WOW 25th June 2014 with Esther http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com/

Janet's quilt finally finished and ready for the dry cleaners then off to NZ

Back of Janet's quilt brought back from China as a silk panel around 1960 70's by her Mum.

Difficult to capture the beauty and design????

Close up of the silk panel

Snow white.

Flowering in the entrance.

From our back veranda down by the river this creeper has burst in to flower it is amazing how it all blooms at the same time.

Close up of the creeper. behind you can see the weir which we normally don't see as the water is usually kept to the top but they must of opened the electric hydro water gates the water flows down through huge pipes to the bottom of the range to turn the power generators which are 1000 feet below us. We are so grateful we have this right in front of our home as it means all year round we have water to look down on as the river slows to a trickle in the dry which has hopefully just started!!!! 3 months late??????I don't want to see any rain for at least 3 months or more now after 7 months of rain.

Finally we hope it has stopped raining, to day I picked up some herbs and tomatoes to plant in my hanging baskets, I grow them in these old stainless steel cooking bowls as the turkeys like them too but when they try and land on them they swing in all directions and they freak out and fly away LOL. Bottom bowl is yet to be planted and hung under the other two which are hanging. I have planted a tomato , basil, mint, and strawberries in these so far.

Sun is sinking and and the last rays are striking the poinsettia which has not changed all over to red as there has been so little sun. There are two Poinsettia's her there is a younger yellow one there too.

Colour in the garden at last

Showing there last colours but I had to pull the plants today and now there is a basil plant in the planter instead??????

Time to harvest the Rosellas they make the best jam ever they are found in most parts of OZ.

A louciouse bowl of ????? ready for jam making. Top one is eaten away so you can see the seed that needs to be removed first though.

Fruit picked and ready to have the seed removed then it jam making time, may be tomorrow. I need to cut off any stalk and remove the seed I use a apple corer to do this it is simple and quick. Here you see the fruit and in the back ground the pot of jelly made for the fruit.

Back to making a make over again, this time a pair of pine kitchen chairs. seats look grey but are meant to be cream thats how dirty they are, will take the material off and I have some lovely tan fabric for them.

Removed seats the under neath is almost as bad as the tops, bleached every thing then sprayed the wood with a very very strong chorine and then scrubbed the wood with a small bucket of washing powder liquid. it come up good and removes those grimy area were the hands are constantly touching. These chairs are only about 1970 1980 but very strong so worth saving. Will show you the end results next week!!!!!

Hubby is working on a new make over too????? Renewing the back and tiles around the fire box, has just started laying the new tiles and it will look lovely and fresh when finished plus will reflect a lot more heat as well. This all came about because the base of the chimney needed to be replaced LOL.

Who's hubby spoilt her???? yes after more than 48 years he still comes home out of the blue with a bunch of red roses.

Help needed PLEASE If any one in the USA recognises the wadding could you let me know when it came out?????? Hexagons have been made by two different quilts, floral fabrics are mostly 1930's and older, but not sure when it was sandwiched but the wadding may date it for me. Thank you all who may recognise it. There are two pieces of wadding and each one is overlocked down two sides and they look like very very light weight cotton brushed blankets