WOW with Esther http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com 26th Feb 2014

My morning started out with meeting my girlfriend at the beach at 7.30am it was a picture perfect morning at home

From my bedroom window.

and at the beach, the sea was calm and inviting a gentle breeze blowing and around 27C perfect. I forgot to take my camera as I used it last night to photograph my prying mantis Flying preying mantis around 4 to 5inches long and is an  incredible beautiful green. and then left the camera on my desk instead of my carry bag?????  Do you do that now too???? LOL.  So I will share a photo I took some time ago when the day was just as perfect.

Taken in Sept 2013 but this is what it looked like this morning too. Just beautiful.

 

In my previous blog

Love Entwine Vase two Part 5. 22nd Feb 2014

I have added a picture tutorial on how I built the vase up below.

I finished my 2nd vase on Sunday, I started appliquéing the flowers last Wednesday and to my sunrise they just flowed and I loved every moment I was stitching. .

I wanted some thing Australian in my quilt so added two sprigs of yellow Wattle. I just noticed I have not added the beginning of the stems so need to do those. I have introduced a soft salmon in to this vase of flowers.

Yesterday a friend gave me a present of a lovely potted anthurium and it turns out to be the same shade as my salmon silk in vase 2?????

It is the same shade as my salmon silks I used in Vase 2 of LE!!!!!

 

We have just had tremendous rains and the Barron River is in flood, the falls are only 1/2 km from our home and they look beautiful. Normally there is only a trickle going over the falls so I always like to walk down and see them.

At the bottom of the falls this pinnacle of rock rises up out of the mist I just love it

Awesome!!!!

Sadly in all the rain we lost all our butterflies to be, but I see one new wee caterpillar starting his new life eating my citrus tree leaves this time round.

Isnt it beautiful, it turns in to a large black and white butterfly with a wing span of around 5 to 6 inches wide.

After all the rains we over night have a garden that is full of splashes of colour from birds insects and flowers. this morning there are these slpashes of colour,

The more you look the more different colours you see. Zoom right in and you can see tiny ants too????

Close up of the same type of flower before the buds open.

Another Brom, I find the Bromeliads a wonderful lesson in what colours can go with what.

To top of a wonderful morning just as I was walking inside from taking the garden photos a tiny wee sunbird flew in to the small Broms beside the house, he is so small you can hardly see him perched on the tiny Brom you really have to look.

A Sunbird taking nectar from a small Bromeliad they are very very tiny like the Humming bird they move so fast they are hard to photograph I have been trying to get a good photo for 17 years????? I have added this photo so you get an idea how small he is. He is in the middle of the photo. If you enlarge then Zoom you can see him clearly

What a Beauty and only 2 inches long. A male Sunbird they are my favourite creatures in my garden, they mate for life, and this one flies in to my veranda's every morning a flutters above the spiders and has breakfast.

Taking the nectar

 

 

Opps I presses Publish instead of draft so I have gone to press a day to soon and only 1/2 way through my blog??? LOL.

It is now 12am Wednesday  I have finally finished my blog, this after-noon I’m planing on trying to make more space to work in, in my sewing room so no sewing but may be it will make it easier to sew when I want too by machine.  Off to link with Esther on WOW or WIP’s

Up-date 11,45pm Wednesday.

3 sewing machines and my over locker are all set up to use now. It will be wonderful.

Ive taken out the 2 metre long work table it was just to huge for the small room. I will use a old small table that has two drop down sides so will take up little space when both sides are down and will give me a 1 1/2 metre length by 1 metre and when I need some thing bigger I will work out on the terrace.

Other end of the room I have left the same this is my cutting area a metre plus square and it works well as I have lots of draws bellow it. So after 5 hrs I have space to work in now.

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Cheers Glenda

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6 Responses to WOW with Esther http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com 26th Feb 2014

  1. Karen says:

    I love that waterfall so beautiful and so close by so you can continue to look at it while it is full.

  2. Anne Marieke says:

    It is Always such a joy to read your blog post each week.
    That little hummingbird is amazing. Such colour and beauty and so tiny. As for the waterfall, stunning.

    Your second vase is beautiful. I love all the personal touches. Thanks for sharing.

    Hugs,
    Anne Marieke

  3. Carole says:

    Your LE looks beautiful. I love the photos of the falls and the flowers and birds in your garden. I’m wanting to buy a camera – what camera do you use?

    • glenda says:

      Hi Carole, thanks for stopping by. I’m using a Lumix panasonic DMC-FZ7 that came out in 2006 I think, I bought it second hand last year and just love it, it is so easy to use, mostly aim and shoot. LOL. It takes wonderful close ups of flowers and insects and is just as good when taking the beach and forest. Has a great steady zoom too. Cheers Glenda

  4. Elaine says:

    Your LE is looking stunning Glenda! I love your fabric choices – serious silk envy 🙂

  5. those pics are beautiful. I never have enough space in my studio…
    Leeanna
    lapaylor.blogspot.com

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