Territory Dreaming Highlights & Thanks !!

Territory Dreaming has come and gone and boy oh boy did we had an awesome time. I want to extend a HUGE thank you to our star that made it all happen Finnabair - you ROCK Floss and we are so grateful you shared your talents with us all and inspired us to no end!! More thanks go out to all the ladies who attended, it was awesome to meet you all and i thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

My sisters and mum played a huge part in helping me pull this together and keeping me in control through it all so thanks heaps Ang, Wendy & Mum LYLT xxxx

 and who could forget the other parts of me Neil, Shani, Zeb & Jess - who thought they had lost their partner and mummy for a bit - but hey I'm back lol.............

 Our STAR - Finnabair with the canvas she created for the class - and how lucky was I, I got to keep it :-)

 our goodies bags..............

 the girls getting their Finn on................

 Oh lookie look i even managed to get mine on too hehehehe.....

My friend Martha made it too all the way form the the USA lol..................

 

 here are some of my creations Finnabair style :-) - my tea bag journal cover

&& Industrial Baroque 

 my others are still works in progress lol...

Some Northern Territory/Aussie Treats for Finn

Thanks again to everyone for making 'Territory Dreaming' ROCK !!!

until next time take care xx

Easter Bonnet Parade

Decorated Hat Day - Easter Bonnet Parade -  Last day Term 1

Jess told me on Monday they had to decorate a hat, nothing about Easter or anything like that just 'decorate a hat mum'. So we came up with a plan to decorate this hat he got in Bali on the elephant tour he went on. So i went out and bought all these African animals & had a bit of a plan in my head as he did in his. So Wednesday nite (nothing like leaving it till the last minute) I pull out all this stuff & call Jess for assistance. Neil  sitting there reading the  school newsletter throws in this comment  'it's an Easter bonnet you are meant to be making'..............aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh ........that's my Jess!

So off to the shop  Shani goes for some last minute supplies & here is the results of Jess's Easter bonnet & by the way he actually won..................god love him



I did ask him to smile 'don't like smiling mum' so this was shot #3 and i gave up :-)  lol





The hat came home but the eggs fell out of the nest and broke so they had to eat them.................kids you got to love them!

TC Paul Update

The cyclone is currently close to the coast and is expected to move inland and weaken slightly early on Tuesday. On Wednesday it is likely the cyclone will move back into Gulf of Carpentaria where it may reintensify.

DESTRUCTIVE WINDS with gusts to 140 kilometres per hour are likely on the coast near Cape Shield as the cyclone moves inland.

GALES with gusts to 110 kilometres per hour are currently being experienced between Nhulunbuy and Numbulwar, including Groote Eylandt. GALES may extend north to Elcho Island and west to Milingimbi during Tuesday if the cyclone takes a more northerly track. GALES are likely to extend south to Port McArthur or possibly west to Maningrida during Wednesday, depending on the cyclone's future movement.

A STORM TIDE is expected between CAPE SHIELD and PORT ROPER. Tides are likely to rise significantly above the normal high tide, with DAMAGING WAVES and DANGEROUS FLOODING tonight and Tuesday.

HEAVY RAIN may lead to localised flooding and significant stream rises over the eastern Top End and northern Roper-McArthur Districts tonight and Tuesday.

Tropical Cyclone Paul

An update on the current cyclone in our area, suppose we will just have to wait & see...............


The cyclone is currently stationary on the coast near CAPE SHIELD and is expected to move further inland on Monday.

We're on cyclone watch!

Friday night snap shots above & below



Saturday Night & today's paper front page story read 'We're on cyclone watch'.....@ about 6.30pm the first signs of rain started followed by lots of thunder & lighting. I tried to capture the lightning to show you. For 1. i'm not the best photographer 2. i hate reading the book to figure it out, like to be shown (anyone out there want to come teach me lol) so hence not getting very far with better pic's lol 3. was getting eaten alive by mossies the sign of march flies , so between slapping my legs, arms, face ouch and every other part of body I got these pic's to share. Will keep you up-to-date with a cyclone watch & if I'm not on here for 3 to 4 days you know we have been hit, lost power & probably could do with a hand to clean up..............lol enjoy & hopefully I'll get the camera thing sorted & have better pics real soon.......Neil has cyclone kit ready Nan so don't worry, the fridge is stock with Carlton Dry.....lol

My first 50 pics looked like this...........



They got slightly better.............



Then I went for the zoom so bit blurry...................



Still blurry will have to take the book to bed & study up



Till next time take care, stay safe, happy scrapp'n god bless......Rae xx

Red Sky @ Night ..........

Red sky @ night is a Shepard's delight!

Captured @ Howard Spings, Darwin

I couldn't resist this shot it was just beautiful, the pic probably doesn't do the real thing  justice.....but I'm practising so hopefully will sort out this camera one day lol

Is it going to stop!

Well it's big monsoonal rains for us in the Top End (GREAT Scrapp'n weather :-) ) , Friday we had 179mm & Saturday 131 mm and so far no sign of easing up 4 days & counting. We even have our own river system from the back of the property to the front, no Barra though & at this stage no croc's thank goodness.

Thought i would share some snap shots with you all (did ask Neil to run out and move the 2 palm prongs from the lawn as they were interfering in my pic - but he wouldn't be in it lol), that's as long as the power doesn't go out, haven't had much luck the last few days. I get all excited and want to post this and that as my blog is only new, just about get ready to upload it and woo and behold blackout ! Anyways i hope to get this one posted, so better stop rambling on and post it hey !