Sunday, August 9, 2009


It's birthday season here at Thunder road. Today Ruby turned 17...SEVENTEEN..Crikey! It's amazing and incredible and we adore her, still! Happy birthday Sweetheart!

Thursday, August 6, 2009

join the gang


This was waiting for me when i came home from work....i like mail of the fun, red-wrapped kind. I've signed up for the red quilt project (check my sidebar->) as it's something i've never tried before and after reading Kirsty's tale of her Grandmother's quilt i like the idea of a communal project... i'm a bit gob-smacked at how big the piece of fabric is....but also quietly excited. Here goes....
And below is more cutting + pasting... having some fun with text!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

News in brief

Cutting + pasting:



More cutting + pasting:



Eating this, complements of the in-house chef:
Rescuing this beautiful hand-stitched work from the op-shop:

Hearing some imaginary purring:
Adding to the menagerie:

It's almost thursday, which means it's past halfway in the working week...Come on weekend, I'm ready for you!