News & Updates from Vicki Avcin ~ AusCrafts · Page 3

We have just cut another bunch of bananas off our trees. They are Sugar Bananas and everyone loves them. Last bunch we cut about 2 months ago had 180 bananas on it and this bunch has 176 bananas on it.

Each hand has about 16 bananas on it.

There is no way wed get through all those bananas so we give them out to family and neighbours as well as keeping some for ourselves of course.

The neighbours love them and always look forward to when we cut them. They are very sweet and dont have that claggy sticky taste like other bananas do. We have another two bunches on the trees at the moment. As we cut one bunch, there is another bunch growing.

By the time its half grown another appears so we have a constant production line. The marks on the skin are only on the skin and dont affect the actual banana inside the peel. This weeks designs are cocktails and could be used for a few different occasions.

Well the final day of our trip arrived and we headed off early again to see Mum. She was intrigued with all the photos on our phones and asked if we ever ran out of film!

Mum isnt up with all the new phones and people taking photos, then being able to see them instantly is intriguing for her!

Again we stayed a few hours before it was time for her lunch and we left. So hard to walk out the door and see her waving…. I had to call one of the RNs because she was going to make a break with us!

We still had a few hours before our flight home so we went to one of the big shopping centres, had some lunch and then my daughter booked us in for a half hour leg and foot massage.

I really enjoyed that as Id had cramps in my calves for the past couple of days. Then we headed out to the airport where we went to Sheps Mound which is one of the airports viewing platforms.

Watching planes land and take off, seeing those beautiful big planes up fairly close is one of my favourite past times.

My fav of the day was seeing our own QANTAS A380 roll down the runway and rotate. Amazes me how something that big can just glide off into the sky.

About an hour and a half later we went back to the terminal, dropped the hire car off , had a quick snack and we boarded our plane to come home.

A very busy 3 days but a very satisfying 3 days. My designs this week are two sets of toppers of cowboys and cowgirls.

We dropped in early to see my birth Mum and took a nice vase and soft and cuddly throw rug in for her.

The flowers we brought in yesterday had no vase so we nipped into K Mart to get one and I saw this lovely rug that I thought would be good for putting over her knees come winter time.

She loved the feel of it so we made a good choice! Then it was in the car for an hours trip up the coast to catch up with the most lovely people ever, cousins through my birth family.

We went up to the Golf Club for a yummy lunch with the most spectacular view of the coast to admire.

After spending a couple of hours there we went back to the house where the conversation just flowed as if wed known each other forever.

I met Rob and Susan the same day I met my birth mother but each time we get together the conversation just flows so easily.

Never run out of things to talk about either. Then just on dark we drove back into Sydney, got some dinner and back to the motel. Didnt take much to get to sleep after all that lovely fresh sea air. My designs this week are both from my journal style designs.

As you read last week my daughter and I went to Sydney for 3 days a couple of weeks ago now.

After seeing my birth Mother we hopped on a train at Granville and headed into Circular Quay.

First thing we saw was Royal Caribbeans Anthem of the Seas that had docked that morning. She is massive! Starting to wander round towards the Opera House there was a First Nations father and son playing the didgeridoo and the son had clapsticks.

We continued to round to the Opera House and its the first time Ive seen it since it was being built.

Got the photos of it and the famous Harbour bridge, then back to a harbourside café for lunch. Interesting to see they have gull patrols …a person with a dog to chase the sea gulls away from diners.

As we were walking back to get a ferry to Manly, there was this street performer who wriggled his way into sitting in thin air. (levitating).

People were looking at him from every angle trying to work out how he was doing it. We then went for a 20 min ferry trip over to Manly to see the sights of Sydney from the water.

We then took the return ferry back to Circular Quay but we had to wait for the Anthem of the Seas as she headed out for a 7 day cruise.

The harbour shuts down while they navigate out and we had to wait while she went. We then hopped on the train back to Granville to go back to the hotel. Very tired but had a great day. This weeks designs are two new Easter designs.

These are religious designs for those that dont want Easter Eggs.

Those who read my news wouldve seen that I recently went over to babysit my daughters house, dogs, cat and fish while they were in Japan.

Her and her partner were so grateful that I spent the 10 days there that to say thank you my daughter booked a 3 day trip to Sydney, primarily to see my birth mum but also to see cousins and the sights of Sydney.

We flew down just on dark on the Thursday and the sunset from the sky was beautiful. Due to daylight savings, on landing they are an hour ahead of us, so by the time we picked up the car we didnt get to the hotel till 11pm.

First thing Friday morning we headed off to see Mum. We brought some flowers on the way. It was not one of her better days unfortunately so after having a bit of a chat and a coffee with her, we headed off to see the sights of Sydney just before lunch time.

I will put more of my daughter and my adventures next week. This weeks designs are 2 of my Sentimental collection designs.