lived for many years so I have some great memories of there.    We always stopped in Bathurst on the way there from Sydney to visit them...in those days though, there was no Hatched and Patched shop to visit..

Saturday, February 8, 2014

It breaks your heart...

...to read what Chookyblue and the farmers in Australia are going through.  DROUGHT..such an insidious word...and the physical and emotional stress that it brings is far more than we, in the cities could ever imagine.  No water, no feed for the animals....
They need our prayers and our thoughts .....they need us to know what they are going through....they need help.....