And not found on the farm but in my wee room are these 1 and a half inch squares. It's for a quilting bee block - have you been hearing weird noises over Scotland? That would be me trying to accurately piece the bloody things together. Teeny tiny piecing appears to SO not be my thing. The block is looking good, though. Honest.
Saturday, 17 April 2010
my day so far.
It hasn't been especially exciting stuff, I have to say! This is the view from Chookie's riding stables. Pretty nice, eh? That's the end stretch of our Ochil hills (remember the angry cat noise in the middle if you please!) and the very typical farming landscape that our wee towns and villages are surrounded by.
This handsome chap is Joe. He is very pretty and he was showing us his bowing trick this morning. Right before Hugh demonstrated why his stable door is locked all the time by undoing the latch himself. Clever horse!!
The farm breeds geese (I'm not sure why and I'm not thinking about it too hard!) and they were noisy beasts this morning!
And this auld girl is Jasmine. She's a teenager (which is really old lady stuff in dog years, innit?) and has baaaad arthritis. She hobbles about, the poor thing, but always loves a cuddle and a scratch. And sunbathing.
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God - with that scenery I thought you could've been in NZ!!! Beautiful!! I have great plans to one day make a postage stamp quilt... it's looking brilliant!!!
ReplyDeleteHi, I just found your blog from Park City Girl, great to meet another UK quilter. Quilts and ponies, my favourite things!
ReplyDeleteAngry cats and vampire noises, who could possibly forget that?
ReplyDeleteLovely scenery, I bet it's no hardship to wait on the Chook, hmm? Great animals, too, but my mum could tell you stories about being terrorized by a goose that was guarding the outhouse where she was living as a kid. She doesn't like them anymore! I want to give that dog a massage and a pain pill, bless her heart!
Your blocks will be great. String piecing helps a lot with little fidddly bits, I have found. I pieced about 300 little 1.5" pieces yesterday and while they aren't perfect, they'll do! I can't blog about it, though, as my swap partner might see.
Great post- very scenic and pretty!