Today's Daisies - Crafty Shopping Bags

Today's daisies are on my shopping bags. Using some daisy and sunflower fabric I have converted my boring re-usable shopping bags to nice crafty ones. I would love to take the credit for this idea, but it was my good friend Kerrian's. Thanks Kerrian for the idea and the instructions.

Winter Lunch in the Garden

A perfect winter lunch in the garden, Plum Cobbler to eat and a quilting book to read.

Leukodendron

Leukodendron from my youngest son's school.

Poppies at the Sound Shell

For the last week or so as I have driven through Napier I have wanted to stop and take a closer look at these Poppies. They are growing and flowering happily at the Sound Shell. Yesterday I got the chance, I had a spare 10 mins and there was a handy parking space. Or should I say there was a handy parking space once I herded the Japanese tourists out of the way. Oh for a sheep dog or two when you need one. The Sound Shell is one of Napier's famous art deco buildings.

Poppies and Bees

The bumble bees were really busy around these poppies. Here are a couple I managed to capture in the snaps. Click on the photo if you want to see a larger version of the picture.

Poppies on their own

Finally some poppies on their own and with a friend.

Smell

There is one thing that computers can not do yet, I think. In fact I think that perhaps they will never be able to do it. Produce scents. The flower above is not the prettiest flower in the world, but it has got to be among the best scented flowers. Wish I could share it with you.

Today's Daisy

Today's Oxeye daisy.

Today's Daisies

Today's daisies are more stiched and quilted daisies.

Have you seen Elvis?

Have you seen Elvis recently. I found him on Thursday in the middle of a quilt at the HBQ&P.

My First Commission

My first ever photographic commission. Would you belive it a fertalizer factory, why couldn't it have been something pretty.
"Can you get me a pic of the fertalizer factory." asked Hubby.
So off I trotted and brought back a ton of snaps. Above is the one he chose. Now how do you rate my chances of getting paid for it. I can always dream.

Today's Daisies

Daisies and pebbles.

The Ducks are back

The ducks have returned to the creek after an absence of a few months, and they have brought some friends with them. There used to be five now there are nine.

Light

The rather grandiose leadlight sky light at the hastings Exhibition centre.

Today's Daisies

Today's daisies are more quilted daisies from the Hawkes Bay Patchworkers exhibition. This one was done in a Mary Transome class.

and even more Quilts

Even more quilts from the Hawkes Bay Patchworkers quilt show.

Steaming Hills

Te Mata Peak steaming gently in Saturday's warm sunshine.

Harry Potter Weekend

I have had a very Harry Potter weekend, I could almost say I am Harry Pottered out. On Saturday afternoon we went to see the movie "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". I enjoyed it more than the the other Harry Potter films. They were good, but not how I pictured the books as I read them. This current film is much more like I visualized the book.

As you will probably know the last Harry Potter book came out on Saturday. Of course I had to buy a copy. And yes of course I had to sit down and read it. A strange thought that all over the world people were reading the same book at the same time. Has this ever happened on such a scale before. And yes I did not stop reading until the book was finished. And yes I did enjoy every single minute of it. I am sorry this is the last book, they were all great reads. And no I am not going to give any of the story away.

I am a J K Rowling admirer. I know that the hype surrounding HP is criticised, but for me it is all a part of the the delicious HP experience. Previous to HP this genre of fiction was not that popular. HP has helped bring it to the public eye and open the flood gates for other fantasy fiction and movies, both for kids and for adults. So thank you J K Rowling, you have given me hours and hours of pleasure in the company of Harry, Ron and Hermione.

Its still raining

There has been more rain here in sunny Hawkes Bay this week than there has been in the two years since we arrived here. It has rained lightly, heavily and very very heavily almost non stop all week. In one of the gaps between the clouds today I think I caught a glimpse of green hills. I can't wait for the clouds to clear so I can see if the hills of Hawkes Bay have changed from golden brown to green.

Privacy Again

I have bedroom curtains that meet in the middle again.