I put a column of Foxley Village together today. I didn't realise how big this quilt is going to be, I had trouble finiding somewhere to hang it for a photo!
And Yaay! The Buggy Barn quilt has become a flimsy. I have to do a hunt and see if I have enough of anything suitable for the back.
I waved it from the deck when 'the neighbours' popped over to borrow the buggy for a farm ride, and I think young Xavier approved :-)
I saw, in the bush, that the Lycopodium is nearly ready to flower. (It's also called Creeping Club Moss, I've just discovered. Lycopodium is a lot more fun to say!)
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| Looking back down the main race towards the sheds and the road. |
Did you ever play with Sycamore tree seeds? We have a tree and it still has a few seeds left.
This plant came from one we had on the farm while growing up. One year I remember Dad offered us 50 cents per plant to grow him a whole lot for planting out on the farm.
Once again Emma enjoyed a nice swim. It got pretty hot while we were out walking, I wouldn't have minded hopping in with her!
Hope you're all cheery and well,
'til next time,
happy stitches,
I wouldn't know what mushrooms were safe to eat - I have never picked them. The tractor quilt turned out really nice!
ReplyDeleteAnd another cracker, that village quilt!!
ReplyDeletethat lycopodium looks like fingers with long nails.... don't look at night!! haha.... lovely sewing... foxley is looking lovely. ooh... yummm with the mushrooms. I would be frightened of picking a poisonous one... sometime the fear must have been put in me...
ReplyDeleteNow you need to drive your quilting machine to finish off the tractors!
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That Lycopodium looks like spiders legs to me!! It must be mushroom season, I am with Fiona, don't know if the ones we have here are safe to eat.i guess if you have eaten them before you know they are ok!! Foxley Village is looking great as is the quilt for Xavier. Great walk photos again today, nothing better than a cool off for Emma.
ReplyDeleteI lyco the Lycopodium. Not a fern I know.
ReplyDeleteWe seem to have had a good year for mushrooms, too.
ReplyDeleteLovely progress on Foxley Village.
And of course the Buggy Barn top coming together looks great, too.
Hope you found a backing for the tractors/trucks quilt ?
ReplyDeleteFoxley village I'd pretty..
So many beautiful flowers ,trees ,birds on your walks...
Hahaha! Maybe you should have jumped in with Emma.....
The quilt is gorgeous. Interesting I know there are Sycamore trees in the US I have seen them in Arizona, but their seed pods look like Maple tree seed pods, we call them helicopters. Yay for the big trucks being done to flimsy stage. Foxley village is lovely.
ReplyDeleteI’d never heard of lycopodium until they were featured on Gardening Australia last night. What a coincidence. Both quilts are looking great and once again a picturesque walk.
ReplyDeleteThe tractor quilt is such fun! As for mushrooms, when I was teaching in rural Alberta the Ukrainian ladies had secret plots of wild mushrooms that they guarded most fiercely! I do not like mushrooms at all, though I love to look at them, and imagine a fairy or two finding shelter under, or sitting upon them. :-) Isn't it lovely to have plants that flower in Fall. Lots of them here in southern Ontario; can't say as there are any up in Alberta. Probably why I love them so.
ReplyDeleteIts great to have a top finished. I love the photos of your property.
ReplyDeleteGreat progress on both your projects....nice for Xavier to get a preview lol! Lovely photos you've shared x
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