Good-bye June

Here we are at the end of the June already. 

At a sit and sew day I was handed some more blocks for the charity quilts. Most of them I could pass on to other people to turn into quilts, but I ended up with 10 blocks left over. I decided to make a few more myself to sew up just one more quilt. Here they are pinned up after I had made a few extras:

And here they are today, with still a few more required to make a quilt top:

I'm worried about that green one in the top corner. I don't think I can make look like it belongs. Perhaps I will end up with one block left over after all.

 

A few months ago it became obvious that this tree beside the garden-water tank had died:

The guy in the hi-vis vest is one of 2 men who came to take down the tree before it could fall and do a lot of expensive damage.

Not a job I would want! I couldn't even watch most of the time.

Fortunately the job was accomplished safely, with no damage to people or property. 

There's not a lot of colour in the garden at the moment. The last autumn leaf has fallen since I took this photo:

We haven't had enough frost yet to knock back the salvias, so this eastern spinebill is one of the birds still enjoying the nectar:

And the first of the bulbs are appearing:

Jonquils above, snowflakes below.

Happy end of the financial year!

Time Flies

 Where have I been since my last post nearly 2 months ago?

 I did some quilting:

Hanging outside on a grey day once I had finished:

I handed it on to someone else to do the binding, and I think the recipient was happy when it was presented:

The colours in that photo are a bit closer to real life.

I've been doing some garden maintenance with the help of this little cart:

Found dumped beside a country road. With a new set of wheels, it has become my favourite garden helper. It is very light-weight and easier to use than a wheelbarrow. (Two crimson rosellas checking out the prunings and weeds.)

My sister bought me a rose from a nursery not far from here. They didn't do deliveries but I was happy to go and collect it:

I was "volunteered" to run a charity quilting day in late May. 

A couple of quilt tops were finished on the day:

I've assembled a couple more since then:

I have enough of the blocks to put together at least two more.

At the beginning of June the tree dahlia was looking good:

It kept looking better and better, as more flowers opened, and I kept thinking, "I should take a photo of that". Then a couple of days ago we had a very windy day and several of the stems snapped off close to the ground, so I missed my chance.

In better garden news, I have taken over the small greenhouse. I moved some of the more delicate plants into it yesterday, just in time as the temperature outside dropped to below freezing this morning.

Some new additions in the far corner:

Three new vireyas.