Quiltingorchardist

Progress on some fronts but not others.  This front...the front of the little jersey I showed back  on the 7th of March. The back is don...

 It's time to pick up and start eating feijoas.  Well around here it is anyway. You either like or hate them. ( They have varied ...

Yesterday I did my second walnut collection for this season. We are lucky to have a very prolific huge walnut tree.  It is at the top ...

Autumn means it is going to get cooler in the coming months. ( though you wouldn't think so the last few hot days. ) Today it's po...

Great progress with my healing. Thanks for your encouraging comments Mary; Chooky ;Kiwi kid, Suzy; Rose Marie and Dianne, they gave me a boo...

Thanks for the words of encouragement.  Some things I can do left handed but many things I can't. Quite a lot of things need both hands...

 Rain. Rain. Rain. These Asters were just beginning to flower and look quite bright and breezy...that was before the rain started. They d...

A warm windy Waitangi Day here in NZ. I hope yours is going well!  Over the last few days Grandson and his parents have been staying. He ...

January has flown by. It's been very hot. ( not usually our hottest month ) Some other places in NZ have been experiencing record high t...

 Jenny Pattrick's latest book was a satisfying light read for me, as have her previous books been.  Set in NZ in 1907/8 the joining...

It has been a busy week since the young ones went home and a big storm left me extra cleaning up to do.  The biggest oak tree particularly ...

                         Wishing All my blog readers,                " A Good Year  in 2018."                 "May your wo...

"Well Hello there "...that was the glove puppet on my left hand speaking.....it's the only sewing I have done recently.  I ...