Finally home......

My last morning in Sydney saw me catching up with a cousin and heading out with Sonias crew also for breaky..............

This was heaven..........

OMG the food I have eaten this week............spanish, greek, korean, thai, pastries, cakes, BBQ's, amazing breakies..........so much different food I have loved it.............

beautiful beaches...........I hate the water and sand but love the view...........

the sun was glistening on the water.............

love driving thru the leafy expensive suburbs.....all except for this street the traffic was OMG nuts.............took me twice and long to get to the end of the freeway.............

seriously Sydney has development going on everywhere and the traffic is getting worse..............

once I got off the busy roads and onto the country roads the traffic was practically none..........love it that way........one of my favourite places to drive thru the Hunter Valley is near Jerrys Plains............the horse studs line the roads and they keep it mowed and neat and nice tree lines...........you really can't see the beauty so well in this pic but it is so pretty...............

I even had to stop for a very rare train..............it was really long............

gorgeous views all the way...........the country is amazing............it's why I live here and its forever changing..........

Stopped "Plough Inn to Cassilis" for coffee...........the roses on the side of the building were flowering beautifully...........

so nice to be home and back in my bed...........I have loved my week away and enjoyed checking out the city but give me the flies and dust any day over the traffic and busy people everywhere who have no time to even acknowledge you exist............

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.....

'Keeping the love of blogging alive'

More views.....

Sonia's jacaranda is looking amazing in full bloom.... hoping mine are starting to flower when get home..... no sign before i left but that was a week ago now.......

These gorgeous Angels appeared while i was visiting....... a few might have popped into my car for the trip home....... 

I love the big huge trees....... types of fig trees I'm pretty sure........ 

Friday I was starting to feel human again....... Went for a beautiful early morning walk along a creek..... Lovely tree ferns........a tunnel to go thru.....none of those at home........

Saw another cousin I had not seen for years....... Popped into Cottage Quilt Works and got a few treats......

Great experience of Sydney traffic...... the reason why I would never i repeat never live down here.....

Seafood dinner on the harbour..... Glorious weather.......

Some more stitching time........few more Lucy's that were part way in progress finished......

Ok best get moving........breaky by the beach with another cousin and Sonia's family..... then the big trip home......

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue......

'Keeping the love of blogging alive'

Lazier day.....

By Thursday I was completely smashed...... visited relatives in the morning before arriving at Sonia's......she wasn't well..... I was exhausted and still battling the sinus infection.....burning the candle at both ends while away i tell you....... but you have to make the most of the time away..... so this is how we spent the afternoon...... Hard isn't it.........so hard i decided I was not up for driving home Friday..... got another Lucy block finished.......

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue.....

'Keeping the love of blogging alive'

More Sydney.....

This was Wednesday.......

All the pics out of order...... 

Trains, light rail, ferry ride...   Food court in David Jones is amazing...... The harbour,  cruise liner,  container ship, Greek dinner, wandering the city.....

The best view ever..... 

A random front door in Newtown......another great quilt pattern.... 

Jacarandas flowering everywhere with there stunning purple display.     

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue......

Keeping the love of blogging alive

Another day another city......

Let's just say when I go to a city I jam in as much as I can..... A night with a girlfriend and family then navigating city traffic.....freaks me out at times... And I don't even do the inner city bit...... Omg ended up in a tunnel I didn't think I had to go thru and was freaking out for a little bit......... But it was ok as I ended up going the right direction on the right motorway and made it to a different girlfriends where I stayed last night and will stay tonight.............. Worked out the train system to the city.........wandered the city with fairy girl........just wandering and shopping.........tried Korean for lunch.... One dish was soooooooo hot and spicy......Dinner with other friends....... Still sick but will keep going while I can as I need to fit in heaps more yet.........

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

'Keeping the love of blogging alive'