Growing Chilli

10 weeks ago my DD decided to grow some chilli plants for my DH who is very keen on them. She didn’t do the pendulum trick at the nursery and back home we have since discovered that we have 2 male, 2 female. Can you tell?

I’m not giving up on the 2 male (above) because they do sometimes fruit. I hope.

Look at this one,(side pic, female) hopefully it will keep my DH supplied all summer.

 

Anyone else growing chillies? Any tips?

Coffee Holiday Habits

With a coffee machine at home, I did wonder how I would get by on my travels without being able to make the perfect cappuccino within 3 minutes. This is a luxury I enjoy.

Well, I didn’t have to worry, I found coffee everywhere I went, and..

..being on holiday meant that I had to add cake alongside my coffee too

diet? what diet?

Well I thought coffee in Melbourne was overpriced, so Harrod's put it all into persepctive for me.

I usually pay AU $3.80 for a coffee, and my Harrod's coffee converted to AU $8.05

Coffee is now very much the same everywhere you go. It’s still overpriced. But a necessity nonetheless. Of course, after coffees I enjoyed other cafe delights too...

but coffee was the staple...

My school friend Vilinka makes an excellent coffee…and having known each other 40 years, we had a lot to talk about over our coffee. She is an extraordinary cake maker (see below pic!)…and a newly converted quilter! (maybe??…high hopes). She does own an Elna sewing machine and this a good start….

For someone who doesnt ordinarily eat sweets, I sure made up for it on holiday...

And lastly, a lovely slice made by my sister Danica.

Now I'm back home it's time to grind some beans and make some coffee and get down to work! Without the aid of cake...

WOW: Red December

WOW = WIPs On Wednesdays

I must have 20 or so projects just like this – half done and waiting. So, this red WIP of mine has been waiting in the wings for quite some time. I pulled it out of my red stash shelf a few months ago and it’s been on my mind ever since. So here it is, I am calling it Red December because I like the name and I also plan to have it ready to launch in December (yes this year, hopefully). My first version that you can see here is stenciled and I am also going to make it in applique, it's just too nice not to. Also, I have too much red fabric not to, I'd like to use some stash!

It has 3 potential borders which I am still umm-ing and ahhhh-ing over, which may explain why it’s a WIP as I am going through loving / not loving each option all over again. Oh well, time for decisions.

  

Hopefully Red December (or perhaps Red January / February or March) will be a launch soon.

PS

Yes, it’s been nearly 2 weeks and the roses are still alive and I am still enjoying them. No such thing as too much red about the house…

Peaceful Pathways Part 4

Yes, we're already at Part 4! How time flies!

This month we are making the lovely patchwork style border. It’s worked in red and white (of course). This month is the final bit of hard work before we sail into the ending.

The more time I spend with this quilt, the more I love it.

I especially like how classic and easy if looks and feels at first glance, but how lovely the details are when you get to know it better.

The pics here are a bit shadowy as the weather was bright and stormy. Sorry!

I really like the white squares coming together to make the pieced hearts.

I just feel really glad making this quilt. And it's another for my red and white shelf.

Anyone else BOM-ing along with me?

Peaceful Pathways is my current free BOM

You can download the current month via my website or Yahoo Bom Group

The Awe of Flying

Generally I don’t love flying – the noise, the air pressure, the recycled air and the airports.

But flying has its moments too. Especially if you are near a window when land comes back into sight, and cities roll into view. Because it’s so easy to forget just how remarkable flying really is.

That said, I’d rather be on a train any time!

But there's no denying how interesting it is to see the world from a birds eye view every now and then.

 This was my favourite plane (from the outside), the Haribo plane! My children adored Haribo when they were young and I can just imagine how many young children love seeing this fly overhead!  

For those of you who wanted to know, we flew Bristish Airways and were very happy with their service.