out visiting – Page 3

a big week of doing/ a big week of thinking

11 Apr

WEEK FOURTEEN (april 4-10) About three weeks ago I purchased an App that I had investigated multiple times. I am often slow in committing with Apps and new ways of working. Will it do what I want it to? Will ... Read more »

clear straight line vs plodding

5 Apr

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTEEN (march 28- april 3) As it is now April – a third of the year is gone. It is rushing by – though some days I ease forward and some days I go round in circles. This week ... Read more »

Grand Leon, Spam Leon

14 Mar

Jan Mullen 1

WEEK TEN (march 7-13) We woke up to the new week in Bowral at a delightful B&B on the outskirts of town – Links House Hotel. Lovely brekkie, lovely staff and a change of pace from the hustle of Sydney ... Read more »

filled to the brim

11 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK NINE (february 29 – march 6) The week started off at home in ‘finish up/ clear up /clear out’ mode and by Wednesday we were flying out to explore Sydney. Our room was in a freshly rebuilt hotel in ... Read more »

tenterhooks

15 Feb

Jan Mullen

WEEK SIX (february 8-14) tenterhook |ˈten(t)ərˌho͝ok| – noun historical a hook used to fasten cloth on a drying frame or tenter…. (fitting/ sitting well with my line of work?) PHRASES on tenterhooks; in a state of suspense or agitation because ... Read more »

two views

1 Feb

Jan Mullen

WEEK FOUR (january 25-31) The start of the week and we are still down south in holiday mode. Pottering and planning and relaxing a little. The complete (apart from the label) quilt is tested to determine which room it will ... Read more »

loquats & treasures

23 Nov

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY-SIX (november 16-22) I knew this week was going to be a mess of chopping and stirring and jars. And I am being truthful when I say mess – when I am in the midst of cooking just about ... Read more »

a woolly, arty, OZQUILTy trip

28 Oct

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY-TWO (october 19-25) This week I’m in Geelong, Victoria, a town that years ago I visited annually in our summer holidays – when we left our holiday caravan, and our bathers, at Point Lonsdale to visit the big smoke. ... Read more »

pre-tripping

18 Oct

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY-ONE (october 12-18) I am off to Geelong next week and therefore I am in countdown mode. I have finally called it quits on my ‘lecture’ at Art Quilt Australia. I have read it a zillion times and have ... Read more »

start of the week/end of the week

20 Sep

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTY-SEVEN – (sept. 14-20) THE START OF THE WEEK It’s been mostly another week of sitting on my bottom-friendly stool. Another week of tap, tap, tapping….of searching for the correct words….of trawling through and trying to make sense of, ... Read more »