The Sculpture of Bruno Torfs

My friend, Maureen, sent me a slide show today. It shows the truly impressive art of Bruno Torfs, a painter and sculpture, who created the more than 300 works of art in Bruno's Art and Sculpture Garden. Sadly, it is located North East of Melbourne, Australia, and during the recent fires it was destroyed. I can't figure out how to get the slide show onto Blogger, so I have included a few images of Bruno's beautiful work here. You can go to The Garden's official website to find out more about this amazing man, as well as how to help them rebuild this wonderful place.


Andre and I spend 8 weeks in Australia in 2002, many of those weeks near Melbourne. I wish that someone would have told me about this truly unique sculpture garden. I often visit and photograph botanical gardens, sculpture gardens, and arboretums when I travel. This would surely have been one of the highlights of our trip... so sad...

Sewing Charity

I have a long and arduous history with sewing. Basically, I wish I was good at it, that it came easily or at least normally to me, but while I try and try I never quite get to the point where I feel confident. I have taken several classes and have been tutored one-on-one by some of the best. But enough about me. I wanted to post about a organization, Sewing Charity, that matches peoples' sewing, knitting, crocheting, and quilting skills with charities that need them. What a cool and heart warming idea! If you have any of these crafting skill sets go on the website and find out more...