More Flower Show to enjoy

. . . and just to share my little Hermione

She doesn't like Sports Day for the running . . . but

loves an excuse to dress up!

Flower Show

Yesterday we took the train to Melbourne and I went to the

Flower Show for the first time ever.

Lots of walking and looking, and

lots of crowds!

We even had a look up in high buildings before going home.

It was fun to be in the city!

Bento Box

For kicks on Saturday night, 2 of my little flowers decided to go camping in the back yard.
They put up a tent and got all organised with their bedding.
Then it was a hive of activity in the kitchen.
I wondered what they were doing.

It appears that the topic in Japanese last week for Miss Flowergarden was Bento Boxes.
How proud was I that she had not only come home and tried it out, but also shared the fun with her little brother. They had a great time, and there was even a competition as to whose was the best.

I know, I know, a Mother's not supposed to choose, but they made me - can you guess which one I chose?
Which one do you like best?
They were all set for thier midnight snacks!

It was a lovely quiet Saturday night inside with some of my favourite roses
This one is Abraham Darby - a David Austin Rose

A Card for all Occasions

I enjoy making some of my photos into cards, and packaged them up for my market stall a few weeks ago. I still haven't worked out how to download my photos from my phone.

These are some of the packs that are still looking for a home, so I have put them in my Etsy Shop.

It's taken me "FOR EVER" to get it right on my side bar, but I think I've done it.

These are a few examples of the cards available

Click on the link and have a browse

Putting scraps to good use

 

 

 

 

My baby turned 12
I made a guitar cake for him
Looked a bit more like a violin or a mandolin
but hey, the kids response was "awsome cake mum!"
so that made it all worthwhile.

 

Another weekend down

Another quilt that's been in the making for awhile, is "nearly" another finish!

The Begonia Festival was on in Ballarat last weekend, and the display was AMAZING!

The enormous glass house in the Botanical Gardens was filled with these amazing plants.

. . . and then on to the local Shopping Mall

Where Master Flowergarden 16 - played with the High School Concert Band

on the Timpany

 

A finish this week

 

 

 

 

Scraps from the floor during a clean up of my sewing room last year.  Been working on it slowly and just finished the binding last night-hand quilted
Still trying to transfer photos from my phone camera to my computer to report on the weekend market.  Anyone have an LG Mobile and have any ideas for me??
(please don't suggest reading the instructions - I'm useless at that, refer quilt above!!)

Long Weekend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playing with my new camera
Heaps of great quilt photos but don't know how to get them off my new phone
Lovely not to have to go to work today