Hello all, Dear Friends! My sincerest apologies for a long absence. I have NOT done any fibre art work for almost a year- EXCEPT that we are getting a new Grandboy in mid November, and, as I made an I Spy quilt for Oliver, I wanted to do one for the new guy too! Believe me, it has been a true labour of love with this wretched right hand of mine!!!! I see the surgeon on 08 November. Not sure what he'll do for me but I need SOMETHING done - and PDQ!!! Anyway, this is NOT my Magnum Opus, for sure, but it IS a second "bankit Granny made", says Oliver!!I finished the binding this AM!
The new Babe, who is as yet unnamed ( except for his Mummy's irreverent nickname- Cletus, the Fetus!) will be able to play I Spy just like his big Bro now !! BTW, I could NOT get this straight on the photo. The quilt IS actually square!!!!!
So what HAVE I been doing, I hear you ask? I have gardened as much as the hand will stand-
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| Magnolia Soulangeana turning golden at he front door |
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| Our back garden this morning in the rain- 20 Oct 2016 |
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| Smokebush leaves JUST beginning to change colour. |
AND, I have done a LOT of photography- thank heaven for that or I should have gone MAD!!! I hope I can still do it after the 8th of Nov!!!
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| Fallen beautifully coloured ash leaves. They all got chewed last spring and , of course, we are losing the trees to Emerald Ash Borer :-( |
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| A lovely Buttercup Squash I played with before baking it. |
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| One of three blooms on a VERY elderly Autumn Crocus- Speciosus, for the gardeners- that has been in our garden forever. |
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| Down to Valley Inn Road one morning recently and I found this trio |
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| Bought some small VERY orange Gerberas for the table for our Thanksgiving dinner table centre |
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| The gills on the underside of a VERY white mushroom that grew on our lawn |
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| The seed capsule of Morning Glory- quietly pretty! |
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| That same mushroom again. It was quite large! |
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| A little pie pumpkin that sits at the front door. Soon to be a pie, I think! |
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| And the stunning bright blue fruits of the Virginia Creeper vines festooning the trees down at Valley Inn Road |
And part of my gardening has been tending this ONE delicately gorgeous Hollyhock !! elle pukalo and Margaret Blank BOTH, kindly sent me seeds TWO years ago and I had a great germination and then towering spires of promising looking buds this spring- but I had to dig them ALL out as they became infested with rust and Hollyhock Weevils!! How this little beauty missed the onslaught, I have NO idea but it did and I am soo grateful! Did this colour come from Margaret or elle?? Whoever is responsible, thank you sooo much but thank you sooo much to both of you.
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| That white Hollyhock with a flush of pink |
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| It was a drippy morning and I wanted to catch the droplets |
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| SUCH a pretty flower. It is not a big plant but it seems to be doing well. Hope it survives the winter! |
Does either of you recognize it ? I LOVE it!! I loved them all but the weevils could NOT stay and we cannot spray any more :-(
I guess I'll TRY to post this to the
needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com I admit to having not paid attention to ANY blogs for ages! I feel SOOO out of the loop!- TOO late this week. I'll try again next Tuesday!
BTW, nice news- I got a Viewers Choice for my Poppies AglowII at the Fibre Content Show in September this year! Thank you all who voted for it!
The new Babe, who is as yet unnamed ( except for his Mummy's irreverent nickname- Cletus, the Fetus!) will be able to play I Spy just like his big Bro now !! BTW, I could NOT get this straight on the photo. The quilt IS actually square!!!!!
