Lunch out with Friends

                                           Mango and chicken curry with salad. Delicious!

More from the Seaside.

 In some years this stretch of shore is a lovely sandy beach, but in other years like this one, all the sand has gone, exposing the weathered rocks beneath.

  On such an exposed shelf of rock there is very little marine life, just limpets and other tiny shells.

A Day on the Coast.

 This is the wonderful old Point Lonsdale lighthouse, right on the point of Port Phillip Bay where the ocean waves, straight from Bass Strait and the Antarctic meet the waters of the Bay. It's a narrow stretch of water with a low rocky platform stretching a very long way out from the headland where huge numbers of ships have wrecked. Pilots boats are needed to guide international shipping through the gap.

                            No longer manned, the lighthouse light is still vital for shipping.

 The old jetty from which countless generations of children have learned to try their hand at fishing.

I don't know how many times over over 40 odd years I've photographed this view from under the jetty,  but it always seems to look different and such a wonderful perspective to to take a photo from.

The Next Challenge.

Continuing the theme of small pieces based on the textiles of various countries, this month was from India. The small photo shows an embroidery from which I worked my fish themed design.
The original image was probably not really a fish, but it looked like one to me! You would need to click on the image to enlarge the card to show the design properly. See if it looks fishy to you!

No More!

Well, I have been busy all week finishing this piece off and now it's done. Sometimes I'm pleased with it and then the next time I look at it I'm not so sure.  Oh well, I've had fun along the way and as they say, it's the journey and not the destination.

More Carved Stamps for the Project.

I have now carved ammonites in 3 different sizes and 2 different types of trilobites. I'm very happy with how the smaller trilobite came out as it has an accidental bend in the body which I think makes it look less static. I think that will be enough for this particular project.

The Woolly Mammoth Cake.

                                                                Happy 5th Birthday!!       

A Bit of Colour and Stamping.