Adding the Zig Zag border to my Love Entwine 15th Oct 2014

This week I have been sitting quietly sewing down my Zig Zags on my first piece of the first border, it is very very slow but very satisfying.  Photo taken on north veranda  were it  is so lovely and  cool to work 

Last week I showed you my north side veranda full of ???????  I did finally clean it up and relocate most of it!~!!!!!!  Now that the hot weather has arrived so quickly it is lovely to work here.

North side veranda cleared in time so we could have  hubby’s birthday dinner here on Friday night.

Hubby enjoys orchid plants so the below orchids where to add to his collection; these were his birthday present from me.  After flowering these will go out in to the garden till next year they grow so well here.

Hoya buds doubled in size in 3 days

Our Sunbirds are still building their nest??????  It is longer and more dense now I’m waiting for her to start making the hole in it all to lay her eggs. They have been building for 4  weeks now

Today I received a surprise at 2pm I went out to my car and the Sunbirds had made their entrance to their nest, I was disappointed that I and missed them actually forming the entrance today but thrilled they had made it this far; so now we may have some eggs this spring and may be babies.  I can sit a metre away from them and watch and this does not worry them, they seem to know that with humans around their nests are safer .  Click on photo to see how cleaver they are at making an entrance.

We have had our first rain for many months about 2hrs ago and it has brought the frogs out of hibernation straight away.  Below photo shows you how small they are, that is a coconut beside them and a water tap connection in the right foreground. 

A lovely hand made birdhouse to cheer up the garden for the granddies they love looking for hidden treasures in the garden.

On Tuesday the sweetest wee pair of Chinese shoes were handed in,  why I reduced them was because they had patchwork soles on them,  reason I noticed this one pair had a hole almost worn through on the sole.

I have turned one wee shoe inside out so you can see how the inner sole has been made with pieces of material then quilted?????? There are 4 layers of fabric may be more in the sole!!!!!!

These wee shoes are so cute and soles been quilted I will repair them just for fun??????

Another wee treasure rescued from the tip??? he has been washed now needs a little TLC to cheer up his clothes and cover some stains I can not remove. Then he will be ready to be loved again by some one.

Update still Wednesday in parts of the world

Last week I showed you the spider orchid in a very early stage of growth, today the first one is unfolding I can not believe it has grown so quickly and the first Hoya flowers bloomed this after-noon!!!!!!

Spider Orchid

Off to link up with Esther at http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com/  now.

Thanks so much for dropping in till next time Cheers Glenda

glenda_jean@bigpond.com