My poor blog has been dreadfully neglected over the last few weeks, but to say that May didn't go quite according to plan would be an understatement!

My trip to Australia was good.  It was wonderful to catch up with family, meet new family members, do a fund raising walk in memory of my sister, Alison, and generally soak up the sunshine, and relax.   I left Glasgow in snow and rain, but despite  being autumn in Australia, the weather was incredibly kind!  Most days we had temperatures in the high 20's, early 30's, and the sun shone and shone and shone.   Here's a taster of the things I saw and did:

 































 


[caption id="attachment_8654" align="aligncenter" width="500"]RC-113353-13052016 Great Food[/caption]


[caption id="attachment_8651" align="aligncenter" width="338"]RC-024821-30042016 Architecture to inspire[/caption]


[caption id="attachment_8657" align="aligncenter" width="500"]A Family Affair A Family Affair - Mother's Day Classic Cancer Charity Walk[/caption]

 


[caption id="attachment_8652" align="aligncenter" width="500"]Colour Inspiration Colour Inspiration[/caption]


[caption id="attachment_8649" align="aligncenter" width="550"]An Old Friend An Old Friend[/caption]


[caption id="attachment_8647" align="aligncenter" width="500"]RC-054059-03052016 My fabulous Mum and Dad[/caption]


[caption id="attachment_8646" align="aligncenter" width="500"]A bit more colour A bit more colour[/caption]


[caption id="attachment_8653" align="aligncenter" width="800"]All the Blues All the Blues[/caption]


[caption id="attachment_8664" align="aligncenter" width="500"]Sisters Sisters[/caption]


[caption id="attachment_8662" align="aligncenter" width="500"]New textures New textures[/caption]


[caption id="attachment_8663" align="aligncenter" width="500"]Culture Culture[/caption]


[caption id="attachment_8668" align="aligncenter" width="500"]Fisherman's Memorial, Freemantle Fisherman's Memorial, Freemantle[/caption]


[caption id="attachment_8667" align="aligncenter" width="500"]Airports in the rain and snow (Glasgow, obviously) Airports in the rain and snow (Glasgow, obviously)[/caption]


[caption id="attachment_8669" align="aligncenter" width="500"]And airports in the sun (not Glasgow!) And airports in the sun (not Glasgow!)[/caption]

 

I apologise for my absence from the blog over the past few weeks.  Unfortunately I didn't return home alone from Australia, but managed to bring chicken pox home with me.  As a result the month of May ended in a haze of anti histamines and anti viral medication!   I'm pleased to say I'm well on the way to being 100% again (despite having a few stubborn spots), and am now busy preparing for Woolfest which is in just a few weeks time.  I look forward to seeing many of you there.   And while on the subject of shows, my grateful thanks to Stevan and Fiona Tulloch, who stepped in and looked after my stand so ably at the Highland Wool and Textile Fair in Dingwall a couple of weeks ago.  Between them they did a grand job, while I was safely tucked up in bed.