Friday's flowers and other happenings

Well the last two weeks have just flown.  I'm sure the weeks are getting shorter :)  I didn't get as much done as I would have liked on my mini break but hey that's life.  I did manage to finish a small wool project and I'm really happy with the result.

I still haven't quite finished Song of Christmas I will post a photo when it's completely finished.

I have been doing a bit of baking over the last two weeks, my first attempt at a Pavlova for my father in law for his birthday and an apple pie/cake for Graham. 

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My first Pavlova only one little crack

The apple pie was a favourite of Grahams that my mum used to make, sadly she doesn't bake any more and unfortunately most recipes are in her head and now she doesn't remember them.  My sister and I found the recipe in her old hand written book, it really was her shorthand version with some of the ingredients listed without quantities.  I think it was a pretty good attempt.  I will have to make some adjustments but on the whole it was a success, well it must have been I made it on Thursday afternoon and by Friday night it was all gone.

And now for some Friday's Flowers (I'm sure it's still Friday somewhere in the world)

Weeping Rose

Apple Blossom Carpet Rose

Lilac Rhodo



White Rhodo

 That's all from our garden this week.

Ciao....Sandra 

Lucky me....

I have 5 days off in a row and I have a million things that I want to do.  One day is already gone, but this is what I achieved yesterday.

Pieces of Mystery Quilt

Quarter of Mystery Quilt

This was started 2 years ago when we had a class at Foothills you can see what we got up to here  We are hoping that Ramona will design a new Mystery Quilt for us next year, it was a lot of fun.

I haven't decided what I will be working on today, I'll post my progress tomorrow.  Until next time ciao Sandra

OMG it's Friday....

Yaay, I finished a quilt top this week, big pat on the back.  I don't seem to get many finishes these days so amn quite chuffed.  I really enjoyed making Gail's Song of Christmas.

I hope to get the top quilted over the long weekend. I am lucky that the shop is closed on Monday so I get a few days off in a row and I have quite a few projects to work on and the list seems to be getting longer every day.

Following on from Friday's Flowers here are some more for you to enjoy :)

White Camellia

Snowball tree

And even some weeds on our back grassy area

Until next time.....ciao Sandra

Friday's flowers

It's amazing how quickly the weeks are flying by.  It will be Melbourne Cup Day in less than a fortnight and then for me, the real countdown to Christmas begins.  I spent a couple of days with my mum this week, which we both look forward to.  She loves to see what I am working on as I always take some hand work with me.  This is what I took this time.

Block 1 of 3

Centre Block

The blocks are from Gail's new Christmas quilt Song of Christmas, I still have the beak to applique and the birds eye to do on the centre block and two more of the leaves and berries blocks, two heart blocks and then the handwork will be done.

My friend Ramona is doing Friday's Fences and I am so enjoying seeing all the photos, I'd love to join in I am seeing fences in a new light but time is a bit of an issue now so I thought I'd do my own little Friday meme
Friday's Flowers only a couple of flower but I hope you enjoy :) I would have added a photo of our white flowering Clematis but it is raining this morning so that will have to wait for another time.

Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley

Lemon tree blossom

The Lily of the Valley were my treat to myself last week and the lemon tree blossom was from mums lemon tree,  the blossoms are so fragrant at the moment.

Until next time.....ciao Sandra

Morning walk.....

note to self take camera! Last week I started a regular walk with my friends Ramona and Hermione at 7.00am each morning.  We walk around Birdsland a popular local park close to our homes.  I've been walking there for many years but never quite that early :)   It's very peaceful and well worth the effort.

Small Lake

from Bridge

Large Lake

Birdsland

Mum Dad and Ducklings



Red Roo

 I took these photos with my phone so they are not great especially the one of the red roo as I had to crop it.
We saw a small grey earlier in the week but I couldnt get my phone out quick enough and he bounded away.  I hope that we will see more although as it is getting lighter they will probably stay in the scrub.

Until next time.......ciao Sandra

My weekend....

Once again the weekend has flown by, work on Saturday and then a visit to the NOTY (North of the Yarra) Quilters Quilt Show and family dinner on Sunday night.

Gail and I headed off early to the show and it turned out to be a really easy drive, I haven't been to this show for many years and I am so glad that we went.  There were a variety of vendors including quilt shops, Embellish a Little buttons and some Long Arm Quilters with displays of their work. I took quite a few photos, here are just a few

and here a few more photos of our trip

Until next time .....enjoy your day ciao Sandra

Beautiful birds....

Just a little side post I will be back with more photos of our trip and my current sewing project but I just had to show these fabulous photos.  Last Wednesday I went to Carrum Downs Scquilters for our regular monthly meeting.  The bottle brushes outside the back windows were just magnificent and as I had a closer look there were 3 lovely rainbow lorikeets feeding on the nectar.  
 

until next time ciao......Sandra