Lemons and a fig hedge

 I have lost track of how many bagfuls ( that's one of those weird words ) of lemons that Viv has given us.  And I can't think of a nicer gift.
 I love decorating with fruit. Viv already knows this....and she still gives them to us. And they don't just come in any old bag....it's always a special bag that she has collected.
Thanks Viv. You know how much I adore them.
Nature always produces the perfect colours.

I've been sewing my socks off today.
This little pile of nature's colours are for Flynn's Quilt. He turns 2 in early August. They are now in strips and ready to be joined together. 
Don't let him read this Sam and Kiann.
Here he is going off to work!

The sun came out today. It was beautiful out in our garden.
Bill did some more mowing.
I dug up some huge matted iris rhizomes to revitalise the clumps and planted some potted roses that people had given us. 
I took some hardwood cuttings from our ornamental grapevine, fig tree and leucadendrons. No honey dip this time, just straight into the mix and tied up in a supermarket bag and tucked away out of the wind for the next few weeks.
Paul Bangay uses fruiting figs as a hedge plant.
A fig hedge....who would've thought! 

These 3 leucadendrons survived out the front. 
We also had 6 others down the eastern side of the house but they have been burnt and show no signs of recovery. Except this one.....beautiful fresh, new foliage.

These are looking gorgeous. I think they are erlicheers.

There is hardly anything in flower in the rose garden, just the odd rose....and this! It's a geranium called Rozanne. It stands out like a beacon!

These pretty little Ambridge roses were hanging   among the dead bits so I picked them. It's a David Austin rose. I never quite know whether it is pinky apricot or apricoty pink! 

The latest Belle....
I've worked out why I'm enjoying sewing this block so much. It's already wonky!