Another visit.....

Yesterday we visited Churinga Cafe again. My Mum just loves going there and seeing the birds (or their shapes as she does not have good eye sight). We went there as my daugthter and son wanted to treat her to afternoon tea for her 94th birthday which she will celebrate in September. It was a lovely sunny day. We enjoyed ourselves in very pleasant surroundings.

I took some more pictures. The Kookaburra is named "Fathead" There were King Parrots visiting. Their colours are spectacular.

A sign that Spring is coming and my Book Jacket

Blossom on our almond tree tells us that Spring is not that far away. The flowers on the gum trees have long gone and the gum nuts are left decorating the tree.

My husband has a leather book jacket for the book he is reading and I thought I would like one to protect my books whilst reading them and I made myself one out of some of my oriental fabric. Although the idea came from his book jacket I made mine in my own style to suit my needs.

Visiting the Fitzroy Gardens

Recently I visited the Fitzroy Gardens. It was lovely to see the avenues of trees and all the wonderful plants still there in spite of the long drought we have been experiencing over 12 years now. It is nice place to take a walk. It is a popular venue for weddings as one of the picture tells.

Captain James Cook's Cottage is a popular destination for people to come and visit. Captain James Cook was a world famous explorer and discovered the east coast of Australia. The cottage originally stood on the extremity of Great Ayton in the County of Yorkshire.

The cottage was a gift from Russell Grimwade. It was dismantled and shipped to Victoria in 1933 and arrived in 1934 and has been in the Fitzroy Gardens for 75 years. More about the cottage can be found at
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=39&pg=4390

Another attraction at the Fitzroy Gardens is the Tudor Village. I took a picture of the sign explaining how it came to be given to The City of Melbourne.

It certainly brought back childhood memories of visiting the Fairy Tree. Unfortunately today it is a tall stump but the art work on the Fairy Tree has been restored so that children can still visit and enjoy it. I hope the close up pictures do it justice.

It is the work of East Melbourne sculptor Ola Cohn. It was done during the years of 1931-34.

My post for June

I decided to use some of my 1930s fabrics to make this Bookkeeper. It was a good way to try some of the embroidery stitches on my sewing machine. I omitted the applique flower as I thought the fabrics were pretty on their own.

The pattern can be found at http://www.modabakeshop.com/