Quiltingorchardist

I am hoping the sky will be this blue when I ( we the family ) head off  tomorrow for a short holiday in a much warmer  place. I'll be b...

We are trying hangers  along a railing to display the finished quilts that members bring along to club  for Show and Tell. The building we u...

Family and Friends have been spoiling me, with gifts and cards, visits  and messages.  These not only look bright and fresh but the rose ...

 Kiwifruit picking 2017. Thursday was a sunny warm day. After overnight rain the clean up spray got reapplied and the sprayer went throu...

 The Eurofins fruit sample collector has been this morning and taken our 2nd 100 kiwifruit sample to test for dry matter. The higher the ...

Yesterday I spent the day ( a very cold one ) with some of my P and Q friends at Retreat. Some ladies stayed over Friday and Saturday night....

I've been out foraging......... Well that's not strictly true as it was all on our own property and we planted the respective tree...

 Autumn crocus flowering now. After so, so, so  much rain anything that survived is doing well. A few late bright zinnias for the bees an...

Earlier this week when it was SOOOOO wet. I had time to make my Millefiori Block into a 20 x 20" cushion cover.  It is paper founda...

Recently Grandson has been to visit us and we have been to visit him ( and his Mum and Dad of course ). We played and read books and went on...

Over the last weekend some of the members of our P and Q group spent 2 days sewing charity quilts. Some of the fabric was donated. My namesa...

Since last Tuesday night we have had 276 mls of Rain . That's almost the length of an old school ruler. ( 12 inches  - I don't visu...