Happy, Shiny People

Morning!


I just wanted to share a layout I have done for the challenge at scrapfriends http://blog.scrapfriends.com.au/ it is a colour challenge 

I am not scrapping brights so much these days, but these beautiful people certainly are bright and happy. 
I have added journalling on a tag and slipped in the top.I have put two photo's together, so as to get the captain (on the end in the glasses )in the layout as well

The story basically is that we went searching for the remains of our friends Grandfathers flour mill on the Island of Patmos. We found it on our friends cousins property, having pulled up and winding down the car window and saying the words " We are from Orange and mentioning their cousins names , with much smiling, laughing and beckoning us to come inside their home.Luckily Arani ( the lady in the yellow Tshirt) was visiting her family from Darwin and spoke English, so she translated for us all. When inside Freda whipped up food and they sat down with us and we had the best time laughing and talking with Arani translating. They had never met us before and they treated us like family. We also got invited back on the Sunday for Lunch, where Freda cooked up a feast. Her husband the Captain has had a stroke, so Freda looks after him and runs the house (she seemed a very capable woman) The captain, used to be a captain of a boat (hence his nickname) Michael their brother is a Shepherd. After much laughing and talking (loud , demonstrative talking) Arania came with us as our tour guide, showing us around all her special places on the island. She loved every minute of it , sitting in the front of our tiny, teeny rental car and waved to everyone she saw, with a big smile on her face, saying that is my cousin :) I hope to go back and see these beautiful people again one day. I put the little "Postcards from Paradise" embellie on because when I asked Freda if she would ever like to come to Australia she said "Why would I leave My Paradise"


Wishing you all a little bit of paradise today and everyday


Oh nearly forgot ~ updates on Photo a Day June
Door

From a low angle

Art ~ sorry about the shadows off the glass. I am lucky to have a brother who is a artist

Time ~ time spent waiting for appointments

Yellow ~ Sunshine and Happiness ~ the first painting my Grandson gave me when he started pre-school, he is now 10!

If you have managed to got through this long blog , you have done well!


Mary x