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Firstly, as promised, I have a photo of the pretties that followed me home from Quilters Angel on the weekend when Marion and Steph hosted a fabulous store-wide sale.
Mmmmmmmm!!! Yummy fabrics!! :0) Bit of a mixed bag and none were purchased for a specific project. The blue spot ... well, I've already bought and used two pieces of this cheerful dotty fabric, so thought another length would be a good investment. The yellow ... nice yellows are hard to find, so I tend to grab them when I see them. The other three are all part of my favourite-ever range of fabrics from Moda, "Aviary". I have quite a good stash of this yummy range, but didn't have these ones and since I'm using the Aviary fabrics in both my Butterfly Garden and A Gardeners Journal quilts, these will be handy to mix and match. I really thought I was pretty well behaved considering how many fabrics I WANTED to take home! Tee! Hee! Hee!
OK, on to a belated vege garden report. I've been a bit slack with this, as so many Mondays seem to be icky weather, or I don't get home til after dark to take a photo. So after 10 weeks of growing (I think!! I'm losing track!!) this is what my vege garden looks like ...
We haven't had very much rain, but there have been just enough sprinkly showers to keep the veges happy and the grass growing. The lemon tree's red pot is starting to be camouflaged a bit now. :0) The snowpeas are going ahead in leaps and bounds ...
Don't know if you can see with the late afternoon sun shining on things there, but there are now LOTS of pretty white snowpea flowers and if you look a little closer ...
... the first marigold is flowering cheerfully away. Plus .. I didn't notice until I was editing the photos, but if you look in the top left of the photo, you'll see a snowpea flower and ... the FIRST SNOW PEA!! YAY! Tee! Hee! Hee! Bet most people don't get this excited over snowpeas, right?! :0) But when we flip to the OTHER side of the garden ...
Oh dear! The beans are looking a bit sad, aren't they?! And the marigolds on this side are at a very different stage to the other side, too, thanks to a couple of heavy frosts. SIGH! Not sure whether we'll manage to get any beans off these poor damaged plants, but I'll wait and see how they go. On the up side, to the right of this photo, you can see the cauliflower plants are thriving. THEY were the plants everyone told me would be hit hardest by the frost! Trust me to not have a NORMAL garden! Tee! Hee! Hee!
The last little thing to share is a bit sad. We've had a horrible day here on top of our hill, weather-wise, today. After several lovely sunny and unseasonably warm days (YAY!!) today clouded over quickly and horrible, gusty winds whipped up. (BOO!) When I got home this afternoon, I had a nasty surprise waiting for me in the carport. The lovely old kitchen cupboard that I showed you a while ago that we discovered at a garage sale has been stored in the car port til we can afford to get the stained glass panels replaced, then we plan to restore the cupboard itself. It had one intact, but loose, stained glass door panel and one frosted glass replacement panel ... until the wind got behind it today and knocked it over!!!! Aaaaarrrgghhhh!!!! So with the able assistance of ...
DIY Dog (A.K.A. Wombat the brainless-but-lovable-Border-Collie!) ... I hauled the cupboard upright ... and was greeted with the musical tinkle of broken glass. BUGGER!!
A couple of the stained glass panes were broken and the entire frosted glass panel was broken ... into LOTS of little pieces that I had to clean up! The decorative timber panel on top of the cupboard is now loose, the drawer pulls (old plastic) disintegrated on impact and a couple of the door catches have been bent. SIGH! It will now take a little more work to restore this beauty. Well ... it's on the list!
And after all the picking up of glass and sweeping out in that cold, cold wind, I think I've earned a cup of Rose and French Vanilla tea in front of the heater, after all ... you've had one, right?! :0) And that wasn't quite as longwinded as I thought it might be, so you won't have time for a second cuppa! Tee! Hee! Hee! May all your weather be fair and kind! Til next time ...
BEAR HUGS!
CHEERS!
KRIS
CHEERS!
KRIS
PS. My blogging buddy Julia is back in blogland after a bit of a break, so pop across and welcome her back! She's working on some GORGEOUS quilts!! BH! KRIS
7 comments:
Oh...your pretty cupboard!!! I'm glad Wombat wasn't responsible, for a horrible moment I thought he might have been...did it squash LilY?
How sad about your dresser. I'm sure it will still come up a treat once restored. It must have been very disappointing though. On the up side, I love your new purchases and Wombat looks like he is definitely a very lovable dog.
Oh Your snowpeas, marigolds, caulis and lemon tree are looking good but your beans look like some of my plants and lawn. Bl---y Frost!!
On NO! Your poor cupboard. If I lived closer Kris I would fix your Leadlights.
Hey Kris,
How's that garden growing-WOW!
That cupboard will look fantastic after you've added your tender loving care.
Hugs,
Anna
PS: Cute Pooch
Sorry to hear about your cupboard, Kris! I was surprised to see your garden as I'd assumed from your recent posts that it was too cold to grow anything, let alone lemon trees!
That must have been some storm! Too bad about the cupboard, but I'm sure a little extra TLC will do the trick.
Happy stitching,
Susan in Texas
PS Your Wombat appears to love dirt as much as my doggies did. (I was always certain that our late lamented Saint Bernard considered dirt a condiment. You know, mustard, ketchup, dirt, YUM!)
I just LOVE the cabinet. I know it will be a lot of work, but it has great potential :)
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