This morning started out sunny and fine and by 10am it was pouring down how we all love the first rain at the end of a long dry and you can hear the trees sighing as the water washes away months of dust from their leaves then soaks down to their dehydrated roots. Now 11.30pm sun is back out but temps still down in the mid 20C where it would normally be around 32C and the humidity is rising fast?????
Where am I up to on my LE this week ???????? I have been making templates?????
Templates for first border corner in right hand box are the 17 different templates for the corner blocks. At the back on red are my first templates cut out of wash away freezer paper there are only 32 lying there but they took me ages to pencil out then cut out !!!!! Just think I have 128 1/2 there size to cut out. Esther shows how she is working on these pieces today on her bloghttp://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com/
Anne’s memory bag is finally finished. Side view beaded chain hanging down is for car keys to hang on it can be thread to the inside through a large button hole.
side view from back
front.
Have just finished fixing up this wee mans clothes and he is now ready to be loved again. I think he may be in my DGD Xmas stocking this year; she has been dying to play with him the last two months as he was lying on my sewing table.
This morning DGD my wee dog and I have been busy playing started with Play dough that I make for her. She did not want to go with mum shopping this morning.
Orange Peel quilt on sofa this was made by an 85 year old lady I love her vibrant colours. Have cleaned up play dough as DGD is now a sleep.
Where are Kitty Sue’s balls???? Kitty sue is the name of my wee dog?????
Look who came and had dinner on our patio last night????
Photo wall this time last year????
Before been cleaned and painted last Sunday
Finally another wall cleaned and painted. It has made the kitchen and family room so much brighter to work in.
While no one was here on Monday I dug up the storm water rain pipes that was blocked it and the drain pipe from the car-shed were full of fig tree roots too????? I wanted to do this before the rains came, would you believe it started to rain yesterday ?????? How lucky was I.
This is area is a walk way and is usually covered over with pavers which I lifted then dug out the pipe. Now I will leave it to the guys to put it all back down again LOL!!!!!!!
You can see the roots that are still in the small water pipe from the car-shed. It took me a couple of hours to clean out the big storm water drain pipe in the middle of the photo are the pile of roots. Now you know why I did not do much at all in the sewing area this week LOL
Garden is full of colour this morning.
I’m off now to link with Esther
http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com/
Thanks so much for dropping in Cheers Glenda
Wow what gorgeous flowers. I had a plant in photo #2 for months until my husband sold it. I miss it. I really see how tiny those LE pieces are from your first photo. Wow.
Hi Angie after living in the wet-trop[ics for over 40 years I’m still amazed at the colours and shapes of the tropical flowers, so many of them cross pollinate then you get a new one that surprises you. Yes those corner pieces are so so tiny and today on Esther’s blog she makes them look so easy to do?????? Another couple of quilters who makes needle turn appliqué look so easy are Jane in wales and Ann Marieke in Holland their needle skills are incredible. Take care and thanks so much for dropping in. Glenda
Oh, Glenda, I love seeing all your photos. What a job to clean those pipes, and you did it just in time! The flowers are beautiful and so is your granddaughter. One of these days I shall get back to LE too, you won’t be bored with all those templates to do!
Dear Jane bored is one worded I have not been ever able to use when working on Love Entwine LOL. My problem is stopping doing every thing else long enough to find time to sit down and work on it. Garden is very demanding at present trying to get every thing done before the wet season comes. Hugs Glenda
First, how cute is your dear granddaughter, precious. Is your little dog a Maltese? I have a Maltese and she looks a lot like her.
Your flowers are beautiful. I love your Orchid at the top of your flower pictures.
Hugs Turtle
Hi Turtle thanks for dropping in. Funny thing is I have just been chatting to you on your blog!!!!! My DGD lives on the same block of land as we do so she thinks our home is part of hers as she has been here since she was 3 months old and I’m more like a second mum than a grandmother to her. My wee pet is a Shiatsu and has extremely long hair about 8 to 9″ but as we live in a very hot climate I share her all the time. Yes the orchid is lovely it is so frail and delicate it popped out yesterday and I did not even know it was there, I have had to tie it up as it is to frail to hold itself up. Hugs Glenda
I just love all your flowers and seeing the little frog in the garden he picked a perfect place to perch. Love Entwined is such a lovely quilt and I hope to get back to it again – I am trying so hard to finish two other tops that I am doing by hand first so I can get back to the time needed on this one –
Hi Karen, I walked out side the other night and that little frog nearly landed on me as I walked passed just as he jumped from our front terrace and landed on the wooden mushroom, it was very dark so rushed back and grabbed my camera and luck would have it he was still there and stayed there for several hours. He is living under the terrace where it is nice and cool during the day time.Not sure how you have found any time the last couple of months with all your building going on. Happy Thanks Giving. Glenda.
Glenda, your flowers are just beautiful. I have never enjoyed any kind of gardening but I do enjoy looking at the gardens of others, lol.
Hi Pat this time of the year all sorts of exotic flowers bloom here they still stop me in my tracks when I see them again after a year. My love for been out in the gardening comes from wanting to doge house work LOL Hugs Glenda
Glenda!! I have missed coming to your blog… don’t know what happened… life… it’s just so much fun to see tropics and flowers and rain instead of snow we got this morning. KittySue is sure precious. She looks like she is entertained by the littlest human. LeeAnna at not afraid of color
Lee Anna life gets in the way some times, the same thing happened to me just recently and I suddenly realised I and not chatted to Karen for weeks????? I have been dropping in to catch up with what you are up to but have to admit been always in a rush and not stopping long enough to say hello too which is sad as I do enjoy chatting to other quilters who LOVE colour> Hope you are having time with family to day. Cheers Glenda
Oh Glenda the white paint looks fabulous. I love all your photos always so interesting. You seem to be a busy gal in the garden pulling tree roots from your pipes. Of course I do love all the plants so amazing. Hugs Bunny
Hi Bunny, hope you have a lovely Thanks Giving. Seems funny to think you may be in snow right now while I’m in for along hot summer. Best part about the white paint it will be so much easier to clean than the rough wood finish. Those were the last drains to clean on the ground now we need to clean the gutters !!!! Thats some-thing you don’t have to do any more Lucky you . Hugs Glenda
Dear Glenda I have very much enjoyed seeing your phots and especially your granddaughter.
I almost started LE but decide not to as I have so much else on the go
Do you remember a few years ago , you sent some lovely Japanese fabric to Bettine, Pat and me to make a bag. Well I could never decide what to make and it became a UFO. This month I have started a new attack on my UFOs and the first one pulled out at random was your fabric.
I have made a little something for you and me and would like to put it in the post.
Could you send me your address please? I know it was PO Box 9 something at Kuranda but would hate it to go astray after all this time.
Thanks so much, Prue
Hi Prue thanks for the catchup. I was thinking of you all lately as I’m finishing that tiny hexagon bag Pat sent me the pattern for years ago, I showed it on my blog last week I think or the week before. LOL. Will write to you privately. Hugs Glenda