Quiltingorchardist

As soon as I have posted this I am off outside to my red seat for some sewing in the sunshine. The day started cold and damp but now is n...

Rightly or wrongly..... I decided to have a go at quilting the "Butterfly Enclosure, " quilt myself. The reason being, I need the ...

Yesterday we had to go to a meeting in the local hall. So with my umbrella and camera I walked back for exercise and saw these.( a baske...

Most of today has been fine. Yesterday we got a 4"deluge. A really stormy day. So when it wasn't raining after breakfast I got out...

Finally " The Butterfly Enclosure, " quilt top is finished. Although it has been raining, in desperation to get a photo of the who...

It's wet and drab. Don't go out there! It's okay I won't...cause I have been indulging myself...I have sat here reading blog...

My butterfly quilt now has the 3 parts sewn together.I have tried all sorts of edgings and stitching on the big butterflies and the little...

The last week has flown by and not too much sewing or quilting was achieved. I did cut out more basic butterfly shapes for my quilt.   In...

I must have been more tired than I realised as when I reread yesterday's post, just now,  I had to edit out about 5 typos....a sure sign...

Starting where I left off on Thursday. Picking started by 8.30 am Friday and went smoothly. I wrote out all the documentation for the rest o...

Kiwifruit picking time was revised yesterday. Start time 10am today ( Thursday ) - that time came and went. Eventually after a long wait fo...

You guessed it. Kiwifruit Picking will now not be till Friday / Saturday. Did they let us know?  NO!  We rang this morning as no bins had ar...

A dull cool day ( by our standards ). The orchard sprayer is here putting the clean up spray  on the kiwifruit vines and fruit.( just takes ...

Yesterday's haul of walnuts ( plus a few macadamia nuts ) drying in the sun on Miss Dolly ( the trolley ). This is my 4th pick up this A...

Firstly Thank you to Paula, Pam, Laurie and Meggie who came to my aid. Paula what you said I understood and was about to try but Hey Presto ...

Trying to solve my problem I went into Settings and I have changed back to the old way I used to set out photos. That seems a big step back...

Suddenly today I can no longer up load photos to this blog. I have changed nothing. The tool bar above now has an icon to add videos,  that ...

My day, or should that be state of mind,  has improved considerably - I have had my visit to the dentist and it wasn't too bad this time...