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ts the morning sun and has a beautiful view down our driveway garden orchard which we refer to as the park along with 2 beautiful 100 year old plus oak trees spring has been having quite an influence on my work recently beautiful bright japonica birds eggs a buzzy bee and of course a few words awake thou wintry earth fling off thy sadness fair vernal flowers laugh forth your ancient gladness beautiful japonica it grows wild on the road side and i love a few stems of it in a vase it certainly brightens up a dull grey day moving to our new home i was a little worried my favourite winter bird wouldn t be able to find us and for the first half of the season i didn t see any but the last few weeks they have visited regularly sometimes i ve spotted 2 or 3 of these handsome red chested fellows and it makes me soooo happy to see them flitting from fence to tree to birdbath one day as i was checking the letter box for mail one chirpy fellow was sitting in a gum tree and singing away that was a first i have never heard them sing before and i have to tell you it was quite a special moment of course when you spot a male there s usually a female close by and i love this beautiful little ball of feathers fluffed up against a cold morning recent sunny saturdays we have enjoyed morning tea in the vegie garden home made date scones a pot of tea blue sky and sunshine what more could you ask for ok chocolate cake maybe hehe another recent stitchery i tried something a little different love the fabric frame and the verse by shelley describes spring s arrival per fectly i did a market back in july the first for a long time and i decided to get some business cards apologies for the blurry pic uploaded the wrong one i ordered these through moo cards they are mini moo and sooooo cute with our dodgy wifi it took quite a few tries to up load photos but it was worth it in the end great price quality and service definitely recommend them so the last 12 months has pretty much been about moving building our new home and settling in we are sooooo happy with how it turned out we down sized a little but there is still plenty of room for everything we need although my sewing room could be a tad bigger but i think i would always say that it s a very comfortable easy to live in home every time i look down the park and see that beautiful view i pinch myself realising how very blessed we are to be the caretakers of this beautiful property now that spring is here there s lots to do outside i m keen to get started on the new shrubbery so if any of you green thumbed ladies have some ideas on turning a bare patch of ground into a garden bed i d be more than grateful for your tips so girls there s a brief round up of what s been happening in this corner of the globe thanks to sue over at mr micawber s recipe for happiness for giving me a gentle reminder that i should update my blog hope you are all well and enjoying the change of season where ever you are claire xx posted by claire at 9 55 pm 14 comments thursday august 7 2014 hellooooo it s 5am and i m awake what else would you do but get up and do a blog post right i ve cranked the heater made a milo and got a box of tissues by my side someone has shared their cold with me i was thinking i d get another blog post in before july ended and then realised we were well into august so my brain s in a bit of a fog at the moment i ve been having fun playing around with some ideas and stitchy techniques when i ve got a bit more time i ll take it a little further and see what i come up with gotta love pansies and violas and their sweet little faces they come in such a multitude of colours another stitchery finished and off to it s new home i used a different colour palette and was very happy with the outcome it felt like spring was just around the corner there are pops of colour around the garden and the girls love getting out and having a good scratch around in the wild wood although egg production has slowed down they are still giving me an egg a day which is lovely you can t beat fresh egg from your own hens on the roadside a japonica growing wild deserves a little attention love this colour and they are such hardy drought tolerant shrubs it gets the tick of approval and will find a place in my new garden recently i was given a bag of embroidered doilies and linen from a work friend they belonged to her late nan and jo knows how much i love this sort of thing inside the bag were some exquisitely embroidered hankies such delicate fabric and amazing stitching some of the pieces are in perfect condition and like these hankies i won t be using them in my work but some may find their way into what i do i think i ll take my time and wait for the right project our local knitting group yack n yarn met again last month it was great to see some new faces around the table patterns were discussed projects admired coffee drunk and much chit chat and laughter took place not sure how much knitting was done by the participants but a good time was had by all i ve just treated myself to a gorgeous little cottage from the talented joy williams it s called meadowsweet cottage and of course when i saw the chickens and their little home i knew it would have to come and live with me joy has painted a series of different cottages and i m a little worried i won t be able to stop at just one i think joy s work has inspired me and i ve been working on a little cottage of my own since i took this pic i have started stitching the garden and of course there will be some chickens the last month of winter is giving us some of the coldest temps all season we ve had snow on the ben and there was some excitement last friday with the possibility of snow falling even lower it didn t eventuate here but did snow lightly in various localities across the state a misty morning recently had me snapping madly a sea of mist turned trees into little islands it was an amazing sight worth getting up early for another recent purchase that i just couldn t resist my new apron modelled by no 1 son i cropped his head as he was pulling silly faces love the storybook quality of the design and it will replace one that i have recently worn out perfect excuse for a new one don t you think spring is on it s way here the days are lengthening slowly and buds have opened a little early on some of the fruit trees our wood supply is dwindling somewhat but i think we ll have enough to see out the winter it s been a little too damp to get outside and do much but once spring arrives i ll be busy gardening and putting things in order for moving in december busy times ahead so i ve been making the most of this time to stitch away if you have any tips for packing up and moving house i would love to hear them i have done this over 20 times and still haven t perfected it as each move is different ok it s time for porridge and i think i better see if i can track down another box of tissues thanks for popping by to read my ramblings it s always lovely to hear from you take care claire xx posted by claire at 8 18 am 21 comments labels japonica joy williams art misty mornings pansies snow violas yack n yarn thursday july 3 2014 so that was june hello girls how are you enjoying july is it cold and foggy in your neck of the woods or is the sun shining and the garden full of beautiful blooms well we re into the second month of winter here there s still plenty of wood in the shed so all is good i ve been enjoying some lovely damp grey days they make this pluviophile smile seeing posts here and on facebook about summery gardens in the northern hemisphere gave me some wonderful inspiration so i stitched up a summer posy we celebrated world knit in public day recently and a post on our community facebook page bought out a group of like minded women and a few others we met in a local cafe and over coffee and yarn we stitched and chatted laughed and shared skills and yack n yarn was born i felt a couple of vintage cloths and a basket of wool and vintage needles were necessary to prettify the table i got absolutely no stitching done i was teaching a friend how to crochet that s my ball of sock wool with 4 needles sticking out of it in the foreground next time friend and talented knitter julie not only knitted this gorgeous cardy but she also spun the wool and if i remember correctly i don t think she used a pattern either anyway she is one clever lady and it s good to have someone with her experience in our little fledgling group so if you are in the area and feel like a yack or a yarn we will be meeting on the 4th sunday morning of the month in a local cafe and would love you to pop in if i ever needed some knitting inspiration i wouldn t have to look far these gorgeous eastern rosellas visit my property daily and on a foggy grey morning the certainly brightened up the view loving the oak leaves still hanging on to these trees and the golden coppery colours this pic was taken last saturday a damp wintery day i rugged up and headed up to our new block to take some pics the manchurian pears on the right are still holding on to some leaves it s quite a different micro climate our manchurians at home dropped all their leaves weeks ago and there s less than a kilometre between the two hubby has been busy in the vegie garden he s cleared all the grass and weeded the beds and added more they ll be raised beds to make gardening easier i joke that we are going to be feeding our local community with all the beds he s putting in but he s got it all planned out and is enjoying making that plan a reality if you read my march post you ll be able to compare the difference and see how much he s done wonderful fairytale fly agaric toadstools which grow under oak trees it s quite exciting when you stumble across them and it became the inspiration for the following stitchery i celebrated another birthday last month so a rather large slice of lemon meringue cheesecake was enjoyed by hubby and myself it would ve been rude not to share our magpie family are quite the characters and this cheeky young thing decided to investigate the compost bucket which i was about to empty it picked out a few things and scattered them around while tigger slept soundly through it all robins continue to visit the garden and this beautiful female made a stunning picture against the blue blue sky i love all the birdlife we see here and feel very privileged that we get to enjoy it the last of the green tomatoes were picked a few weeks ago along with the capsicums and i spent the day slicing dicing and stirring by the end of the day there were 25 jars of green tomato pickles sitting on the kitchen bench the second batch i ve ever made and i have to say while they may not have matched the flavour of last years they came a close second i used a couple of recipes and merged them and added a bit of this and that and of course i was too busy cooking it all to write it down so next years batch will be interesting it s so satisfying to turn something that once would ve gone over the fence to the cows into produce for the pantry so there s a snapshot of a few happenings in the sweet birdy love household while winter is here it s about cosy evenings by the heater and enjoying the weather whether it be a grey foggy day or a blue sky and sunshine winter s day i know that all too soon it will be spring and then summer and the temps will rise and rise and rise so i m not going to complain for one minute about the cold i shall embrace it and run headlong into it wrapped in scarves jumpers tights boots and gloves i ll throw another log on the heater and cook up some wonderful one pot meals in the kitchen snuggle under the doona and enjoy each and every day righto i m off to bed it s later here and i ve taken way longer to do this post than i expected thanks for dropping by for a catchup always lovely to hear from you claire xx posted by claire at 11 34 pm 17 comments labels eastern rosellas fly agaric green tomato pickles lemon meringue cheesecake magpie pluviophile robin summer posy yack n yarn sunday june 1 2014 welcome to june hello girls just wanted to show you my new sewing machine this is clothilde isn t she a little gem i fell in love with her when i spied her on ebay and knew she just had to come live with me she s totally useless when it comes to stitching but makes up for it with vintage brooch gorgeousness now that winter s here it s most definitely the season for a brooch or two i m still creating little stitcheries i m not sure what but there s something about thready frayed snippets of fabric stitched together that make my heart sing and of course a fuzzy little bumbly bee adds to it autumn s bounty when there s very little flowering in the garden i love to have a jug full of beautiful autumn foliage to bring colour inside the vegie garden still has some zinnias flowering smaller blooms but colourful and happy recent rain has made them look a little sadder but i m struggling to pull them out it will look so bare when they are gone the wisteria in the background has also added some beautiful golden colour to the garden the loquat tree has just finished flowering the perfume from the flowers pervades the air smelling a little like baby powder the bees were enjoying the blooms having a lovely time i ve been enjoying misty mornings and grey days they make the last of the autumn colour look so vivid i had to share this photo grey skies golden light in the corner and a silhouetted robin this past week we ve had some lovely rain days where it falls constantly steadily the sky slate grey we don t get days like this very often i found it hard to focus on any stitching preferring to enjoy the day staying warm and cosy inside making a pot of warm nourishing soup things are moving along quietly here as the weeks come and go along with the seasons i m enjoying the slower pace the colder months bring the hustle and bustle of summer is a distant memory and i look forward to evenings spent by the heater with a crafty project at hand or working on an idea for stitching up the next day but now i best go deal with a pile of ironing i m tired of looking at it thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment i m still popping over to different blogs to visit and say hello i ll catch up with you soon claire x posted by claire at 9 51 pm 20 comments labels autumn s bounty zinnias brooch loquat tree monday may 19 2014 may musings hello everyone how are you all life here at sweet birdy love is bubbling along nicely like the big pot of soup i have on the stove this autumn weather has me thinking of one pot meals stew and dumplings hearty soups and casseroles it s the season for cooking and freezing meals and using the last of the veg from the garden my little janome has also been very busy stitching up new designs i ve had alot of fun putting them together here are a few of my favourite things in the one stitchery chookies twiggy wig wams with sweet peas holly...