Feed me, please?

19 12 2008

The local family of magpies is growing up, and the parents have decided that humans are a good source of food. So a couple of weeks ago, a couple started coming on to the back veranda and just standing near the back door looking plaintively at us. Silly me — I found something to feed them, and now they come back pretty much every day. I should get a standing order for mince (ground beef) with the butcher! 😉 Some days there’s a just a few; other days we get the entire extended family — I think 12 is the largest number I’ve counted so far.

The reconnaisance magpie standing at the back door

The reconnaissance magpie standing at the back door

Let's bring in some more troops

Let's bring in some more troops

Hell, let's bring the whole family!

Hell, let's bring the whole family!





Cherry, cherry!

19 12 2008

When were coming back from Bunbury the other day, a roadside stall was selling fresh cherries for $18 a kilo. Oh man! Were they good!!! Unlike store-bought cherries, which are often small or have some too green and others too rotten, these were perfect. And fresh. And delicious. And big. We’ve been savouring them all week…. But they’re all gone now 😦

Fresh cherries from Donnybrook, Western Australia

Fresh cherries from Donnybrook, Western Australia





Log Cabin Quilt: 7

19 12 2008

At last, the back is finished! And now the top, the back and the batting are ready to be taken to Judy, a local quilter who has one of the super-duper long arm quilting machines for the actual quilting.

Here’s part of the back — despite the size of Bobbie’s design wall where I pinned it, I couldn’t fit it all in! The cream border fabric alone is 15″ wide all round.

Back of quilt

Back of quilt

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