Catching up

Catching up with people and catching up with posting!Last week I had a few days R and R in Sydney with family and friends. There are times when, as much as I like the place,  Broken Hill feelslike a long way away from most of my family and friends. Possibly because it is. The visit had an Asian flavour.  On Monday I had an invigorating Thai massage with Lois and then with Meredith I visited fascinatingCabramatta and delighted in the lychees, rambutans, dragon fruit and freshturmeric piled high in aromatic and jewel coloured heaps.  We trawled fabricshops managed by elegant Chinese ladies catering to the Muslim ladies' needsfor good hijab fabric.    And I got to know the ladies my mum had bought to life using faces and    hands I had made and her own impressive supply of fabric, beads andcreative ingenuity.  The slightly scary looking one in black and red isreally tough to photograph on her own.  For one of my limited abilityanyway.  She gets a mixed reaction but we love her still!