Many of you will have seen a lot of the photos I will be sharing over the next few posts. Hopefully they will make you smile and remember a good few days at retreat.
The day we set off to Scrub Stitchin 2023.
I am so happy to have the weather warming up as we head north.
We have not seen as many emus before as we did crossing the Hay plains. There were so many. We would have seen about 50 or more. Sorry but no photos of them. However I did get a photo of these ones. 
Passed this wonderful silo at Weethalle. This was painted by Heesco Khosnaran.
Painted silos are popping up all over the country now and are magnificent to see up close.
And we enjoyed a lovely Chinese dinner in Forbes.
We finally made it. After driving about 30kms on a dirt road, not so good in our bus,
we arrived at Chooky’s for the night.
Surprising Sylvia and Arky and Gail then later Lou and Tony.
Spending a bit of time to see the famous CHOOKSHED.
(Photo copied from chookyblue ). (Chooky, Gail, Lou, Janice, Jo & Sylvia)
It was so good meeting some of the internationals the night before the retreat began.
I was gifted this beautiful bag from Sylvia.
Look at these lovely little pieced hexagons. Amazing Sylvia. Now I don’t have to make one of these bags.
Well it has started and look at the set up. Filled full of joy and happiness.
Everyone unpacked and busily chatting away or sewing. Just enjoying themselves.
Blogger is not being my friend today so I will leave it here and continue on later with our
gift bags, other fun projects and of course attendees….
11 comments:
Haha - driving through the Somerset countryside the other day I spotted toe emu in a field of sheep! Couldn't believe my eyes - I have seen ostrich before but not emu. Love all the silo art I am seeing, must be such fun to come across. I have had the pattern for one of those bags for years - one day! xx
Thanks for the memories Jo, it was a great trip!
always great to see what you all post and what each person liked etc........
sorry about the beautiful road but it was really good at present.........
Sounds like a fantastic retreat!
Sounds like a great trip. Enjoy!
Looking forward to the next instalment. It was a good night at Chookys.
A great start to your adventure.
Wonderful memories Jo.
I love reading everyone's posts - they bring back such great memories.
It was lovely having the catch up at Chooky’s before the big event. Your drive up sounds wonderful. I love the silos. So many more I want to see. We all looked so industrious at Scrub Stitchin’
Lovely memories alright. How very cool that you were able to visit the Chookshed!! Oh yes, I remember that road to Chooky's place! That was a very cool silo at Weethalle - loved the sheep in the balcony :-)
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