Our oranges get eaten as is; juiced; cut into cubes and set in orange jelly; made into date and orange muffins; put in salads and shared with friends.
Our long weekend ( Labour Day ) ended up staying fine..despite what the forecast said....and I slaved in the garden digging out the agapanthus started weeks ago.( 4 tractor bucket loads full! ) That's as far as I am going with that for now. Right where I started this Hosta is looking so good with no tatty aggies beside it now. I will still need to sift through the soil for missed roots - less strenuous, before replanting anything new.
I finished reading "Remarkable Creatures, " by Tracy Chevalier and really enjoyed it. Based on the lives of 2 real people in the early 1800s, and set in Lyme Regis, UK. You might have been there Anne B ?
( also wrote " The Girl With the Pearl Earing," and "The Virgin Blue.")
Because I can't decide exactly what my next quilt should be ( or how to use the fabrics - I haven't cut anything ) I have been continuing on with the blue and yellow trellis pattern table runner I am making by hand.
Still continuing the same Kiwifruit work with lots of bud thinning now.
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That orange and purple would be very striking in a quilt, as would the various shades of green in a kiwi, with black......Nature has the best eye for colour! Stand by, you might get inspiration for your next quilt from photos of our recent quilt show.....coming soon to a blog near you!
Yes, the oranges look lovely on the purple. I've read "The girl with the pearl earing", and liked it a lot. Im going to try and find "Remarkable creatures" then. Thanks.
Yummy oranges Ali, I was so disappointed when away last week as I had planned on bringing home a bag of oranges from Kerikeri but forgot till half way back to Auckland! What an idiot, N.Z oranges are simply beautiful
So very soon we will get to see a purple and orange quilt right here on your blog...won't we?
Indeed I have Ali - did you know French Lieutenant's Woman is also set there? That orange and purple combination is very striking - mmmmmmm
I look at our strelitzia & often remark at how lovely the orange/purple combination of them looks. Right now our Brunfelsia are blooming next to the Strelitzia & they look wonderful.
I spent many a holiday at Lyme Regis when I was a child and also visited as an adult...I remember we were always there when it was Life Boat Appeal day and there was a carnival on the water and also the streets..wow what memories someone eles can prevoke by mentioning a place...thank you.
I wish I could taste an orange so fresh and new, right from the tree.
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