Red White Blue

Hello everybody! I feel like it has been ages since I have been able to share anything of the show and tell nature. That would be because I insist on having holidays and then returning to work with little time in between. When I have had a spare moment I have either picked up the crochet hook and continued on with the neutral toned blanket or I have been trying to snatch a few moments to complete my red white and blue quilt which is loosely based on "lady in the Lake". I say loosely based on "Lady in The Lake"because my outside triangles are facing the wrong way or my geese are flying the coop rather than landing in the lake! I started the quilt twelve years ago. The top was made very quickly but then was rested in the cupboard for longer than any quilt top should. Then three years ago I started hand quilting the quilt, mainly on a Thursday morning at craft, but as usual I am easily distracted by other activities and this quilt would get tossed aside. I must say that in the last few weeks it has been that cold at night that I would be working on the quilt in bed at night and just leave it on top of me and go to sleep . How slack is that! At least the weather gave me the impetus to finish it off.

So to show off this quilt I decided to take you on a little journey to one of my favourite places in South Australia - Port Willunga Beach

As a young adult, my friends and I would head down with boogie boards and the usual beach gear for a day of sun and crystal clear waters. It takes about 45-50 minutes to get to Port Willunga from where I live but it is well worth the trip. Way back when we were young we would virtually have the whole beach to ourselves with only a few other souls on the beach. It is a little more popular nowadays, what with urban sprawl but the surrounds remain beautiful and untouched as the area has become part of a large marine park. Virtually a few minutes down  the road is Aldinga and a patch of local scrub land which is the last remaining natural scrub environs on the Adelaide plains. (I will take you for a photographic tour tomorrow)

Hope you enjoy the beach as much as I do.

 Standing on the cliff face - the view in both directions

 Looking down to the beach below

Unusual rocks with Iron

 Sandstone cliff faces

 

 Reflective pools

And I imagine I should actually show you the quilt! The quilt pattern looks a little shattered or fracture in these shots but I just think it is the pattern and the bright light on this superb winters day

looking up the sandstone cliff face

The remainders of the  jetty - a photographers dream - old pylons weathering away in the water. Check out the cormorant on top of the pylon

Old boats sheds cut into the rock wall of the cliffs
And the remainders of a pulley system to haul the boats up the beach to the shed - makes for a nice hanger

Using the timer on the camera

In coming wave

10 second timer does not allow any time to get prepared for a shot when you have to run down the rocks to get in position

Tomorrow I'll take you to the Aldinga scrub for a brief visit. If you love the pylon shots some very professional photographers have captured the beach at its very best - sunset and during  lightning strike - absolutely brilliant shots - have a look here
Thanks for stopping by!