Quiltingorchardist

   I love Spring flowers. Daffs are great but freesias are better cause they smell so divine. I have many colours but these are among the fi...

   The sleeveless cricket jersey for elder Grandson is finished. Hurrah. Hurrah!  Not my finest work but I hated the pattern instructions......

 I've been doing a lot of twitching...bird watching that is.  I have been putting videos in here but they won't all work so here is ...

 This Winter we have had quite a few frosts. Last Wednesday was quite white but Thursday morning it was way worse. 0 degrees C. The heaviest...

I have shared this recipe on here years ago but as I am making it again today I will put it up again.  You will need... 1 large washed orang...

   I am knitting elder grandson a cricket vest. He is going to be playing for a different team and these are the club colours. I like to do ...

   What a time waster that puzzle was. I got there in the end. 1500 pieces is too much for me to cope with on my own. ( The new mat worked w...

 So many beautiful lemons all getting ripe. So  my favourite thing to do with some is make Lemon Curd / Honey.  One of my favourite flavours...

   Do any of you do Jigsaw Puzzles. I do from time to time. At the weekend I had a Birthday and received among other things 2 puzzles. The o...

  It's raining! My Vireya rhododendrons will be loving a good deep drink. I grew Vireyas in my previous garden and they did well and as ...

Autumn leaves have been falling for some weeks now. Lots of trees are already bare .     This flowering cherry is always the best of our che...

  Yesterday we were at the Mt. and it was blowing a gale. Never the less I rugged up, pulled my new green velvet  Vera hat down firmly and w...

 I purchased this ( new to me )  lovely frilly double petaled cyclamen as a gift.  My Christmas ( in the Northern hemisphere ) Cactus is flo...

Chilly start but a fine sunny day! R was going to Omokoroa for a haircut so I went that far then walked to the wharf at the end of the penin...