Quiltingorchardist

   R and I picked this lot on Monday.  Grandsons picked nearly as many yesterday, a lot by climbing the tree. We have distributed all those ...

 This morning I decide I better see to the fridge because things were coming out "wet."   ( possibly overfull )  or something stic...

   Wishing all my Readers an enjoyable Festive time. ***  While I was looking for something else in old pictures I have, I found this Gif th...

 I hope the weather moves on to sunny for Christmas day.  We have just been out to a casual lunch at the 2nd closest place ( as the traffic ...

  After going out to lunch with my very compatible 4 sewing group friends, I stopped to do some shopping at Bethlehem town Centre. ( that...

 Lately we have been putting a lot of time an effort into the garden. Both vegetables  and flowers. This was yesterday's harvest. It loo...

 Last weekend we went to the Lions' Used Book Sale at the race course. It is always well attended but not too crowded by the time we got...

   Feijoa Flowers. ( related to NZ pohtukawa tree )  Lemon tree. All citrus looks like this ( mandarins; oranges; grapefruit and Tangelo ) a...

   Gazanias near the clothes line.  Philadelphus that has great fragrance.  Graham Thomas rose.  A new rose called Attention Seeker from a l...

 A few warm sunny days without strong wind has seen us both working a lot in the garden. Both vege and flowers are flourishing. Some waterin...

 Yesterday we had our old computer updated to be able to run Windows 11. I am so glad I have always kept a hard copy notebook ( plunket book...

 I've been picking flowers from the garden that have 3 outer petals.  Dutch iris, Bearded Iris and New Zealand Libertia.  white Dutch ir...