Showcase and Showing Off

SHOWCASE 2026

I didn't Volunteer to do White Glove at Showcase this year, as I didn't know if I had a free day that I could commit.  Turns out I did - so for the first time in as long as I can remember I went as a Visitor.

I had lengthy conversations with wonderful people about lots of things, and wandered the Quilts getting Inspiration for Fabric I have in my Stash, and still had things to see when they started the 'Time to Go' music.

SHOWING OFF

I am Totally sure that Our Barista is trying to get me to give up Coffee.  

Just HOW am I supposed to drink this?

Although, DD showed the photo to GD#1 who was mid 'I don't want to go to School meltdown', she was so impressed with the Catachino that she forgot to throw the Tantrum!  (I call that a WIN.)

Mum

I do not write about my Mother. 

Sadly, there is actually nothing to write about.

As I scrolled through 15 years of Blog posts looking for a photo, it saddened me to recall just how disinterested she is with anything.

I am not sure when the Dementia started creeping in but once we lost Dad, she was alone and with nothing to engage her, she has gotten worse until mild eccentricity turned into alarming paranoia.

Her Doctor said to me  ".. she needs a team of people 24/7 to look after her now" and with that we started the process of placing her into care.

Whether it was by Divine Intervention or just plain Good Luck, we moved her 4 weeks later, out of the home Dad & Mum built 73 years ago. 

She is not happy about being moved, and definitely NOT happy with having someone else in charge, but 6 weeks on and she is looking so much better and is even holding sensible conversations.

Oh -and the Paranoia? It is still lurking

but we did discover that there actually was "someone living in the roof."