Well my day started early and it was a lovely day I was out taking photo’s in the garden at 7am before going to the beach!!!!!!
Isn’t
- he amazing, it is the Ulysses caterpillar which will end up a beautiful Hugh blue butterfly. Notice his long antennas that are very soft like jelly, I took this yesterday afternoon as he pulls those antennas in when it looks like it is dark or till the sun comes out.
My swinging herb garden why swinging because the wild turkeys dig them up in the ground and when they try and land on these bowls they swing like crazy and they fall off!!!! I feed these last week with seaweed and over the last 5 days the growth has tripled in size!!!!!!!
Our Gardiner's are perfect this year, they have loved the long dry and are flowering with Hugh heads and the perfume is incredible.
Even this lovely Lilly has flowered for the first time after giving it the seaweed????? It has a these lovely leaves.
The orchids are flower yet again for the third time this dry!!!!!
Tadpoles!!!! I have been watering around the house area and the rain-forest frogs think that the wet has come and our water catchers at the bottom of the down pipes from the house make wonderful nests for their eggs, we now have masses of tadpoles so we now have to look after them till they hatch, we can buy pelts that sit on the bottom of the containers and they eat them as they need with out the water becoming polluted. after this mornings rain there will be a lot more eggs laid now!!!!!!
and now it is pouring with rain, it was not forecast so it was a big surprise as we have not had rain for around 3 months and the rain-forest trees will be so happy and it will be wonderful for the undergrowth, not to mention all the people who suffer from asthma, the rain is heavy enough to wash away all the dust from the leaves.
Sewing????? yes I have been sewing, have my machine back but it is not sewing 100%, working on Janet’s quilt but pulling threads and resewing which is frustrating. Annabelle has had may be 6 different dresses as I was just not happy with them, I think it is OK now????
Annabelle has been difficult; she has not liked the dresses I have made her, I think she is happy with this one it is number 5???????
I have spent most of my sewing the last week making Esther’s beautiful design Tulips which is from her free BOM this month, Esther is so very very generous with her art.
Esther's beautiful design Tulips see it at www.estheraliu.blogspot.com My Tulip bag is developing, now I need to make the drawstring top and straps and redo some of the bead work.
I cut the sleeves off the jacket (I'm making the bag out of a beaded jacket) and quilted them, cut out a circle added a bias binding then attached it to the bottom of my Tulip bag all by hand except the quilting.
Ladybugs made form felt. I cut out the body and head and stitched these down plus added the feelers, I used a blanket stitch, then cut the wings out and appliqued them on the same way, finally added the black dots using a double French knot with very very fine thread this has made Esther's cute wee Ladybugs very 3D.
Well it is 9am but still raining, but I think I will still go down tot eh beach, it is still lovely in the rain up here as it is so warm, it will be around 27C down there and if no wind I will still walk the beach and have brunch now as it is so late, fish and chips and a large coffee!!!!!.
Cheers All Glenda
LOve the colors in your bag!! and I think the bunny’s dress is cute!!
Hi Glenda,
You’ve been busy as usual! How beautiful your plants are looking! Envy you having a stunning gardenia to enjoy, what a treat. And your bag is stunning, I always love seeing what you’ve been creating with your blocks. Annabelle’s dress is lovely, good job!!
Hi Glenda: thanks for the comment re: my Sylvia bridal sampler! I love your gardenia. I can almost smell it. When I lived near San Francisco a few years ago, every time I went to the city one of the first things I did was buy a gardenia to wear for the day. I remember that a gardenia was the first flower I ever received from a boy for a prom. They are very special flowers.
I always love your photos and your bag is great love your tulips and the little lady bug.
Hugs Bunny
I love the tulips with the lady bugs. If i remember correctly ladybugs are your favourite! 😉