"I HAVEN'T DONE MUCH."

I THINK I WAS TOO BUSY PLAYING WITH STANLEY ON THE weekend. He is the pig! so all i made was a new pincushion for myself. It turned out ok. here is a pic.

these are a couple of pics of the ground orchids as they are all flowering now.

''OINK, OINK"!

Well we managed to go between showers of rain, up to my neighbors place, glyniss is her name,....to go and the see the little pig we saw on the rd the other day. there is a little about it in the last post. His name is 'stanley'. Oh he is so cute!! I got a few pics of him,(quite afew actually...35). He loves to have his tummy scratched as you can see in the pic he is leaning on me and i am holding him up!! he is so fat as to when he arrived only about 4 or 5 days ago. He runs around the section, has free run, doesn't try to leave as there is plenty of food. He visits the 2 B I G girls (they are about 8-9 years old now , i will try and get a nice pic of them when the sun is out,) down the other paddock, is not even wary of dogs which makes us think maybe he was dumped!! Not sure exactly what they will do with him. he trots in the house sometimes but mainly enjoys being outside where he belongs. If only he would stay this size!!

"LOOK WHAT 'S POPPED UP".

I nearly forgot I had these as they just sit around in the container and look like nothing till they sprout some leaves. Then I saw the leaves and remembered. These are my gound orchids, peonies is the other name I think. My mum is a good gardener so she gave me them as she didn't really like where she had them and the cats were starting to sit on them. I must get them nice new container but won't repot till they die down . Don't you think they are beautiful? so delicate. I will try and get a beter pic of when more of them are out flowering. We are babysitting the dogs boyfreind tonight! What a joy that will be. . . . .not! Here is patch modeling his coat i made him, He has reflector tape on this one so he can be seen if on the rd at night. isn't he cute! He also has a pinstripe coat and does look so handsome.

Earlier in the week on the way to school we found a young pig! he was standing on the walking track and didn't even run away when we approached in the truck. So i looked around just incase mother pig was nearby, she was nowhere to be seen so i tried to catch him but he was too quick as i didn't want to get dirty, so i rang my neighbor to see if he wanted to try. he ate my morning tea and was not that shy really, but he could squeal !! i nearly got him by the tail!! He kept comming back for more food but i had to go and get the boys to school, but my neighbor , russell went up the rd and caught him!. He has 2 other B I G girls as pets, I will try and get a pic and post it but today is raining again!! so we will see. i will keep you posted on the piggy, he is so cute!!

"OH NO" ....."MY DOG 'S ON HEAT" !!!

Oh no, my dog, POPPY, is on heat! She has a 'boyfreind' following her around but I don't think he can do the deed!......Because he is a....Jack russell! his name is 'PATCH' . He is a bit short in the leg department! ha! ha! All he can do is 'hump' her back leg!!...( I hope)..It must be love don't you think????? take a look.... SO CUTE!

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THE KOWHAI FLOWER.

the flowers go from this to this! They hang in clusters and look so delicate.

I took these photos of this flower on the weekend. I have seen a few blogs that have had some really pretty blooms on so thought this flower might intrest you. It is "kowhai" ( pronounced co-fi) the 'w' is silent. It is a native of n.z. We have it growing here all over the place, lots of different varieties. The photo on my blog header has a big fat wood pidgeon sitting in my tree . Those birds really love the young shoots and litrally strip the tree bare!! Then the 'tui's' come along and drink the nectre from the flowers too. Here are some pics. I also did an applique wallhanger of the tui. It was done about 10 years ago . It was one of my first trys at hand applique . the flowers were bit of a challenge but i did it.

MORE BOOKMARKS.

During the weekend i was able to finish off 2 more bookmarks. One is for a freind of my mums, name is mabel( obviously). The other i have made for lady i know who is also a keen stitcher and loves patchwork(fay). I will keep it till her birthday which is a few months away yet. I have also been doing some stitching on my willowberry deisgns and nearly upto date! And also gail pan designs christmas wish.