Moving into town has certainly given me a new lease on life and a greater involvement in doings outside of my four safe walls.
During the last couple of weeks I have been up and down the main drag (Hunter St) on the lovely free bus which directly connects me to the local fabric and craft store...pig heaven. The only catch is that I have to cross the rail line using 30 looong steps up and over to catch aforementioned bus. I count it as a compressed form of exercise which surely substitutes for that recommended 30 minutes a day! Regular trips are necessary to top up the supplies for things I make for the craft shop.
My involvement in the Emporium craft shop/gallery is moving right along, I have been busy this last week or so making origami birds and little stuffed bird ornaments and the echidnas are still selling like, well hot echidnas!
Our attempt to Christmas-ify the old space, behind the wall is the ghost of a very ritzy department store.
Young Madeline arranging my birds on our Aussie Christmas tree!
A sad spot in the week was a gathering at a local pub with other "True Believers" to farewell a grand old man of the Labor Party, Gough Whitlam, who died last week at the great age of 98. He can truly be said to have been a man who changed the face of Australia and implemented many social justice reforms for all especially the indigenous people. Vale Gough.
I made three terrariums (or is that terrarii?) and dressed them for Halloween.
A cruise ship came and went......
I met an Etegami Club friend from Brisbane for the first time. Leeanne was in Newcastle to show off her skills at a Ukelele Festival! We are a diverse lot in the Etegami Fun Club!
And a spot of Urban Sketching to record yet another building which is in the process of demolition, I guess they will keep the facade to give the planned apartments a bit of character.
If they keep repurposing and wrecking these old buildings where will all the funky coffee shops live? (worried look).
During the last couple of weeks I have been up and down the main drag (Hunter St) on the lovely free bus which directly connects me to the local fabric and craft store...pig heaven. The only catch is that I have to cross the rail line using 30 looong steps up and over to catch aforementioned bus. I count it as a compressed form of exercise which surely substitutes for that recommended 30 minutes a day! Regular trips are necessary to top up the supplies for things I make for the craft shop.
My involvement in the Emporium craft shop/gallery is moving right along, I have been busy this last week or so making origami birds and little stuffed bird ornaments and the echidnas are still selling like, well hot echidnas!
Our attempt to Christmas-ify the old space, behind the wall is the ghost of a very ritzy department store.
If they keep repurposing and wrecking these old buildings where will all the funky coffee shops live? (worried look).
Hi Carol, thank u for sharing the wonderful update. I love your origami for our Christmas tree (*I love that type of washing lines!) Enjoy your life fully! Best wishes, Sadami
ReplyDeletenice blog where is Emporium? and is that a sketch of the Sproket coffee shop?
ReplyDeleteHi jmnsw, yes the Sprocket coffee shop, makes me happy that you recognise it! The Emporium is in the old David Jones building at the lower end of the Hunter St. Mall, thanks for visiting.
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