Joy

@joyjet

Creator of things and maker of mess. I love textiles, solitude, music, Victorian High Country and my fam. Most of the time, I see the glass as half full.🥃 Aussie crafty type with many WIPs

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Joy@joyjet· 17d

Snap on High Tea! I took my best friend to Gembrook Manor in Gembrook today. Despite the rain, it was lovely. My friend is afraid of heights so I don’t think we’ll be giving that one a go.

A High Tea setting with finger sandwiches, scones and small cakes. A glass on champagne is in the foreground.

Joy@joyjet· 29d

Vale, Sam Neill. 😢

Joy@joyjet· Jul 11

Good acquired! With thanks to my eldest daughter for driving me to the other side of the city & my youngest daughter for just coming along on the road trip. (For clarity, I can drive but hate the roadworks for the North-East link and don’t know the area well. My daughter drives all over town.)

A freestanding display wall in red metal mesh with repositionable shelves. There’s a white area at the top for branding.

Joy@joyjet· Jul 9

That's lovely! It reminds me of some fabric I made a bag out of many years ago. Did you have a project in mind for this material? I'd be happy to make you something.

A green and white striped fabric tote bag, with pink roses and a trailing vine pattern on the stripes. It's edged in black piping.

Joy@joyjet· Jun 30

I found this on FB from the wonderful #BenPennings. My kid and I just came up with some new ones. G.Noots = gender neutral Azzy = asexual

A screenshot with text from Arbeitology @Arbietologist that reads Have Australians started saying 'non-bino' for no-binery yet? toby(star) taub & kautner luver! @tboyhilson writes underneath mate, tell me ya pronies

Joy@joyjet· Jun 21

Oops. Less posting, more focusing.

The underside of the crumpets, looking quite burnt.

Joy@joyjet· Jun 18

We upgraded my safety equipment because I can't wear goggles or safety glasses when working with power tools. So far, this option is working out well.

A woman with red glasses wearing a dust mask and a plastic face protector.

Joy@joyjet· Jun 18

I had some in my backyard the other week. I thought they were ravens making a mess, but it was 4 of these cuties.

A black cockatoo with a yellow crest, high up in a wattle tree.

Joy@joyjet· Jun 14

The Bloke & I went to Shepparton in the truck, then detoured through the Strathbogie Tablelands for lunch and some rock hopping at Polly McQuinns weir, near Euroa. It was the perfect day out.

Looking towards the weir, with water spilling over and cascading down large granite boulders. It's a bright, sunny Winters day with a clear blue sky.

Large granite boulders in the landscape. There's a shadow of a man & woman in the foreground.

The Bloke in his bright orange hi-vis shirt, at the edge of a lake, surrounded by granite rocks.

A vintage car park sign on the side of the building.

Joy@joyjet· Jun 9

My neighbour will be mad. The visiting trio of black cockatoos just dropped a heap of chewed wattle tips onto his pool house roof. They had a wonderful time, chattering & chomping, before flying away to some other backyard tree.

A black cockatoo, high up in the branches of a wattle tree. Blue sky and white clouds can be seen above.

Joy@joyjet· Jun 8

We didn't get to the cabin this weekend, so I lit the fire pit that was full of fallen twigs and sat beside it with a coffee.

An old washing machine drum in a rusted fire bowl, with flames poking out the top. There is a blue wrought iron bench and a large terracotta oil pot in the garden behind.

Joy@joyjet· May 31

I'm beginning to think that I should have cut the fabric strips 2" wide. Sewing the thinner strips is difficult, especially as most of the fabrics fray. This section took me about 4 hours. And I don't think it's going to work as a backing as I'd planned. Oh well. Onwards and upwards.

Strips of brown fabric sewn together to form a larger piece of fabric. It's stuck to a white fleece board
There are single 1" wide strips beside the sewn piece.

Joy@joyjet· May 29

My local shopping centre could do with a miniature train type thing to ferry people from one end to the next, because my body did not like the 10,000 steps I completed while there.

People on a miniature train being pulled by a red caboose.

Joy@joyjet· May 20

I've been watching a lot of older movies because the slop being made nowadays is pretty ordinary. Tonight's viewing was Slipstream (1989) and it was one of those 'so bad it's good' movies. The locations used in the film were stunning.

Movie poster for Slipstream, with Mark Hamill, Bob Peck, Bill Paxton & Kitty Aldridge.

Joy@joyjet· May 13

I'm not sure if I found this book, or if this book found me. Either way, it's exactly what I need to read (and do) right now.

A blue book cover with the title "The Attention Recovery Plan". The subheading reads , "How to win the battle for focus in a world built to break it."
There is a mobile phone with a red screen on the right of the cover. It has a fern and a gerbera flower growing out of the top.
The author is David Gillespie.

Joy@joyjet· May 8

She's been patched up and is housebound for the next week while her paws heal. I imagine she's going to be very vocal about that development, as she screams at us on an hourly basis to be let outside to drink some bog water.

A black and white tuxedo cat, laying on worn brown carpet beside a pink patterned rug. There's a box of fabric beside her and a tower fan in the background.

Joy@joyjet· May 1

There was a weird contrail cloud beside the moon, but I didn't hear any planes. It disappeared quickly as well.

A photo of the moon in the cloudy sky. There is a contrail cloud to the left of the moon. Trees and a chimney can be seen in silhouette.

Joy@joyjet· Apr 22

I'm trying to finish projects that I start in a rush of excitement. Sometimes, I finish things and then they sit, waiting for me to decide whether to keep or sell. These cushions are the first 2 in a series of 6. I finally photographed & listed them for sale today. Hoping they'll find a new home.

A wire rocking chair in a backyard garden. There are two cushions stacked on the chair, in a burnt orange velvet. A circular cut out on each cushion frames a long stitch tapestry with an Australiana landscape. The lower cushion shows a timber cabin on a hill, with a windmill and fence in the foreground. The upper cushion has a similar old homestead cabin, but features a dam in the foreground, with a person of unknown gender in a boat aka a tinny.

Joy@joyjet· Apr 18

Instead of pizza and beer, I opted for pear cider. I’ll probably regret my choices later tonight, because both tend to give me indigestion. At least the pizza is home made, so the ham is less salty.