Snippets 'n' Scraps

Day 15 – From above Sawn off trunk of an Australian native grass tree. Day 16 – Family (xxx) Day 17 – Centred Brass door kno...

Continuing the stories behind some of my favourite quilts before I pack them up for the move. In the lead up to our trip to Italy in 2007 ...

There were squeals of delight (and quiet groans from someone who I’ll not name) when we discovered a fabric shop this morning, just up the r...

Ravenna has been recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage area because of its early Christian and Byzantine buildings containing the most ex...

Soft, warm rain. The first we’ve had since the afternoon we arrived in Rome almost 3 weeks ago.  We don’t care a bit because it’s given us a...

Only the crew had access to it, but so many times during our cruise I’ve wished I could have stood up there at the pointy end of the ship...

  Thinking I might have seen enough Greek and Roman temples by now.  Surprisingly though, just when I’ve felt a little jaded, each new arch...