Tarry Awhile in Tassie

Australia/NewZealand Rotary Conference 2018. Hobart, Tasmania

Last week was a very welcome break from routine .... a short conference in Hobart with a little bit of sightseeing. I attended the 2018 Australia/New Zealand Rotary Conference with my friend, Pam and we were certainly inspired.

My favourite speaker - Peace Scholar, Stephanie Woollard, CEO of "Seven Women"

Rotary District 9670 Dinner

Panel Discussion - Be The Inspiration

Of course, we packed into our spare time as much sightseeing with our Hobart friends as possible - it was fun from the very first welcome to the airport to platypus spotting on the last day.

Hobart Airport Welcome

Hobart - wet and cold !

Hobart - 30 minutes later

Sculptures in Hobart

Remembering the convict history in Hobart

Penguin art at Mawson's Huts

Botanical Gardens

Huon Pine at Botanical Gardens

The Female Factory Hobart

Bonnets exhibit, The Female Factory Hobart

Yarn and Craft Shop in Geeveston

Sighting platypi - Platypus Walk Geeveston

And we saw one - Platypus Walk , Geeveston.

Thank you, Tassie, we will be back ...

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Covid Man and Book Print

This is my tag for the current theme at Tag Tuesday - Book Print. I like using text as a background for tags and today, I reduced one of my recent line drawings and printed it on a small book page .... as you can see, the book's chapter is entitled "Of Holy Living and Dying ( from The Book of Books) . I thought this was appropriate as this 'Covid man' drawing depicts Nature happily thriving while man appears to be "unravelling " at the edges of body and mind... Original drawing - Wilma Simmons Silk screen print on fabric : Wilma Simmons Silk screen print on paper : Wilma Simmons And here are some other tags on book print backgrounds - these are free motion stitched "Nature" portraits done earlier in the year.

"Temari Or Not Temari?" Tutorial

Background Information: Temari (literally translated “hand ball”) is a Japanese folk craft that is alleged to have originated in China and was introduced to Japan five or six hundred years ago. Traditionally, the balls were constructed from wrapped kimono fabric remnants and silk threads. They were made by mothers and grandmothers for children to play with. Nowadays, decorative embroidered temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing friendship and loyalty. Recently I've wondered if your don't use traditional techniques whether you should call what you create "temari". That is an ongoing debate but today I share what I do to make a "non-traditional temari".... 1.I start with a polystrene ball ( traditionally the balls were wound silk scraps or other organic materials) and begin to wrap with approx 4 ply wool, turning the ball as I wrap. 2. I then wrap another layer of wool in a similar fashion , this time a 3 or 2 ...

Lilly Pilly

Today is Australia Day. I chose a photo of some Lilly Pilly berries as a celebratory image for this national day. Lilly Pilly is a common name for a plant, Syzygium smithii which grows mostly in Eastern Australia, from the northern rain forests of Queensland, throughout NSW to the southern Wilson's Promontory in Victoria. In New Zealand it is called "monkey apple, but other names used in Australia, besides lilly pilly, are Eungella Gum and Coast Satinash. The largest Lilly Pilly recorded was found in Dingo Creek Flora Reserve, near Tenterfield where I once lived. The tree now growing in my garden was once a small seedling which I was gifted when I left Woolgoolga, a small coastal town in northern NSW. Its name is said to come from the Aboriginal word 'weelgoolga' describing the lilly pilly which grows in profusion there. It is probably no surprise that the lilly pilly berries are edible as bush tucker, and make a beautiful jam or jelly. I have even seen re...

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