We are happily noticing every part of the changing of the seasons. It's a very immediate experience when you're out in it every day. It's definitely getting warmer but not quite full summer - we had the fire on the night before last, it was freezing - but I'm in shorts today.
We haven't had much rain so the grass is getting a bit crunchy and I've had the hose on the roses. There's no watering system here and it's something we might consider ... we have a bore so there's not the guilt that would come with using town water (or the panic of relying on tank water). One of our many longer term plans.
The roses are in full glory. If only it wasn't so windy! It has been a really unusual amount of wind and even our sheltered hollow isn't enough to stop rose branches snapping off. I've staked up a few of them but you can't do every branch on 104 bushes; every time I do a walk around there's another bit of damage.
This aren't our roses but a garden we visited with the gardening club last week. We went to four gardens in the new subdivision in town which was really fascinating. They are all about five years old and it was interesting to see what they'd done with a blank slate. All keen gardeners of course and happy to share their knowledge. We got some good tips (and in fact Brad swapped phone numbers, went back on Saturday and got a bucket of cuttings, along with more good advice).
A friend came out on Monday and took this photo of us - woolly jumpers! That was a very cold day. Yesterday was much nicer when three friends took the day off work and came for lunch. It was lovely. This afternoon we got hot and sweaty cleaning down the quilt stands in the shed at the back of the hall (where they had been since last year, the shed is not weather tight and is filthy).
Yes Dad, I am entering some quilts, for what it's worth. They are not really "show" quilts but I think it's good for visitors to see quilting can be done by anybody, regardless of skills and/or patience. We spent Saturday pinning on labels and matching them to the entry list, and yesterday pinning on little sandbags for the ones that are going to be hung outside off the buildings. I hope it doesn't rain...
And in even better news we have finally exchanged contracts on our house with settlement next month. After nearly a year! We had to drop the price a lot, which is a bit sad because I had already mentally spent the extra money several times over, but there's nothing you can do about it, and clearly it wasn't worth what we hoped. We have done some scrubbing already and a bit more to do but it will be SO GOOD to have that chapter over.
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