Adventures in May

Travelling markets

May was full of adventures. I participated in the Love The Lesch festival in my hometown, Australind. I had the excellent stall neighbours Penguin Empress Studios and Chickenpants. I even grabbed photos with some of the mascots!

Across the Wheatbelt to the Great Southern

Then we took a family trip down to Albany at the end of May. We managed to hit up all these towns:

  • Narrogin, for a tasty curry at The New Cornwall Hotel

  • Highbury, to stay at my grandparents farm, Noalimba

  • Katanning, for the excellent playground. As a bonus, the Katanning Miniature Railway was open and I got to ride the steam train (powered with Collie coal) and the diesel!

  • Mt Barker for a delicious camembert, caramelised onion & steak pie from the Mt Barker Bakery! (or brie, I can’t tell those cheeses apart). I remembered this pie from 3 years ago and it was still as incredible.

Albany had absolutely gorgeous weather for us. Sunshine, blue skies and warm days meant we had a great time splashing in the water, even if the water itself was a bit chilly! Middleton Beach, the Salmon Holes and Emu Point were all fantastic.

Animal and flower friends

I also found some animal and flower friends- a plethora of tiny crabs all the colour of the sand, a quenda (bandicoot), and 2 flowers I don’t know.

Tiny art

I've got mini paintings I've been working on! These will start appearing ​on the website over the next week or so. So far there's landscapes, birds and flowers, and they're all original, hand painted watercolours. The current size is a 3” square, a tiny piece of art.

Thanks for reading, and see you in the studio!

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