The Long & Short of It

I've taken hundreds if not thousands of photos

 over the past couple of months

in an attempt to document the biggest/hardest decision 

Dan and I have ever made collectively in our 30yr relationship

I've also written this post a hundred different ways in my head

and it doesn't matter how I approach the story in order to share the tale

of us demolishing our home 
in order to develop the block

 it's a tricky tale to tell 

however the long and short of it is

Dan & I put our get-shit-done-shirts on

 

and packed up 

4 people and 23yrs of living in the same house   

we held 4 garage sales over 2 w'ends

before locking the Studio doors for the last time

 when not long after a nice man and his lovely wife

came and took her away

bit by bit
piece by piece

to be reassembled on their property as guest accommodation

and that as they say is that

for 4yrs I offered this space as a haven to sewing enthusiasts
and I will never find enough or the right words 
to express my gratitude to those who stepped into my world 
because without a doubt you changed it forever

thankyou from the very bottom of my [slightly broken] heart 

on the upside

we found a great rental 

with just enough room for me to hunker down in my Sewing Bunker

 where I am currently making frocks & bags for the Shop

with the thought that making will be my focus for a while

we're taking a huge risk

but life's a gamble

and even if we do end up homeless 

there's comfort in knowing we're in this together...