Lovely day to share

Hands up who loves spending time with their grand child!  Me too!  Wanted to share a tiny part of my lovely day with you.

Morning started early, water vapour from planes way up high,
 as I headed down the mountain to mind my grand daughter for the morning.

Reached my daughter's place in nearby Bellingen.
Colours of fading flowering gum quite delish!
Linking this photo with Mandarin Orange Monday

Lasiandra and bunting welcomed me in.

Darling grand daughter and I headed for coffee 
and fun at you know where!

She has the most delightful facial expressions!

Appointments dealt with, met up again with daughter and son in law
for lunch break at Botanic Gardens in Coffs Harbour.

The Grass Trees are just one of the attractions

Son in law went back to work & after some quick shopping I left sleeping baby girl
 at home with Mum & headed back up to my mountain home

Where the sun's fingers were tickling the hills 

And making their own special magic

Hubby had some fish cooking on the stove as the sun went down.
No complaints!

Grand children are pretty special, and so are grand parents. Do you have a special memory of a grand parent, or moment with a grand child that you could share with us?  Would love to hear:)

I can see both sides!

Hello there one and all!  

Today I am showcasing a reversible potato necklace.

 My daughter liked it so much that I decided to give it to her.

She wears it a lot and it looks really good on her!

 Following on you'll see just some of the things around me

 which have inspired the colours of both sides of this adjustable,

 bold and lightweight neck-piece.

Bright Side
featuring this on 
Mandarin Orange Monday today

More Muted Side

Rose

Crimson Rosella

I think he's watching us out of
the corner of his eye!

Superb Fairy Wren

Evening clouds reflected

Thank you for taking a peek into the things I do and what inspires them.

  I imagine you have similar stories to tell. 

Is there something recently that has influenced your creative pursuits?

 A beautiful sky perhaps, or the colour of the sea? 

 Would love to hear about it!

Returning Home The Long Way Round

So it's time to take the second part of my trip around the loop road which links me back to home. See the first part of my journey here. 

Thought you would enjoy listening to John Williamson singing "Cootamundra Wattle" while you're reading. So if you'd like to, just Click here and leave it playing while you join me, and apologies for the ad at the beginning, I don't know how to get rid of it. If you find it distracting, just listen and read separately.  There are Wattles in this story, just not the Cootamundra type!

I left behind me the little tin church
and travelled through beef and dairy country

It's been very dry and you can see
a bush fire in the distance

My dear cousin Mar left a comment that this tree 
looked as though it was wanting a hug!

The dirt road leaves the gentler fields
and heads into steeper forest country.

A distant view towards Dorrigo

Towering gum trees

Some spectacular leaves

Fiddled around with this photo for Mandarin Orange Monday.
I like the results. Hope you do too!

A friendly pony is a reminder of the
homes and farms hidden in the bush

Dust on the dry dirt road

Heading to a lower altitude
 tree ferns are more in evidence

Gateway

This is a wattle in flower
(let's not get technical about names!)

I reach the creek in the valley
where the road crosses

The sun is getting low in the sky
 and leaves a golden glow on the ripples

I cross the bridge

And the wattle blossoms of a
Blackwood (pretty sure!) welcome me home

I have had fun taking you with me on my day out and look forward to another one really soon!  Where would you like to go?