sorry...

sorry for not blogging for a few days ..
portia, who is the owner of the exqusite silky crossed paws ,had to go the vets..
i do now know that when i have a vet run i spiral downwards into a really dark place..
i know i am being silly really but it is still early days and the sadness comes back and bites me on the backside..
i'll be ok when she lets out her first meow because at the moment she is not having a barr of me..
if only she understood that if she didn't go to the vet to get her teeth seen to she would be a very sick little cat indeed...
and i would be $500 better off !!!
so apologies all round and welcome to my 10th follower ,nadene..
the week can only get better...

dear friends...

i called in to see my friend pat on the way home from working with another lovely friend ,debbie who owns the shop where i work called calico and ivy [check it out on the web at www.calicoandivy.com ] i needed some advice on the sizing of my liberty squares quilt and of course pat guided me to what i should do.
i didn't stay long and when saying goodbye she turned around and picked me these beautiful miniature clusters of bright pink roses called china doll..
the scent in the car home was so nice .
i put them in a favorite thrift vase that i paid 50 cents for and placed them near my antique postage stamp quilt..
the quilt is from america around the 1930's and is called around the world and every stitch is sewn by hand and it is also quilted by hand ..
i love this quilt , i love this vase ,i love the roses and i love having dear pat as my good friend ...

bloomin" border...

i was crocheting my border on my granny square blanket and after crocheting 4 balls of yarn about 700 mtrs ,i looked and thought nah i don't like it ...

at all....

so out it came as you can see by the cream yarn ...

so i have started another border and this one has a good feel to it ...

so i thought i would sew a little as i have now got 3 liberty fabric quilts that i am on with

one is the wonky log cabins of which i now have made the 20 blocks ..

the other is a mosaic pattern [above] of which i love the scrappiness of this..

and the 3rd is a strippy star one but i have put it somewhere safe and i cannot seem to locate it ..

hmnn is it in the wardrobe ,cupboards ,this box ,that box oh dear it will emerge when it is ready ..

now where did i put that fabric????

loving liberty..

more liberty wonky log cabins ..

12 down and 8 to go ..

loving this ...

a great aussie icon

bill grainger is one of those cooks ,chefs call him what you may that makes you want to cook what he has just cooked..

you know ,when you are watching him that his food is simply going to taste wonderful and it does .

at the moment he is on foxtel tv on a thursday night and he is not to missed..

here is the cake i have to make today for tea ...

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figs and olive oil..

these are the figs we picked at cherith grove ..

both these black and yellow ones came from the same tree but were growing on different sides.

the yellow ones are sweeter and i have found a cake recipe for these little beauties..

also we brought home a lovely light olive oil ..

this one is called leccino ...

olive oil is the good oil ..

do you need an oil change?

am i in spain ?....

am i in spain i ask myself?

donkeys , olive groves , and fresh figs[ more on that subject tomorrow]....

no i am lucky enough to have been invited to alex's organic olive grove nestled in the perth hills called cherith grove in gidgeganup...

pat and i drove to alex's for the day and what a wonderful day it was too..

we had the perfect lunch in her cafe[it wasn't open that day] and sat and chatted to the lovely sue from talleringa bed and breakfast .there was just the four of us enjoying girlie talk and eating a platter of new norcia bread ,homemade olive tapenade ,hummus and babaganouche[i think i have spelled them right].

these are days that are godsent and only happen when all the universe is working together and they are to be treasured ..

this is why i came to australia -to have all these wonderful experiences with wonderful people and i know how lucky i am to have all this at my fingertips...

in the uk my best friend jude and i would be out tootling all over in the little english villages in north yorkshire...

we would have a pub lunch [no alcohol mind] and then stop later for an english high tea and then home to our families with little treats we had bought from our jaunt..

well pat and i had a tootle and what a tootle it was too...

thank you alex for a lovely lovely day and we hope to have many more...