19-12-2021, 06:33 AM
Morning ladies 
A nice calm morning this morning even if it is a bit overcast.
I couldn't burn the garden waste yesterday as the wind was huge but I did manage to dead head some roses and cut the dead wood from Blueberry Hill. Hopefully 'she' will be happier now and produce more of her gorgeous roses. The compost bin is the sweetest smelling bin lol thanks to the lavender I trimmed back and threw in there. My lavenders have finished flowering so time for a trim back to encourage more flowers. And our neighbour popped in yesterday and will take the concrete fill away for me as soon as he can. He said he can use the lot, even the concrete I haven't dug up yet so I'm a happy camper. So good to have the fill recycled rather than dumped. And we're contributing to supporting the bank of the creek. A win-win for us all.
Jan, have you grown "Drunken Woman" lettuces? You just pick what you need/want and leave the plant. They are pretty lettuces too and look good in a salad or sandwich. They are MrK's preferred lettuce.
We're picking our raspberries! Soooo good. And our tomatoes are ripening already.
Yesterday I worked on my tui and blended in the bluey-grey colour so now I have the head finished. I'm thinking of what stitch to use for the chest feathers as in the photo the tui is upside down so the chest feathers are all fluffed out as the fall backwards. I'll use stem stitch for the white on it's back and am using long and short stitch for the bulk of the body.
Happy crafting
A nice calm morning this morning even if it is a bit overcast. I couldn't burn the garden waste yesterday as the wind was huge but I did manage to dead head some roses and cut the dead wood from Blueberry Hill. Hopefully 'she' will be happier now and produce more of her gorgeous roses. The compost bin is the sweetest smelling bin lol thanks to the lavender I trimmed back and threw in there. My lavenders have finished flowering so time for a trim back to encourage more flowers. And our neighbour popped in yesterday and will take the concrete fill away for me as soon as he can. He said he can use the lot, even the concrete I haven't dug up yet so I'm a happy camper. So good to have the fill recycled rather than dumped. And we're contributing to supporting the bank of the creek. A win-win for us all.
Jan, have you grown "Drunken Woman" lettuces? You just pick what you need/want and leave the plant. They are pretty lettuces too and look good in a salad or sandwich. They are MrK's preferred lettuce.
We're picking our raspberries! Soooo good. And our tomatoes are ripening already.
Yesterday I worked on my tui and blended in the bluey-grey colour so now I have the head finished. I'm thinking of what stitch to use for the chest feathers as in the photo the tui is upside down so the chest feathers are all fluffed out as the fall backwards. I'll use stem stitch for the white on it's back and am using long and short stitch for the bulk of the body.
Happy crafting
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