All kinds of Stuff....

The figs on my trees are really getting big. When I drive up and get out of the truck I can smell their earthy fragrance. It has been raining lately so the smells here are really intensified. The eucalyptus leaves and the dirt and all the thirsty desert plants really make Alice Springs a great place to have a sense of smell. For the most part I love it. Sometimes the indigenous people have a stink about them that defies description...so I won't bother right now. This guy above, the Channel Billed Cuckoo comes to my house to eat the figs. He really seems to like the small yellow ones better than the giant purple ones. This is a loud bird, by the way.

OK, I have been really really busy the last couple weeks getting enough bags finished for my final magazine shoot. It is so strange to have so many of my bags around the studio. This particular Stu Tote is a Hero Bag for SPC Gebur's mom. She had her bag stolen a while back and I have now made her another. As far a detail goes I like the gold star I put on the bag closure. As most of you know a gold star signifies that a son (or husband or relative) has been killed in battle.

I am trying the drag and drop thing, but I still can't get the pictures to move. What a pain. Anyway this is some of the detail of the quilt I made for my mom for her birthday. I quilted it a bit different and for the most part it worked out fine. I love it so much more now that it is washed and dried and a bit crinkly. I use this type of muslin for the the back of some quilts...it is just so nice.

Here is a picture of all the bags I need to pack up and send off today. So....I better stop by the post office this morning and pick up the boxes and custom forms I need.

Here is mom's quilt all big and hanging on the line.

Here are some of my more regular visitors. The pink cockatoos are hilarious to watch. We like to have breakfast out on the front porch so we can watch their antics. The green parrots are my favorites, we also have some really wonderful bee eaters....they look like hummingbirds but a little bigger and have the most wonderful gem like colors.

I had so much to talk about this posting...but I can't remember now. I better go get a move on. Have a great day everyone, I hope you all voted, I doubt they count my measly absentee ballot.

xo,

Tia