Autumn Sunset

Easter 80th Birthday

Shelled Barlotti Beans

A few Photos

In the last week I have been busy gardening and crafting has taken a bit of a back seat.  

I went out to the coast with my fellow workers and enjoyed being next to the Pacific Ocean.

Photos From Today

My well dressed mannequin enjoyed a day in the garden and our new chicken's nest was discovered in the pumpkin patch.  I arranged them artfully on the twilight lawn.

Early Autumn

It seems summer is slowing down.  Our firewood shed has been visited a few times in the last month and we have enjoyed the warmth of our fire.  Our garden is producing baskets of food and we love it.  I have been bottling tomatoes which will come in handy in the depth of winter.  Our pumpkin crop is looking very healthy, we dined on two varieties tonight - delicious!

The making and crafting never stops around here and I have been making, for one thing, felted shoulder and carry bags.  Having made them in the height of summer which was strange , I can't wait to snugger one the colder month.  The process is quite magical with a huge over-sized object becoming a well proportioned mode a transporting all the useful things we need at hand.  And we know those are many!

My pets still entertain us without effort and I sometimes run to grab my camera to catch something comical or just plain cute.

I recently helped run a felted wool and bead workshop at work.  It was successful and everyone went home with a beautiful piece of work to wear.   There are just so many great ideas out there for us to enjoy.

I have started going to a sewing night class with a couple of textile queens and we have fun and also learn tips and processes from our great tutor which is what it's all about I guess.  

We visited the Monet exhibition in Wellington today.  It was amazing to see such beautiful work - very inspiring!  I recommend it to you all!

Our local Christmas parade was very entertaining and diverse this year.  It was a brilliant day and we had a friend visiting from Gisborne so we got to show her how the community comes together and drives slowly down the main street with the help of the local brass and pipe band.  Then it was home to smell the sweetpeas and to have lunch in the garden. 

I have been meaning to send a photo of our cat to the pet page in the saturday Dominion for ages.  He loves to help out when I hang the towels on the line, if helping is the right word!

I recently put a painting into an exhibition at Aratoi in Masterton for their 'Little Jewels'.  One of my crocheted flowers was the subject.  There were loads of beautiful little jewels on display from all around the Wairarapa.

I am busy making another tea cozy for an outlet I have in Wellington called Vessel.  They have lots of great ceramics and are getting into stocking more textiles work.  Also I have just purchased a knitting machine which is all very exciting.  I bought it off a lovely women who belongs to knitting machine club.  I am looking forward to creating on my new machine!

My knitting needles are calling so Merry Christmas and a Happy Happy New Year!