i wondered why the birds were so thirsty?...

i ondered why the bird bath was having to be filled four times a day.
today i found out why ..pet lamb was having a nice drink ,she must have thought that her drinking bowl was just the right height !
the photo quality is not very good as i took this looking through the fly net at the window..

i did a bit of stripping.....

i did a bit of stripping yesterday ...these are all repro fabrics and i subscribe to a fabric club and all these little fat 16ths were doing nothing so i decided to make 1inch strips and make them 180cms long.

i will then put about 5 columns and insert some sashing between ..

this is my kinda quilting as i do not have the patience or the knowledge for the accuracy needed for the true traditional quilting..

then i set about more crocheted hex's and as i was also babysitting the last few days have been quite productive..

so today i have to shop and go to the bank [boring] and i may do a spot of stripping when i get back....

how lucky am i ?....

how lucky am i ?... pat and met for a sewing day yesterday and i was handed a birthday parcel [ a week early -still at our age remembering is a big thing!] and i was blown away...

pat had made me a beautiful tote from a gorgeous cyrus clarke fabric in my fav color of duck egg blue.. the bag has zips , pockets and all little extras ..

in the bag was a pocket and in the pocket was a wooden comb..and in the zip pocket was a silver coin for luck..

then in the other zipped compartment were an assortment of hand made hexagons..

then in the bag a huge tin and when i opened the tin it was full to bursting with the now famous powder puffs all ready for their filling of whipped cream ..how lucky am i ?....

dear pat thank you ,thank you there is an old saying 'they broke the mold when they made you' you may only be a little lady but your heart is as big as it gets...you made my day ,my week , my year ..

thank you my dear little mate...

lunch in freo

my dear friend pat and i went out for lunch in freo [fremantle ]and were amazed at how many cars had these cute little flags on their windows..

these are all to do with australia day on the 26th january..

australia day is a national holiday to celebrate the landing of the first governor arthur phillip at sydney cove in 1788...

australians really go to town there is sky works [ fireworks ] and a lot of comaradery and basically having a knees up..

then we went past fishermans wharf on our way to lunch and can you see the beautiful bronze sculptures ..so life like .

it is so nice sometimes to just enjoy the mateship and lovely surroundings that my little bit of aussie has to offer...we had a really nice day 'thanks pat'....

rainbow sugar and rubies in the garden...

my grandchildren stayed over and asked for porridge for breakfast so i thought i would make it a little more special and sprinkled rainbow colored sugar over the top ...

then we went into the garden and l picked these lovely sweet little ruby red pear shaped toms..

l said they were just like rubies growing in the vegie patch..if only..

these are the stuff memories are made of ...i might go and look for a golden egg!!!

ufo no 2...

ufo no 2.. the chevron scarf ... this knitted scarf is from knitted gifts and is knit in the gorgeous koigu yarn ...this yarn has to be on my favorite yarn of all time list ...the scarf measures 265x15 cms or 105''x6'' ..so you can see why it was a ufo for a little while.....

ufo no 1....

ufo no 1 ...done and dusted .this pattern is from roosteryarn book one.the pattern is slightly different as i have changed the flowers.i plan to make a group of them in different colors for the bed or chair or chaise who knows !then ,wait for it , i had a flash of inspiration and voila another project entered my head and i only need another 1500 flowers for this project give or take a few...so although i completed my ufo no 1 i have started ufo no ???? anway who is counting i read somewhere that if you finish all your ufo's ...you die... i think i'll give that one a miss thank you...