Quiltingorchardist

 With our exhibition coming up in a few weeks time all the members of our P and Q Group are asked to make items for the Sales Table. Easy re...

   I have been watching this Nursery web spider for a couple of days. Dolomedes minor  ( pisauridae ) or in NZ where it is indigenous Nurser...

   As this (above )  is happening in June I am working to have something to enter.I have taken my Tall Flower wall hanging down off the wall...

  I made a cushoin cover to attach my felt mandala to.( it seemed to look best on plain grey ) and added big stitches in blue around the fla...

   I've been out picking blueberries. Such a labour intense job when they are this small variety. There are 3 plants in a cage ( bird pr...

   Luisa plums coming ready right after the Billington have finished.    The most perfect tomato picked so far ( after several buckets full....

   I have just finished this book. I  really enjoyed it . Fiona writes a great tale. Hard to put down.  fionamcintosh.com/books/     I have ...

  5 days into a new year already and not a great deal to show for it.  I did complete this new jigsaw in about a week after Christmas. A rec...

 Yesterday was our 57th Wedding Anniversary. It is a busy time of year and it's all to easy to just overlook the date, so we went out to...

Thing s are looking a bit different because on Monday morning this week ( 18th ) I had cataract surgery on both eyes. The right one first an...

Much needed rain and drizzle here today.  So fruit mince pies it is. Everyone  in this family seems to like them better than Christmas cake ...

  The final and largest flowering cherry has been out for weeks but is now getting its leaves and carpeting the ground with pink. As the win...

   I decided to try trianglar buttons as the centres of these mauve flowers. That's  anatomically incorrrect but they are imaginary flow...

 Quite a few times I have meant to put something up here and haven't. Maybe I getting old and lazy or worse slow!  We have had family bi...

Our bright early cherries are now finished and in leaf. The next to flower called Awanui are  coming out nicely. They are in properties all ...