The Mailman Delivered some Goodies!!!

 

Here we have been so fortunate, with no damage, after the massive 7.8 earthquake on Monday morning at 12.02 a.m. … a few aftershocks,  our roads are open, businesses open as usual,  the mailman can still drive on our roads. Some buildings in Wellington which is  2 hours south of us , are cordoned off as further checks are taking place.

The parcel arrived from Australia, look at these fabrics from The Strawberry Thief,  Thank you, thank you ,so much .

   Go here to visit their web page  ,……    and see more Liberty Lawn  that is overwhelmingly beautiful.

This was what I won in a give-away at Molli  Sparkles  .

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another fantastic quilter who will give you laughs, love and sparkles on his blog. Thank you Molli, I am sure all the other winners have enjoyed their goodies as well, we have all been so blessed to have you and Robyn combining for a fantastic give-away.

Thank you both so much, this has given me a huge boost after a worrying week. ( my spell check didn’t count the number of “thanks”)

I will look at this beautiful, soft as silk, Liberty Lawn fabric each day..well, many times a day, touch it, rearrange it, and leave it for a while till I find the perfect pattern to do it full justice. I am so happy to have won this. THANKS again.

The earthquake has been upgraded from 7.5 to 7.8 magnitude, the aftershocks continue, building, roads, homes and businesses are damaged, some totally beyond repair. The army has arrived in Kaikoura, our Navy and visiting ships from other countries have assisted in a huge way.

This is all about 300km to  400km south of where we live, Kaikoura is nearer, the epicentre is further away.

After more data has been analysed, it appears that multiple faults have ruptured.

 

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All information  courtesy of the Internet.

A newly released map reveals the extraordinary complexity of Monday morning’s monster magnitude-7.8 earthquake. GNS Science earthquake geologist Nicola Litchfield explains what we’re looking at.

The map at the moment is showing where the aftershocks are, and the green circles, or ovals, are showing places where we observed fault rupture, when we flew in a helicopter on Monday. We saw, as you can see, multiple fault ruptures.

Already, it looks as though parts of well-known faults such as the Hundalee, Hope and Kekerengu Faults have ruptured (broken) and also parts of less well-known or unknown faults around Emu Plains, The Humps Fault zone and Waipapa Bay have also ruptured. Such a sequence of earthquakes occurring on different faults in such a short time-frame has not been witnessed before in New Zealand. There will be many types of data and days of collection and analysis required to make sense of what happened and what the implications of this earthquake sequence are for the future.

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Onto other news, Max is continuing to do well, the lawns are growing, weeds have followed, ( why do they behave like sheep ) , Hugh has been busy on the mower, and new rules mean that if you are on a quad bike in a public place,like a beach, a helmet is mandatory!!!

Some of these tall trees are now felled and cut into firewood, the weeping silver pear at the right hand side is graceful with drooping branches, and along the fence-line the daffs have all finished their golden glory.

My secret sewing is going well, more cut out this morning, and some  more fabrics are in the waiting/processing line.

Quotation of the day, from Roald Dahl

“ And above all, watch with glittering eyes

the whole world around you

because the greatest secrets are always

hidden in the most unlikely places.

Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it”

Greetings from Jean