Bom's Away!

Better late than never.    Should have posted my BOM progress on Monday but I seem to be working in a different time zone to the rest of the planet.

I've managed a little bit of progress on Vignette.    Like I started restitching Bird Block #2.....

Not a lot of progress but not bad considering I've been trying a new technique..... Zombie Stitching!

I'm cream crackered (knackered)(worn out) from gardening.   Don't know why I bother to call what I do 'gardening'.  The minds eye conjures up an image of a genteel lady pulling out the odd weed from a pristine flower bed or carrying a pretty trug and delicately deadheading roses. Oh... and doing all that while wearing a flattering straw hat and pretty clothes.  So not me!

I was so pleased when Chris and Sally came over on Monday.   Kept me out of the dirt for a few hours.  Got to sew the batch of Shoo Fly blocks for Vignette too.....

that's them on the right.   The design wall resembles my brain right now.... cluttered!

Before I forget..... I got a picture of all three Tailfeathers blocks that Kitty finished while she was here....

they are gorgeous!   I'm battling the urge to start mine right away.... what's the betting I loose.

Back to the land now...   how about this sparkling clean Greenhouse!

I emptied the whole thing out on Sunday... pruned the Grape Vine and the Kiwi then cleared out the Tomato bed and washed the place out floor to ceiling with Jeyes Fluid (strong disinfectant).  Disinfected myself into the bargain!    It seems there is no way to wash a roof and expect to stay dry underneath it.  Now I don't mind being wet but disinfected!!   It's killed off my hair!   Still it's good to know  that mould won't grow on me for a while.

Had a lovely surprise yesterday.......

TRIPLETS!   The first of this years lambs to arrive in the field out front.     They're part of the advance party.  There are three sheep in the field and each of them has a set of triplets.  So cute I could stand and watch them all day.    But I have to work......

From mid summer on last year torrents of rain on a daily basis made it impossible to get into the garden.  So.... the field next door moved in!     It's hard work trying to dig it out while looking for and trying to save the plants.

I'm good at digging but not good at keeping my clothes intact while doing it.   I've already split the entire crotch of my most disreputable gardening trousers (old faithfuls).   Looked a bit like a Cowgirl wearing Chaps.  Good job we don't have neighbours!   Guess I'll be stitching more than quilts this weekend.    Before you say anything....NO... I am not throwing them out!   They're my favourites. 

Tilly arrives tomorrow to spend a whole week.... yippee!    I've blackmailed her (just like I did Kitty) into gardening (little does she know) with me for an hour each morning and evening.   Well.... I need all the help I can get and I'm past caring how I get it!    Beauty of it for me is I'll get to sew!!! 

OK.... better get back to digging.   Think there's more dirt in my hair than on the land right now... a bath is going to be succulent when I'm done.... cleaning the mud out of the tub isn't.  Oh well....

Hope you are having a week of genteel stitching with a lot of fun thrown in.....

See ya soon.....

Hugs

Josie