Day 365 of 365

Belle Meade Plantation

"Come on in, y'all"
A Southern Belle. Mansion tour - fascinating.

See you tomorrow

[yes, you will see me tomorrow, I have decided to continue on for a few more days :-)]

[I am having too much fun!]

Raewyn.

Day 364 of 365

Recovery day!!!!!

10.41 pm and this is what my bed looks like - where will I sleep tonight??!!
A quiet day spent catching our breath after living on adrenaline and fibre (hehe) alone for the last 5 days. I was still in my nightie at 2pm this afternoon, however that was 8am NZ time so I hope I am forgiven!!!

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Day 363 of 365

Walking about in Paducah

Whilst out shopping in the beautiful town of Paducah, we walked the length of the mural wall which edges the river. It protects the town from serious flooding (hopefully only 1 in 100 year ones). Each section of the wall was painted with a relevant picture...very beautiful and interesting.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.

Day 362 of 365

Workshopping at Paducah

Feathers with Sue Nickels - lucky me, fabulous tutor.

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Raewyn.

Day 361 of 365

Paducah

Beautiful day at Paducah quilt week...lunchtime...
a gaggle of quilters?
a stash of quilters?
(help me out here!!)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.

Day 360 of 365

Grand opening ceremony of Quilt week at Paducah

Ever seen a brass band and a flash mob at a quilt show before?
I have!!!!!

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Raewyn.

Day 359 of 365

Hitting Paducah!!

wowowowowowowow - Hancocks - biggest quilt shop I have ever seen!!!
I was lost for words, didn't know where to start!!

Just about to get some practise in!!
There are cute little trolleys to fill with bolts of fabric :-)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.

Day 358 of 365

Had to visit this yummy smelling shop!
(Kerryn, I was thinking of you in here!)

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Raewyn.

Day 357 of 365

Nashville was known as the "Athens of the South" until it became more recently known 

as Music City 

An exact replica of the original Greek temple, the Parthenon, which no longer looks anything like this, having been badly damaged over the centuries.

The original Athena (the goddess of wisdom) statue no longer exists. This is over 40 feet tall and is gilded and painted with 8 pounds of 23.75 carat gold!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.

Day 356 of 365

Morning walk

Lake near my brother's home, Hendersonville, Nashville.

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Raewyn.

Day 354 - 355 of 365

You will notice a change in my photos - no longer going for the arty shot!!

A glimpse of my holiday!
Culture---

Have heard a lot about this place - now I can say I have been there!!

Nashville Symphony Orchestra.
Was actually a really fun night and the Symphony Centre was absolutely beautiful.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.

Day 352 - 353 of 365

I have lost track of my days now as I've travelled back in time!

I'll make it two days - two photos!

In transit - 4 airports and  21 flying hours
and at least 10 hours waiting at airports!

Good to see plenty of fuel going in and all the bags loaded!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.

Day 351 of 365

"The night before..."

Dinner out with the kiddies.

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Raewyn.

Day 350 of 365

Something's afoot....

Yes, something is happening at Raewyn's house...!

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Raewyn.

Day 349 of 365

Sorry - another horse-y photo but I really liked how this one turned out :-)

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Raewyn.

Day 347 of 365

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Raewyn.

Day 346 of 365

"What do you mean, hurry up? I'm going as fast as I can!"

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Raewyn.

Day 345 of 365

'Mustering' one calf out of the bush today. He knew the area better than us and wouldn't be herded out... we had to cut the fence and hope he comes out by himself soon!

Ponga in the bush.
The decorative trees seen here.

The Ponga is also known as the Silver Fern - which, along with the Kiwi, has become a
symbol of New Zealand.
Underside of the leaves.

Young Tanekaha...I love their bark at this time of the year.

You may, or may not, have noticed that I had a mishap with my numbering... way back in December I skipped ahead 10 days at once. When I announced only 20 days to go 10 days ago, I was wrong!!!

Today there now only 20 days to go!!!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.

Day 344 of 365

Happy cows with their morning feed.
The grass has greened up with the little rain we've had.

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Raewyn.

Day 343 of 365

Autumn Harvest

The figs aren't as juicy as last year's but the birds are still enjoying them!

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Raewyn.

Day 342 of 365

Bush view

Decorative Ponga fill a gully up the hillside.

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Raewyn.

Day 341 of 365

Sunset

Glanced outside at the right time!

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Raewyn.

Day 340 of 365

All legs!

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Raewyn.

Day 339 of 365

Farm Work.

'Smoko' in the fields.
The modern-day farmer's wife offers bottled fruit juice and packaged cookies rather than the scones with jam and cream and a thermos of sweet tea of yesteryear!
(Besides, she spent all day in town so home baking was not on the menu!)
Drilling a paddock with new grass seed after spraying out the old grasses.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.

Day 338 of 365

Spotted...

...the Little Brown Kiwi in the New Zealand bush.

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Raewyn.

Day 337 of 365

It's been another great year for grapes!

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Raewyn.

Day 336 of 365

Coping with the dry

More wrapped baylage arrived today. Should keep us going for the next few months!

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Raewyn.

Day 335 of 365

Misty start to the morning after a nice bit of rain last night.

(20 days to go!!)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn.