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A Mystery Trip.
What a slack Blogger I have been lately. I have been mostly gardening not sewing. Last Friday which is my regular Patchwork and Quilting Group day some of our ladies ( 24 in all ) set off on a...
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A Completed Project.
My friend Helen had made a needle case ( for packets of needles ) with a 3 rows of tiny hexagons across the middle and ribbon ties to close it. I took the measurement and changed the way it looks by...
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High Winds.
Garden damage last evening during quite gusty winds. This flowering cherry will need quite a bit of repair to be safe again. To save their necks I picked 4 of my lovely lime Gladioli and put them on...
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Pohutukawa Trees.
This year so far some of the smaller New Zealand Christmas Trees ( Pohutukawa ) seem to be the brightest. This one in a neighbours driveway.😊 This one next door in our neighbour's garden. I can see it...
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Wonderful Lily.
Sometimes plants really excel.Lilium Oriental -Zalmira is one of these. Flowering and perfume are larger and stronger than I expected. Luckily I got it tied back early on when I saw where it was...
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Reading and Gardening.during Hot Days.
Sorry I've been a lazy blogger. Yesterday when elder Grandson was here he picked these truss tomatoes from the plants in pots outside the laundry door. They grew from the mini New World pots I...
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Finally Some Drizzle.
Finally some drizzle. Not enough to do much good ( so far ) but it is washing the dust off the leaves of plants and trees and grass. NZ has just had a 3 day weekend ( Waitangi Day ) with lovely warm...
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Doing a Couple of New Things.
Before I start on about the new projects I want to say when I finished my last post the rain was really starting to come down... It rained for a couple of days and nights. We got 145 mls or 5.5 "....
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I have Finished This.
Yesterday I sat and completed my hand sewing project. ( I copied a necklace I have with a dragonfly on it ) It is made of felt and hand stitched with my knotted blanket stitch around the edges. The...
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Strange.
Strange clouds at sunset. Strange little capsicum folk inside the big capsicum when cut. The strange fascination between small...
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Please stay Outside.
This fellow ( I think a Nursery web spider ) had to be taken outside. He was a fast mover and quite large. This praying mantis came in on sheets from the washing line. He walked all over me, looking...
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Autumn Colours.
A Liquid Amber with seed pods. (On a neighbour's property.) There were also golden maples and pin oaks with great colour as I walked around our area. Some things are beginning to flower quite early -...
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Quilt Show.
On Saturday I went to the great New Zealand Quilt Show in Rotorua ( at the Energy Events Centre ). My friend Jill drove a carload of us there so that was lovely. There was a lot to see. Mostly a very...
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That's Rubbish.
For the last 53 Years that we have been a household we have never had rubbish collection at our gate. Starting in July we are being forced into it. Why Forced? We have to pay the W B Council for the...
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My Little Changes.
My little changes won't save the planet but my actions are the only ones I can change. Where I go, how I go, what I buy, what I throw out, what I reuse, what I do without, what I make myself will...
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The Pantry , the Freezer, the Vege & Herb garden.
Basically it boils down to I don't want items that come in plastic or are over packaged. Paper bags and boxes / containers are fine. Any fruit and veg I buy I use my own reusable ( string mainly )...
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A Great Series.
I'm interrupting my previous theme to tell you about these books that I heartily recommend. The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley. Sadly Lucinda died quite recently this year so that is a huge and sad...
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A Bright Spot.
A bright spot in the back garden ( on a dreary day ) as the first of 7 flowering cherries begins to blossom. The Tuis and Wax eyes are very busy in the branches.
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Several Seasons in the Garden.
Over the weekend I finished pruning the roses so late blooms like this ended up in a vase inside. ( Graham Thomas ) In the same vase are Spring flowers like my favourites Burtoni Freesias and...
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Sewing During Lockdown.
Here in NZ we are now in day 10 of Covid level 4 lockdown. Staying home the whole time has given me more incentive to get on with making my quilt, called "These are a Few of My Favourite Things. I...
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