Here is a better pic of Mother Chook and the chicks..............she is sort of accepting and refusing them...........but I went over tonight and they were all tucked up underneath her.............
A glorious warm day here..............28degC (82F)
one major problem....
.....for the last 2 months we have had 2ml (8points) of rain...........
wandering around the garden today I snapped this pic of my white irises..........
once I mowed the lawn then I started watering...........I have a big garden so it take a bit to get it all watered............
On my way to the chook shed this morning I had my first heart starter for the season.............chatting on the phone I had to put the basket down to open a gate..........so standing there still chatting I pulled a weed out............then saw another so grabbed it too........next minute a black snake scooted out just beside the plants I had weeded..............OMG...........I screamed into the phone.........poor man on the other end of the phone was asking are you ok.......yep I was fine.........my heart was beating way too fast and I wasn't expecting to see a snake at 8.30am in the morning.......but it went in the opposite direction to me.....
Anyway after the heart slowed down I got some applique done on the SAL quilt...........only part of this block..........missing some thread colours so can't get those for a few weeks as sewing machine thread is not available in town...........but I have finished the machine applique on the house, bird, jeans and the modified block below.........I love the look of the stitches on the back.......
I'm really getting the hang of the blanket stitch on the machine.........working out the pattern the needle makes to do the blanket stitch so i know when I can pivot for bends and curves etc.
Catch you later..............
Chookyblue