Quiltingorchardist

 Although it is indoor weather today I can see from my windows some flowering delights.  Now 18 months old (in my garden )  the Vireya rhodo...

It's Autumn so collecting the fallen feijoas is a daily task. When it has been windy or raining or both there is over 100 at a time to g...

   I decided if we wanted any I   better get to it before the wasps hollowed out all the pears and the ducks from the estuary ate all the ap...

 Finally, I've finished Felt embroidered ball # 30, for Matilda.  The motifs are:  a pear; a ladybird; a sunhat; a peapod ; a balloon; a...

 From 3 plants ( one butternut; one crown and one Queensland Blue ) we got well rewarded.  One got a rot and we already ate a butternut and ...

 If like me you are a reader and sometimes ( like now ) run low on books to read I suggest if you live anywhere near Tauranga in BOP, you go...

         As cyclone Gabrielle approaches NZ there is not much we can do to prepare. I went out this morning and picked all of these Dahlias ...

Fine but windy is okay for our planned big clean up outside today. With time and so much rain the concrete and the exposed wood on garden wa...

  These Zephyranthes  candida  ( commonly known as rain flowers ) tell the story of our weather so far in 2023.  R keeps a weather book wher...

  Pohutukawa ( or New Zealand Christmas trees ) are flowering just at the right time. This very young one is at the bottom of the hill at ou...

The Continuous Landscape in 17 parts. No body knew what anyone else was making. They could be rearranged to maybe blend the sky colours a bi...

  This is now ready to hand in. It will be displayed alongside others similar to make a Continuous landscape. Each piece made should be able...

  Last Friday some of the members of our Patchwork and Quilting Club went on a mystery Car trip. It meant an early start but I was lucky tha...

 Sowing and Sewing have both made progress.  Both Grandsons have small  vege gardens here with us. This is the 4 year olds . In the previous...