photo journal

There has been a lot of this as I continue to take control of my sewing room:

small containers to hold 'crumbs'  (anything under 2") sorted by colour

scraps waiting for my attention

moving from open baskets to lidded storage -- this stack is for squares from 2' - 4.5"

 
and some of this in preparation for a workshop (on using coloured and variegated yarns) I am facilitating on Saturday

two samples of 'stacked pooling'

while listening to this on a continual loop in preparation for a worship service I am leading on Sunday

and a vast amount of this (we spent most of the last week of WM’s annual leave gardening)

native hibiscus in foreground, buddleia in middle ground;
clivea and camelia in backgrouns

verbena seedlings

cosmos seedlings sown five days ago!

 There has been a daily dose of this (can’t resist that view)


and tomorrow is forecast to be 40°C ( 104°F) so there will probably be some of this:


Unfortunately, there never seems to be enough of this:


And, yes, I do know I owe you a post about our time away!

he grows orchids too

Down in the back corner of our garden, in an area where I rarely go (especially in winter when there is no need to go near the swimming pool), there is a small shade house.

WM took me down there last weekend. This is what’s inside.



All of these orchids were given to WM by an elderly friend of the family who is a wonderful gardener. He has looked after them well and been rewarded with these gorgeous blooms.

A couple of weeks ago, the same friend gave him this little miniature in bloom.

Aren't they beautiful?

This post is dedicated to the orchid-growing friend whose 86-year-old husband will be buried today. She has been given a "pass" (from hospital) to attend the funeral after falling down an embankment at home the other day -- a fall which resulted in a broken shoulder and several stitches to re-attach her scalp!
We love you Lorna.
Rest in peace, George.