Snow Horses

I'm feeling pretty hot right now so this image of horses in the snow (from Google) was just what I needed to cool down. The Vellum overlay is by Crissy Armstrong. The b/g is an Olde Worlde Paper by Amy Hutchinson and the Cosmic Glow is also Amy's. The white and glittered dandelions are by Catherine Designs. I love pulling all these things together to create a piece of Cool Art on a hot day :)

Yoga Inspired

This one is inspired by my sister Patti who loves Yoga. I have always loved the idea of it and I have done classes from time to time but for some reason I always drop out. Anyway I enjoyed doing this one - the size is 12x6 inches.

Some Farm Animals

Today like the rest of this week has been super hot and humid with (if we are lucky) storms in the evening which makes sleeping easier. We don't get much garden work done between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm as it is so hot and uncomfortable. Summer has well and truly started here long before its official start date. We are making sure our chooks have plenty of water and we let them out after they have layed to forage. We notice this makes their eggs bigger and better.

Here are some of our chooks doing a great job of helping me weed and mulch the garden :)

This is Alan's new horse Max (a Standardbred) watching the chooks.....

A nice photo of Max who is looking good.

And here is Lewis the cat watching everyone LOL................

Tonight will be cold chicken and salad for dinner and we will have a glass or 2 of cold white wine on the terrace beforehand. We like to sit and watch the horses as the sun drops down. Thank goodness we don't have Summer time here in Queensland. With this heat we so look forward to sunset. We get up early anyway (this morning I was up before 5.00 am) as it is the best time to get the work done and exercise.

A Special Day at R.D.A.

On Saturday our Riding for Disabled Centre held its Annual Riding and Carriage Driving competition. We had a really great turnout of riders, drivers, volunteers, friends and family, all there to cheer everyone along. It was a tiring but really special day full of magic moments which remind us why we enjoy volunteering at RDA so much. In these photos you can see Alan doing the Dressage Competition with 2 of our Drivers. Jason in the bottom photo was the winner.

An Arty Morning

Every Wednesday morning I head off to our local Art Gallery to meet with other Art society members to create Art, talk about Art and once a month to listen to a lunchtime lecture on a variety of different themes. Yesterday was a treat as talented artist Kym Barrett spoke to us about the theme of her current exhibition: `In search of the Golden Thread'. You can see some of her Art in the background. Her work is really special and we all learnt a lot from her talk.

Here I am at work on our current project which is decorating palm fronds. This is a great example of re-cycling as these `supports' are free. You do have to live in area which grows palm trees to find them though. I plan to use mine to hold small bowls of snacks at barbecues etc. I really enjoy Art Society as it always fun and inspiring and because we meet at the Gallery there is always additional inspiration to be gained from the current exhibitions

Here is another one painted by Ros, one of our members. Her effort is really colourful - gold on the inside. She painted the outside in bright colours and adhered small mirrors with liquid nails. Ros plans to hang hers on her verandah on a swivel.

Be The Change

I had a lot of fun with this one this afternoon (credits can be found here http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=44085&cat=503&limit=recent)