Goodmorning......how are you all?
I'm sitting here with a cuppa, it's a lovely cool morning which is very refreshing....
I've enjoyed a lovely, grey, overcast weekend and on Sunday, we even had a couple of mls of rain.
There were blankets on the bed at night and Winter jammies worn, lots of snuggling down and enjoying the coolness.
You gals in the Northern hemisphere will probably think I'm bonkers, but it's in my genes and I can't do anything about it!!
I was tempted to light the wood stove and start cooking soup but I resisted the urge...
Moving on to other things, I picked up this sweet little plate in Beechworth at a bricabrac shop between Christmas and the New year
What a lovely cottage garden, I couldn't resist it.
It's Queen Anne china and the design is Tudor Cottage.
Friends from Daylesford were visiting and Deb bought another little plate at the same shop.
A reminder of our day out together......
Cooler weather this week has meant certain household chores could be carried out yesterday.
WINDOW CLEANING......uggh!!
Obviously not my favourite job, but when they're done it's so satisfying.
Armed with brooms, brushes, buckets, cloths and squeegy thingy's I roped No. 1 in to help.
He swept and wiped over screens while I did the windows.
This is the view from one of my bedroom windows..... a little on the brown side at the moment, but none the less interesting.
No. 1 was happy to help as long as we could have a coffee in town when we were done........was I going to say no?
Everyone needs a carrot dangling in front of them at some stage!!
I think we deserved it, but next time I will do the windows in Spring......could someone please remind me around September!!
We've had some rather unwelcome visitors to our orchard this past week and while they are pretty to look at they are terribly destructive......
I don't mind sharing fruit as we have more than we can possibly eat, but when they take a few bites from one piece of fruit and then move onto another I do get rather annoyed.
Sprung with a beak full of apple, grrr!!
This is just a small part of the mess they have made and they can be in the orchard well before we are up and about......
This little fella has been attacking the nectarines.
You can see we have netting over the top of the orchard which keeps the bigger birds out, but these little ones can fit through the holes in the wire fence!!
Much as I love birds there are limits......
A visitor of a different kind, spotted last evening.....
This bee is actually a blue banded bee, not quite showing up the colour in the pic......
It was lovely to look at and googling it, I have found out it is one of many native bees in Australia.
First time I have seen it in my garden.......
The bird bath I purchased recently and have been moving around the garden to find the best spot for it, has been used....
not quite for it's intended purpose but......
not quite for it's intended purpose but......
Mrs Kafups, has discovered another spot for a cool drink.....
either that or she is hatching a cunning plan.
I have spied a Magpie using it, but still think it's not quite in the right spot......
This morning I'm finishing off this tea cosy.
Enjoying working with the bright colours.
On the other side I have sewn another flower and the saying is
"Let us dance in the sun wearing wild flowers in our hair"
Susan Polis Schutz
I will have it for sale over on my Facebook site in a day or so.
If you are interested please click on the Facebook badge at the top of my blog......
✿ My Spring tea cosy is finished and now on my Facebook site ready for sale.......head over there if you are interested, I'm really pleased with the way it turned out.✿
I was planning to open an Etsy shop and may still do so but the price of postage is quite high for some items.
A $10.00 pincushion weighing 53gms would cost $17.50 in postage to the UK!!!!
I double checked this at another P.O. and it was correct info....
So, I am just rethinking my plans....the only way around this would be to post it without the 'filling' costing approx $7.00 and for the buyer to 'stuff and stitch' it up......not quite what I had in mind.....
Any thoughts you may have on the subject please feel free to share them.
Well I better get on and finish tidying up the sewing room. It was on my list of things to do while I was having a break from markets.........
Hope you are all well and thanks for coming over for a visit.
Have a great week and take care.....
Claire X
