Millie's Blanket - Ta Da Moment!

At last! It's finished! I still can't believe it .... so here it is.....TA DA!!!!!

Am I proud? Yes. So here's more blanket love.....

And here's the centre panel.....

A crochet flower .....

Some edging detail.....

And a few other details......

So what do you think? I'd love to hear your comments......

Crochet Bag!!!

I've finished the crochet bag that I started only a week or so ago! Absolutely love it! Thanks so much Lucy (http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/crochet-bag.html) for the pattern! Decided to line it in yellow so that it doesn't become the black hole of Calcutta!!! What do you think?

I already have another one planned in varying shades of green...my favourite colour!

My Beautiful Roses.....

After a few summer rains, my roses have gone crazy.......

A little bit of crochet love ......

Just wanted to post a few pics of the crochet bag that I'm making from a pattern by Lucy on her blog at Attic24. Am nearly finished and am LOVING it .......

Wild Flowers of Kwa Zulu Natal

We've had some dismal early Summer weather here recently and whilst my veg are growing well, there's really nothing in the garden worth posting about. So, I thought I'd share with you some pics of a few of the wild flowers that can be found in and around my little bit of Africa. All of these quite literally grow by the side of the road.........Hope you like them!

CROCOSMIA AUREA

image by sequoiagardens.wordpress.com

WATSONIA DENSIFLORA

image by kznwildlife.com

GLADIOLUS LONGICOLLIS

image by flickr.com

PLUMBAGO AURICULATA

image by plantzafrica.com

KNIPHOFIA CAULESCENS

(RED HOT POKER)

image by africanbulbs.com

image by wikipedia.org

HIBISCUS TRIONUM

image by finegardening.com

Maybe one day I will have all of these in my garden but they really do look spectacular when you see them growing wild.

It's tough living in such a beautiful place ........

Almost There.....

I'm on the home straight now for Millie's Blanket in that I'm doing about 5000 kms of edging!!!! Nearly half way so the end's in sight but just thought I'd post a couple of pics of the finished blanket to wet your appetite!

Will post the whole thing when the edging is finished and sewn on ....

One of four crochet flowers.

One complete corner of the blanket. (Excuse the horrible red carpet ... inherited from previous owner of the house and we haven't changed it yet!)

One of my favourite squares.

And finally ...... TA DA !!!! The centre flower .....

Hope you like it !

Summer's creeping in.....

We have (at last) had our first Spring/Summer rains! In our part of South Africa our Winters are almost completely dry. The grass turns brown and as the days go by a general layer of dust descends over the landscape. Then the rains come and this happens......

Strawberries begin to appear amid the hay...

...the leeks begin to reach for the sky....

... the light glows through spinach leaves ...

and my standard roses begin to nod in the breeze ...

I love these first hints of Summer.......don't you?