Friday, April 18, 2014

All the better to see you with......and AQC

Another visit to the eye specialist yesterday - the stitches were removed  which has removed the irritation from the eye so it is feeling much better today - all the better to see you with..................

Last weekend Claire and I flew away to Melbourne - no, not on our broomsticks it was much easier to use a commercial airline.....it's getting a bit chilly for the broomsticks now with the Autumn weather.  The reason for our trip was to go to AQC but I think it was more about catching up with people than the actual show....

I didn't take many photos - too busy gasbagging I think!  the weather was amazing, blue skies and warm days - the venue for AQC is fabulous - and the gardens around the Royal Exhibition Centre are beautiful......a few pics from our walk to the show....
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The pics of the actual Royal Exhibition Building are hilarious, as the light was quite bright and I had "the eye" I could only point and shoot without really looking up at the sky - or seeing what I was taking a pic of.....so I got some part pics if you like!......I guess I could say I was trying for some sort of arty shots, but I would be lying......




It was great to catch up with Gail who just happened to have a few pieces of her new fabric range, Baskets in Bloom, in her bag.......can't wait until these fabrics hit the shops...there are quite a few I "need"!  (go to Gail's blog for more pics of the fabric.....)


I also caught up with Fiona who is in the online stitching group I belong to...


....we did move from that table eventually......but not before I had afternoon tea.....a flourless lemon cake.....which was delicious!


Friday night we headed up to Lygon Street for dinner.....and the group expanded even more.....(thanks to Fiona for the last two pics which she graciously said I could "steal' from her blog) the woman behind me with the dark hair was the restaurant owner who insisted on being in the pic....and then there are the photo bombers coming out the door.....


Saturday we spent a couple of hours wandering in the Queen Victoria Market.....



...a brisk walk to the mall for some window shopping then back to the hotel for a nanna nap before dinner......which was again on Lygon Street but a different restaurant - you are spoiled for choice really.....this one came with it's own Elvis! ......


It was lovely to catch up with Jan, Cathy and Leanne as well on Saturday night....Cathy has some pics on her blog.....

So what did I buy at the show?  Not a lot.......this is it....


I took this with me, but the eye was too painful to even think about stitching so it came home without a stitch being sewn......maybe tonight!


So that's it from me on this Easter long weekend.....not a chocolate egg or bunny in sight - I do have some hot cross buns though so that solves what to have for dinner!

Happy Easter.........................Lorraine

6 comments:

Susan said...

Great photos, I really like the "arty" ones. So looking forward to my own trip to AQC.....maybe next year. Lovely to meet up with friends while you're there too.

Sue SA said...

Hope Easter bunny brings you some chocolate! Glad that your eye is feeling better and hopefully you can have a relaxing Easter break enjoying some stitching
. Next year I am defiantly going to AQC it looks like fun :)

PamKittyMorning said...

Looks like you had a lot of fun! Glad your eye is better!

Lenora said...

Was great to see you Lorraine, only sorry I could not make it to dinner on Friday night. Glad the eye is coming good.

Shay said...

You outed yourself for no reason with your arty shots. I would have assumed they were deliberately beautiful.

Chookyblue...... said...

looks/sounds like you girls had a great time in Melbourne........