The fastest week there has ever been.....

8 days since I last posted and now it is a week since I flew to Melbourne to attend the Creative Soul Retreat. "Time flies when you are having fun"and that is exactly what has happened. The Retreat was all that we had hoped and been promised, and then some. The skills and techniques we all learnt were terrific and we also formed some wonderful friendships.

I was determined to buy myself a special 'piece' at the Friday night market so I was very happy to snaffle an original work of DJ Pettit's, entitled "A Quiet Place".
There were a few other things that I bought too that I will show in other posts. The Friday night was quite hot and we were all feeling a bit uncomfortable with the heat. Fortunately the cool change came along on Saturday - with rain and some thunder - so that was a welcome relief. The first project I did was DJ's journal class. Here I am at the end of the day - with a bit of a shine on the forehead, nose and chin, just to prove I had been working hard!!! Didn't quite get to the putting together stage (some girls finished) as I was wanting to come home and add some bits and pieces and use my sewing machine. After each day's classes has finished - Kirsty and I made sure that we had nice nibbles and drinks to share. Being supportive of the South Australian food industry, we took some Maggie Beer pate with us (nothing to do with the fact that we love her pate!!!), cheeses and biscuits.

And we bought some Wild Hibiscus flowers in syrup to add to the drinks - a touch of yum!

The sunrise seen from our venue.

I'll share more next time........