Stuff

So it is ages since I wrote a blog post. I had a list of posts to write that didn't happen, and a half written draft, but now so much time has passed I can't really go back and fill in the gaps. So instead, here's a few recent things.

A shade house was built:

Jack checked to make sure it was OK:

Then I moved all the orchids from the greenhouse into it:

I quickly realised that those plant stands you can see in the previous photo are really only good for small plants, so the shelving is improvised for the moment.

I finished assembling the Trail Mix quilt top:

The apples and the quinces flowered:

That's an apple, I'll save the quinces until I do my round-up of everything flowering this month.

The tulips that started flowering on 21st September looked like this on 1st October:

And today they still haven't lost any petals, although they are beginning to droop a little. But I'm amazed at how long they lasted.

Because it is spring, many things are growing and flowering. Butterflies and dragonflies are flitting and zooming around the garden.

Inspired by this post on the West Australian Quilters' Association blog: "Rajah Quilt Revisted", I've even dug out a project I haven't touched in quite a while, and am contemplating the next rounds.

 

Of course other things have happened in the 2.5 weeks since my last post, but some of them are best forgotten, and the rest have missed their chance to be blogged!