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Great Fun with Fabrics - Quilting - Japanese Ladies- Oriental Quilt.

We've recently brought ourselves a caravan for traveling around Australia, starting next year.  I decided that rather than buy a boring doona for the beds (we opted for 2 singles for more walk space) I would make quilts for the beds.  This is the first of 2 that I am making.  I choose to do this one first as I just loved these fabrics the most.  The second one is for my hubby's bed, so I choose black and white for him. He didn't really want a pretty "girly" quilt.  Strange man. (LOL) Still working on it. How I choose: I went to a Craft and Quilting Expo armed with $$$$.  I've always loved Asian prints, so went straight to a stall selling them.  Decided on a center piece panel. (Design in my head)  Wanted it to be simple, but colorful. Also I have a serious addiction to purple, so naturally, it had to have purple in it.   Fell in love with the 3 piece panel of beautiful women in traditional Kimono's.  Then matched up fabrics ...

Great Places To Visit - Esca Grill, 650 Mt Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds, Victoria.

Went back to our all time favorite restaurant in Melbourne. Yep, still the best!  EVER!  AMAZING seafood, steaks, and great service.  Delicious, delicious, delicious. Can't find words.....it's that good.  I started with the mixed entree:  Prawn stuffed baby squid, chili bar-b-q prawn, and pan seared scallop.  DIVINE!!!! For mains I opted for a 250g Eye Fillet Medium.  Comes on a potato rosti.  I ordered table sides of mashed potato, broccolini, and pear, parmesan and rocket salad.  Others ordered the slow cooked lamb shoulder with roast pumpkin (for 2) Yummy, yummy, yummy.  We all shared a mixture of desserts, chocolate platter (so delish), lemon delicious pudding, a cheesecake thingy, don't know what it was but it looked great. There were 4 of us.  We ate 3 courses! Stuffed to the eyebrows with wonderful, fresh, exquisitely prepared tummy filling deliciousness.  What more can I say?  You MUST try it sometime.  ...

Recipe-Winter Warmer - Vegan, Vegetarian, Diabetic Friendly, Heart Friendly- Spiced Red Lentil and Roast Pumpkin Soup

This lovely velvety, thick soup is a real tummy warmer on a cold day. Healthy, fragrant, delicious. Warms you all over. Delicious with a crusty sour dough bread.  Hope you enjoy it.