How does your garden grow?

Stitching together some garden goodness for a quick row by row swap this weekend…. made me think of checking on the progress of the ‘real’ garden.  Seeing as it’s spring here in the southern hemisphere, there’s lots blooming at this time of year…. the roses….. the tropical frangipani, and hibiscus…. the crotons, the red torch ginger, my pineapple (which I struck from sticking the pineapple top in the ground after we’d eaten the fruit!!!!), even the bees were working hard in my bromeliad! The pink flowering rosemary, the gerberas, a climbing vanilla pod orchid, and even the spider has his place (or her place!).   I like to call her Charlotte……or maybe Charlie if it’s a male???….I wonder if Charlie, my cat, will be offended???…doesn’t look like it! So far, the garden’s doing ok.    No silver bells or cockle shells though….but lots of pretty flowers all in a row don’t you think?!!! Sugary hugs

How does your garden grow?

Stitching together some garden goodness for a quick row by row swap this weekend….

made me think of checking on the progress of the ‘real’ garden.  Seeing as it’s spring here in the southern hemisphere, there’s lots blooming at this time of year….

the roses…..

the tropical frangipani,

and hibiscus….

the crotons,

the red torch ginger,

my pineapple (which I struck from sticking the pineapple top in the ground after we’d eaten the fruit!!!!),

even the bees were working hard in my bromeliad!

The pink flowering rosemary,

the gerberas,

a climbing vanilla pod orchid,

and even the spider has his place (or her place!).

  I like to call her Charlotte……or maybe Charlie if it’s a male???….I wonder if Charlie, my cat, will be offended???…doesn’t look like it!

So far, the garden’s doing ok.    No silver bells or cockle shells though….but lots of pretty flowers all in a row don’t you think?!!!

Sugary hugs

It’s beginning to look a lot like……

  Christmas….don’t you think?? I was surprised to see all the decorations and Christmas paraphernalia in the supermarkets and shops already!!!! But then, it IS only 68 days till Christmas!!!! EEK! So I thought I’d better get a wriggle on… Thank you Rosalie for this wonderful little book you’ve produced just in time to save me! This was one of my wonderful purchases at the Craft and Sewing Expo in Townsville a couple of weeks ago. I managed to stitch up the first of my Christmas gifties this afternoon and just have to put it together…..OOOOhh OPAM, fingers crossed, I’m going to be hooting through with a number of finishes this month and next!!!!   wheeeeee!!!!!! I did have an excuse though…..we were getting our solar panels installed and the power kept getting turned off! And I’ve even managed to start my Christmas purchases….. this one’s for me…. A quilt stand I managed to find for $10 at the op shop.  Well, it’s true…..charity does begin at home, doesn’t it???  hee hee. Have you started your Christmas stitching yet??? Sugary hugs xox  :O)