A To Do List

I am longing to return to some sewing. It is weeks since I did any. What with moving house, a two week holiday, 3 months of scorching temperatures and a 3 year old to care for, it has been tough to get motivated. My photography has been my creative outlet and I have loved every minute of it. I love the memes I join in with every week and I have found some incredibly talented photographers along the way.

However, after a week at my in-laws where the temperature is a good 10 degrees C cooler, I am feeling quite rejuvenated and ready to take on something else. Last weekend, I signed up to Jennifer and Sarah`s Across the Sea QAL. I am super excited as it means I will be doing some virtual sewing for the first time with lovely bloggy friends Di and Susan. They are both prolific bloggers and quilters and I get inspired every time they create so I`m looking forward to learning more from them and having some fun along the way too.  Susan also twisted my arm (she`s very strong) to enter this swap, which should be a lot of fun too!

Now I am not a person for lists (preferring to keep everything in my head and promptly forgetting everything) but I have compiled one highlighting just what I have to do and what I have committed to. I can`t wait to get started.

So here`s the list!

tie this quilt

baste, quilt and bind this quilt

post fabric choices for the Across the Sea QAL

make Zaki a pair of  PJs from Susan`s `ugly` rocket fabric

buy fabric and design a quilt for my mum (colour duck egg blue hues)

make a quilt for Baby `George` arriving November (fabric winging way from the States)

make goodies for the swap

make a coin quilt using Parisville fabric

I think that`s it...if I have forgotten something, someone let me know?

Shadow Shot Sunday - Under the Shade

I took this photo at a local cafe in Marrakech. I don`t like leaving a cafe and feeling ripped off. I had that feeling leaving this one. I`ll vote with my feet. I won`t be going back again. However, the shade provided some pretty shadows and I feel better for that. At least they couldn`t charge for the shadows.

For more shots of a shadowy nature head on over to Tracy`s.

Joy Pockets

a smile from the eyes

finding you`re listed on the acknowledgements page of  a friend`s new novel
feet in cool glacial waters*

watching a child play

looking for land by the ocean

contemplating a new project...perhaps

*summer only joy pocket

For more joy filled moments, head over to Monica`s

Rush Hour

Time sometimes flies like a bird

sometimes crawls like a snail

but a man is happiest when he does not even notice 

whether it passes swiftly or slowly. 

(Ivan Turgenev)

Wordless Wednesday - Wash Day

The Ourika Valley in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains

Head over to Faith, Hope & A Whole Lotta Love for more wordless posts and to Bella over at 52 Photos Project where the theme this week is black and white.

 

Shadow Shot Sunday - Ouiskra

 a couple of years ago
the people of Ouiskra in the Atlas Mountains
celebrated their new school house..

..and the school bags and supplies donated for the 5 year olds so that they may go to school

and the village getting connected to mains electricity

it was a day for clapping and dancing...and drumming

Linking up with Tracy over at Hey Harriet.

52 Photos Project - Reflections

Palm trees in the lily pond - The Majorelle Gardens, Marrakech

Joining in with 52 Photos Project here.