A productive weekend.

I thought I'd show another of the new Hibiscus that I have planted they are truly amazing this one is on the path leading down to the vegetable garden and beside it are a Satsuma and a Bay tree.While the weather has been allowing I have spent most of the weekend outside and as always I was joined by the cats and my dog however only our youngest cat Millie was around while I had the camera out Millie is about eight months old and was saved by my eldest daughter who found her trapped in a drain at
the back of our foundry, she was completely wild when she first came to live here but now she is very cute and friendly and she loves our other cats .
The last photo is ginger bread trio which I finished a wee while back I had it out tonight to lace it before taking it to the framer.I also finished my cushion but I forgot to take a photo of it,I will try to remember to take one when it comes back from being made into a cushion.
All in ll it was a very productive weekend my DH made a two tiered compost bin for me to compost the huge number of leaves we have and I spent the afternoon painting it and loading it with leaves ,while I was out doing this there was a car accident right outside my house, a driver had come across on the wrong side of the rod and hit a lady head on thankfully no one was hurt .
Well thats all for now Take Care.

Josephs' Christmas Stocking.

here is a photo of my DS christmas stocking it is Shepherds Bush Robert, I actually had finished the stitching for this the year before last ,but only sewed it together in time for the Christmas just gone.
It was another sunny day here but it was back to work for me so I had little time to enjoy it and managed no gardening time at all .Hopefully tomorrow will be equally as nice as I have a few plants that need planting, including another beautiful Hibiscus with huge bright pink flowers which I just had to have.
This evening I stitched away on my cushion and with a bit of a push I might be able to get it finished tomorrow ,I also have a few small things which need finishing ,so hopefully I will have time to get to some of those as well, ahh so little time so much to do! Take care.

A fun day Gardening

This morning DH and I went to a lovely garden shop ,we have been driving past this particular shop for years but have never stopped there before ,it was a little on the pricey side but had some interesting plants and gift items I will definitely be visiting it again soon! The lovely Hibiscus did not come from there it was bought the day before at my local garden centre which was having a sale, as you can probably guess gardening in taking up a lot of my time at the moment lol.
I also got round to making some delicious apricot conserve today which is delicious and my pantry shelves are beginning to fill with the hard earned bounty of the garden.
On the stitching front I am trying to finish off a Erhman cushion I started last year it is based on the paintings of Klimit ,but I have to say it has been hard going as half way through I decided I didn't really like it lol.Never mind this year I am determind to finish at least some of my growing piles of UFO's.
Well thats about it for now Take Care.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

First I thought I would post a couple of photos the first is my eldest daughters Christmas stocking it is Brett by Shepherds Bush .The second photo is the table runner I made ,it is appeared in the Christmas Quilting Arts magazine I love the bright colours they make me smile every time I look at it.
Today was spent making Zucchini pickle I planted one plant a few weeks ago and have had enough zucchini off it too feed a small village, apart from the usual ways one eats zucchini we have also had a chocolate cake made with it and now I have resorted to pickle, I also have an interesting slice I want to try.No doubt I will have much the same problems with tomatoes in a few weeks as there seems to be plenty on the plants.
Well thats it for now I'm off to do some stitching Take Care.

Happy New Year

I hope everyone has had a marvelous Christmas and New Year ,for us it was a little sad as it was our first Christmas without my Grandmother but all in all it was a lovely time.I was received all kinds of goodies including a new espresso machine ,some gorgeous cook books and a lovely new dressing gown.
The weather here has not been the greatest so far but it stops raining often enough for me to spend plenty of time in the garden which is wonderful as my garden has been very neglected in the last year and has resorted back to a wilderness.Lst year DH built a series of raised vegetable gardens for me and these are now producing all kinds of goodies, we have already eaten the first crop of potatoes ,more zucchini than you would dream one plant could produce, lettuce and the tomatoes which are now beginning to ripen .
I meant to find the camera before I sat down to write this but I forgot so photos will have to wait till next time.In the mean time Take Care.

Trying to catch up.

All week I have been trying to find time to post and catch up on a bit of blog reading ,but alas it just hasnt happened and now with a few minutes to spare I,ve realised I havent taken photos of the few things I have finished and the batteries in my camera are flat !!!!Oh well I did manage to catch up on my blog reading and I always find that inspiring.
Last week was a very busy week with little free time as the kids are on holiday and I have had to work more days including Saturday ,however the kids are back to school tomorrow and I am back to work (I dont normally work Monday ) so the coming week looks like it might be just as busy, I do have one highlight this week as Wednesday is my birthday yay.
So until next time take care.

Wednesday Report

At last blogger and I are friends again ,here is a not so good picture of the quilt i made last week ,it was a kitset and it literally took a hour to piece the top ,I haven't quilted it yet but that will have too wait till I have time to buy the batting for it, and on another happy note the lovely carole from creative poppy sorted out my down loading problems and I now have two cute biscornus to stitch yay.
On the stitching front things are moving slowly along on HOHRH ,I dont know where all the time goes each day but I certainly don't ever seem to have enough of it for stitching, or for catching up on blog reading sigh.
Once again thank you all for your continued prayers for my FIL he goes for his first radiation treatment today ,which is to try and slow the cancer down.I was reflecting this morning on how even when some one has lived to 97(in the case of my grandmother and 80 for my FIL) for those of us left behind it never seems enough I'm not ready too let them go the world seems lonely without my Nana here , my DD named a star for Nana on Saturday so shining down on all of us is the worlds newest star Elizabeth Walton -love you always nana.