Quiltingorchardist

One of the jobs we fitted into yesterday schedule was picking Macadamia Nuts ( Beaumont variety mainly ) from some of our 10 trees. The tre...

To All My Blog Friends, Best Wishes at Christmas . I have enjoyed your company this year! Old and new forms of greeting. One a wonder of th...

This is a real shoe, off a pony. It was chromed and given to me 40 years ago today, by Denise. She was the young daughter of the family I ...

C ards sent from friends and a lovely vase of Pohutukawa ( New Zealand Christmas Tree ) on the fire, are the only signs of Christmas app...

When it was wet at the weekend I had time to cut out the parts for a purple bag for a gift. I have worked on it every night since to ge...

There is a competition going on in my garden to see which plant smells the best. Close to the house are 2 unusual P hiladelph...

Such a hectic fortnight! Ah, we get a weekend to catch up on all the normal tasks. Photos are some of the things that got completed....

DH and I completed the picking from the ground after 2 days but the 2 guys in the hydraladas ( cherry pickers/ elevated platf...

Just 2 of the varieties of Iris that have been looking fantastic here. The single one is a flag iris ; don't know the correct name of...

There is certainly a lot happening around here. The 15 bee hives to pollinate the kiwifruit came in on a truck about 10.30 last n...

I meant to be back in here sooner to show the vase of yellow Graham Thomas roses I picked last weekend. I am about to throw th...

Things are looking rosy in the garden. Rise above your worries , take your camera and walk in your garden - smell the roses , adm...

Ive been neglecting you all my Blog friends. Things have gone from busy to ridiculously busy around here. Whenever I can snatch a f...

This is not the post I intended to do next, but as things property wise have been time consuming and moving so slowly, that can wait. Heartf...

I really am in need of encouragement to be strong and positive. You see my lovely Copper Beech tree here with it's new delicate lea...

Friday's Hexagon Day went well, though not as we expected. We set all the quilts ( 4 ) and other items out ready on 2 long tables a...

This evening I have been getting together all my Quilt as you go Hexagon projects, as tomorrow at my P and G group I am doing a hands on dem...

Both New Zealand and Australia will be in a state of shock at having lost their quarter final Rugby matches. Watching t...

Yesterday during a break in the weather, ( wind rain hail and sun )I suggested we walk around ...