Carrot cake today, a walk around the streets and back home for a little photography. 

Serenity is watching eucalyptus leaves and native grasses swaying in the breeze.

Recent pics of the sweet corn harvest. The verdict? Juicy, sweet, flavoursome and tender. 

Other news of note, mono prints 

in readiness for my upcoming exhibition.

Zokin or fukin?

 As readers of this blog will know by now, my sewing repertoire has a long history of using discarded fabrics. The latest discovery has been the zokin, or fukin as I would prefer, as the latter is known to be a quality cloth reserved for lighter cleaning, where as the former, I believe, is used for the hard grime of floors etc. 

A very peaceful pastime it is too, just gently and quietly sewing. Using a quick running stitch through a few layers of old cotton or linen cloth, the outcome is a durable and strong dishcloth that has a pleasing aesthetic quality. 

It’s 10pm. An unusually late post. Times are busy. More to come.

an afternoon in the garden

This afternoon, while staking the cafe au lait dahlia, one of the blooms dropped off. 

I thought she looked so pretty paired with a fresh strawberry, so fetched the camera to take some shots before her demise.

A photo shoot then followed on this warm, sunny March day.

The bee chateau has been quiet. I've noticed only one native bee busying itself 

around one of the 'rooms'. Our yard doesn't have enough mature native trees that would otherwise attract the smaller natives bees to the garden. 

The veggie plot looking so lush these days. Several pumpkins are in the offing....

....Lots of sweet corn, not quite ready to pick.

First year raspberry plants (that won't fruit until next year) growing happily amongst strawberries, sweet/potatoes and thyme....

Other edibles growing in the garden at this time are borage, calendula, various mints, oregano, pennywort, allysum, violets, tomatoes, yam daisy, dandelion, Jerusalem artichokes, silverbeat, rhubarb, climbing bean, parsley and blueberry.