Strange Find

I often find bits of rubbish in my garden as I am weeding, but this was rather unusual:

It was under some thick plants right in the centre of a garden bed. It may have been there for weeks or since earlier today; no way of knowing. Most of the watch is wrapped in plastic. The band has never been unclasped by the look of the plastic seal over the buckle. A quick search on the internet found the company website, where this model is priced at $75.

So, it seems likely someone threw it into my garden, but you wouldn't do that if you had paid $75 for it and never worn it. So I'm assuming it was stolen, but then why throw it into a garden?

Pretty Green

My Callistemon viridiflorus is flowering for the first time:

Planted in February 2011, then almost drowned in April that year. Fortunately it survived that, and it is now about waist-high with lots of flowers opening. The flowers look a little greener in real life than in the photo.

Pants and Plants

Popped a few little plants in this planter:

This planter actually came from the same garage sale as the fabric I've been making trousers from this week.

After the planting and a bit of weeding the rain drove me inside, where I finished the trousers (picture once the weather is warm enough to wear them, maybe). All afternoon I tried to avoid hearing anything about the football. However I did find out who won at about 10:00pm when someone mentioned it in an email. I had been hoping to get to tomorrow without knowing!

Scatterday - O

I don't know where Cinzia found that O; are those guys wearing prisoner-of-war uniforms? At least they look happy, whatever their situation.

Here are today's categories:
Discarded
Workplace
Arts
Old

This one nearly got away from me, as I only remembered on Thursday that this was the Scatterday Saturday. Don't know where the last fortnight went!

Discarded:

I found this opal amongst some buttons someone discarded three years ago.  I did give it back to her!

Workplace:

Not my workplace, although it is quite close to somewhere I've been doing some casual work recently. The Melbourne Observatory was once a very important astronomical site. You can read about it on Wikipedia.

Art:

Is this art? Wall sculptures of owls made of old kitchen junk. $75 each if you want one. Spotted at Bulleen Art and Garden yesterday.

Old:

This fragment of hexagon patchwork included papers dated from 1793 to 1803. That sounds old to me! It is thought to have been made by Mary Ann Spring, (born 1799, London). On display at Quilts in the Barn yesterday.

There aren't a lot of us still able to continue with the game, but to see what the remaining few found for O, go to Cinzia's blog here.

In the Barn

Trip to Wonga Park for Quilts in the Barn, which this year is "All About Chintz":

Lots of interesting quilts old and new.

My photos make it look a bit empty, but in reality the barn was very full of people enjoying the show and doing some shopping.

Avenue of Elms

Elms looking very spring-like, covered in green flowers and seeds, but no leaves yet.

In One Piece

Spent a bit of time at the sewing machine today, and now my trousers are in one piece:

This is much closer to the real colour than the picture in my last post.

There's still a bit of work to do around the waist. Once that's done all they need is hemming and they will be ready to wear.