Friday 22 March 2013

Tall Boy Runner


The Tall Boy Runner is complete and now in use.



Because it is now Autumn in Australia, this Astor Manor side is on display.


Both Dresser and Tall Boy Runners together

The mornings are growing cooler. This weekend I am planning to pull our Astor Manor bed quilt out of vacuum sealed storage in our closet. 


'Hope' side

Usually our back deck resembles Jurassic Park or parts of the Galapagos. The water dragons like to sunbake here. This is one of larger ones. There are lots of younger ones. Tiddler and Piddler are tiny water dragons that like to cross over to my sewing room window and scale the bricks to eat the bugs attracted by the lights at night. They seem not afraid but are very fast and hard to photograph because of their lightning movements.



The wonderful Galapagos documentary by David Attenborough is playing on ABC at the moment and the cinematography and commentary is fascinating. There are some uniquely adapted creatures featured. 



I am so grateful to Sir David for his tireless years of service bringing us the wonders of nature with such passion and education.  I read his autobiography many years ago and my gratitude and admiration only increased.



My kids and I are starting to sit down and watch these documentaries together. Are there any shows that you like to watch as a family?


Linking up with TGIFF.





17 comments:

  1. Yay for the finish! It's turned out lovely.

    Husband and I love to watch British comedy. We've got quite the collection on DVD. Blackadder, Father Ted, Black Books, Monty Python, It Crowd, ...

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  2. my kids and I are watching Africa series too. It is so good. Thanks for visiting my blog, if you lived closer I could give you my excess produce, sigh....someone else will have to have it. I am envious of what you can produce though. We can't do citrus

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  3. Your finish is beautiful! I really like the idea of having two sides to the runner!

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  4. Yay for the finish! And I am a huge David Attenborough fan as well, I love to sit and watch him and sew binding, My perfect combo.

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  5. Hey, cool!! I love that you get water dragons - very exotic ;) And yay for the runner finish!

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  6. What a great idea to make double sided runners! Turned out great. Dragons and chickens. Wow, your back yard is like a zoo! How fun:) Thanks for linking up to TGIFF!

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  7. We tend to watch a lot of comedy, in various forms. Always good to have a laugh. Beautiful runners! I especially like the "Hope" side colours. Keep up the great work!

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  8. Your runners are so cool. Me too love Sir David and his programmes. I met him once, that was a fantastic experience.

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  9. Gorgeous runners! And gorgeous dragons! I'm almost embarassed to say that our family likes a good reality show! The Block is one of them :)

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  10. Gorgeous Fi. I love how they are double sided!

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  11. Your runners are both so beautiful - love the idea of making them double sided too!

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  12. I like all of the photos, especially the brighter side.

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  13. Love the runners, especially the hope side!

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  14. Your runners are fabulous. And my son was rather impressed with your water dragon. :)

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  15. Thank you for linking up in March to Richard and Tanya Quilts on our Link a Finish Friday. We will have a new linkup available every Friday. So stop by and share what you have been working on and check out what others are doing.

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