Quiltingorchardist

 Friday was such a wet day ( 215 mls of rain from late Thursday till early Saturday ) I sewed at home because for the first time ever that I...

 March arrived and so did cooler night  temps . Autumn is a very busy harvesting time for us. Feijoas suddenly started dropping and walnuts ...

 It feels good to give . A friend and I both responded to The Love Grace Handbag Appeal 2026.    You donate a ( used clean ) Handbag filled ...

 Yesterday I was able to hand in the small quilt I am donating to someone in need. Although it was a wet day quite a few ladies turned out t...

   I am thrilled with my newest Dahlia. It is so dark red its almost black. The stems are a dark red wine colour. ( The top photo makes it l...

 My row of rain flowers ( zephyranthes candida ) are out.  The last 4 or 5 days in New Zealand have been very stressful for all Kiwis. Extr...

 Finally I finished knitting and sewing up this sleeveless reversable vest for 10 year old grandson. I thought it would be long on him but h...

  After heavy rain in the night I thought the high tide  ( 2.1 m ) might be up on our bottom lawn.( that's quite a distance from the hou...

   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...