My Corner of the World

Today I am linking up with Betty for the My corner of the World link. Betty has an amazing photo of a gull on her blog, you should pop over and have a look.
I am sharing the Desert Rose plant (again)

and the back yard

The Supervisor, who went out and promptly decided to come back in again!!

and the view from the front deck

And even though I haven't wandered far today with the camera I am also linking up with Wandering Camera to celebrate all thing photographic.

The last

couple of days have been warm and sunny here so a fair bit of time has been spent on the back deck, reclining, cold drink and snack nearby, reading a book! Bliss!
This morning I went for a bike ride to the supermarket and back,

the North wind is getting up but luckily helped me along

One lone pelican was in residence this morning

Last night I finished sewing the squares together for the KOGO blanket

and a few bits are cut for the One Block Wednesday, I am off now to attempt to sew them together.

Happy stitching.

Back again

This last week has flown past, Monday we went and said goodbye to Donna

Her friendship quilt was hanging at the front of the building, her eagle painting nearby. The fabrics in the quilt were from a swap and were from the US, Canada, Germany, Australia and NZ. I can remember going to Donna's place several years ago with the quilting group and we looked at the blocks laid on Donna's bed, then hand stitched the blocks into rows and rows into the quilt top. One of Donna's friends quilted the quilt and another friend did the binding so it would be ready for the funeral. It was very special to see it there.

Tuesday was a quiet day The Supervisor and I had a wander along the beach

Tuesday was calm but overcast

The supervisor had a swim, well a paddle!

Wednesday was sit and sew at St Leonards and then lunch with the girls for a birthday, then Ingrid and Jasper came for a visit.

We had a walk along the beach Thursday afternoon

the pelicans were resting on our way past, but on the way back someone was coming to feed them and they were most excited

Not sure there is enough room for everyone on the pole!

Not much sewing has happened here this week, but I was given a bag of knitted squares by Wendy from the St Leonard's sewing group and I have started on them

They will make a wonderful blanket.

The Supervisor and Jasper get on quite well together,

we did have a stand off in the doorway at one stage, quite friendly, Jasper just giving Tupai some room.

Such a cute face

and quite at home!!

I still can't get the correct focus on the desert rose flowers, but there are a few more today.

I had better be off and get cutting some fabric for One Block Wednesday.

Happy stitching.

A while

back I thought it would be a good idea to make a rubbish bag for the car, not that I have a lot of rubbish in the car, but it would be good to have something in case! So I bought some plastic and some jute material and measured a friends bag we thought might be the right size and off I went. Plastic is not that easy to sew I discovered, but we have a finish and it will do the job well.

One for me and one for Ingrid, not for hubby as he suggested!!

I went for a walk down to the PO this morning

 The pelicans were waiting for some fish to be cleaned and were enjoying the scraps

Paying close attention, I was surprised not one of the pelicans tried to pinch any fish which was in a container right in front of them on the sand (behind the wall).

It was a great morning for a walk.

So today I have cut out the next block for the BOM from the Today's Quilter magazine.

cut and ready to sew.

this project saw the light of day once again, I need to get on with it!

This week in the evenings I have finished 4 stars.

Mr Supervisor got a bit hot today, but he is good and is supervising as per usual.

The desert rose is still blooming and looking wonderful, more buds on the way.

This morning I wanted to take a photo of the Aussie Hero quilt before mailing it off, my helper wasn't really helping....

He is a challenge!!

Finally!!

Pizza has been ordered and is on it's way so I think a G & T might be in order.

Happy stitching.

Progress

well, progress of a sort, I have sewn some more One Block Wednesday blocks, so I felt like I had caught up, but today is Wednesday so now I am not sure if I have or not!!

Woo hoo 24 done!! Fiona over at BubzRugz is also doing this sew along....it is great to have company. Elyte of Tea, fabric and other things is also sewing along, but this month is busy for her so she will catch up later.

I had my system all set up, pieces laid out ready to sew, should have been straight forward but

I still managed to sew wrong bits together and some pieces in completely in the wrong place! Happily they are all fixed now.

The binding is finished on this quilt for others.

The Supervisor and i had a walk along the beach yesterday morning, it was overcast and we got caught in a rain shower but it was a beautiful morning.

A couple of weeks ago I went to Portarlington for sit and sew and parked near this tree that I am now calling a Corella tree, it is not a good photo but the tree is laden with Corellas, I don't know what was on the tree but it must have tasted pretty good. The birds on the ground were eating the bits that were dropped.

I was being watched while I took photos.

I am off now to write a couple of letters.

Happy stitching.

Tribute.

Yesterday we lost a beautiful friend and lovely person. Donna, who I met at the quilting group  in Gisborne, was diagnosed with cancer the week before Christmas, went into palliative care last Monday and passed yesterday morning. Last year Donna and I went on a trip of a life time to Canada and Alaska, I will have wonderful memories for life.

With Nancy at her house near Lillooet in Canada. We watched humming birds for ages here.

Sky walk

Train up to the Canadian border.

Warming up on a cold day.

Donna was a quietly spoken, loyal, genuine, caring, creative, generous person.

She will be greatly missed by many people both here and overseas.

I am not looking for sympathy or comments, I just wanted to mark Donna's passing.

Rest in peace Donna.