100th Birthday Celebration

 Just over 2 weeks ago Delphiniums greeted our family as we arrived in Bundanoon to celebrate Dad's 100th birthday!!! A very special occasion and an impressive milestone!! 

This auspicious occasion gave rise to 3 days of celebrating!..... On his actual birthday (Friday 14th October) the family got together at their aged care home where the facility had set aside a beautifully decorated room for us to enjoy a special afternoon tea with Dad & Mum.....

After a couple of weeks of planning, booking a venue, organising decorations, last minute items to tick off.... Hayley putting together a photo display, my sisters doing the seating plan it was all systems go for the Saturday celebration with family and friends......

Family friends travelled from Sydney, Canberra and Cooma to join us for 

Dad's special birthday which was held at Dormie House (Moss Vale Golf Club).....

Our family....James, Megan, Linda, Vivien, Asta, Hayley with Dad & Mum

Festivities continued onto Sunday with a great "Sunday Roast" prepared by Megan & James (both chefs) for the family - held at the cottage we rented for the overflow for those that didn't fit at Vivien's place..... a great country venue..... 

Then it was Monday and as we began our own travels home we all reflected on what a wonderful 3 days of celebrating it had been .... Dad had enjoyed every day, wondered why he felt so tired, but as he said when asked how he felt to have reached 100, he enthusiastically replied..... "I've finished with this century and I'm ready for the next" !  

Happy Stitching

Asta

September Update

Mid-October almost here and must update September ........ Fathers Day and it was off to Bundanoon where daffodils were blooming in abundance..... 

By mid-September Megan and James arrived back in Australia - this time with no return ticket!! 

Quilt exhibitions are back on the agenda and the South Coast exhibition didn't disappoint...here are just a few of the ones that caught my eye.......

Some "happy" mail arrived - beautifully wrapped - to be added to my ever-growing "to do" list!

Meanwhile...... the required number of EPP stars for a quilt is very slowly growing - and I do emphasise "slowly" 

The 2nd Elizabethan era came to an end early September with the passing of Queen Elizabeth

And of course September was another wet month and, yes, Miss Dora, somewhere under all that out of control garden is the courtyard we usually sit in.... 

That brings September up to date as tomorrow I head off to Bundanoon again for a family celebration that will need a "journal" entry of its own! 

Happy Stitching

Asta