Feather Your Nest Friday, 20th June, 2025.

It has been a good week.   Everything is green and there have been sunny afternoons to help the grass grow.   The fire is going and I have been able to sew! 

After lots of playing with colours and cutting out I made my first quilt block.  For some reason this pattern blew up my brain.  But I am happy to have achieved a block!

I had made a start and had to check my lay out over and over.

Now I am repeating this process with the same star pattern but different arrangements... and my next block will be more greens.  I can see how this is very therapeutic somehow...  and possibly addictive!   But I really love the real and original reason women sewed little bits together from scraps and how completely beautiful their work was.   Women have always wanted to make things lovely.  To make something gorgeous out of whatever they might have. 

I also made Lily a skirt from some of my vintage velvet.  It is so nice and warm.  I just have to hem it... you see the pin is my hem line...

Pumpkins were really the deal of the week along with cauliflowers.  Sometimes pumpkin on special is one huge pumpkin but this was all pre cut... which helps me!   And sometimes cauliflowers on special are not very nice ones and little.  But these were glorious, fresh and huge! 

So... I made a big batch of pumpkin soup.   Two batches of pumpkin scones....   the kids scoffed both in no time flat.   Then I made two pie dishes full of cauliflower cheese.  Good winter food.  

Then I made two Armenian Nutmeg cakes.   This cake is a bit like sticky date pudding except it's a cake.  This was a hit for the morning teas.  I think my helpers come for the food lol.   Also... I decided if I am going to bake one cake I might as well bake two and freeze one.  Although in this cake both got eaten over a couple of days.   Cake is a real people pleaser.   A cake is actually a very lovely gift.   

Whatever you are cooking... anyone who walks in says something about how good the house smells and says "what are you making!?"   💖   It is not that hard to spread some joy!

I had some more bonfires.  This is just a little one out the front from fallen branches.

Chloe is my neighbour and just 7 kilometres from me.  She gets Kookaburras and I don't!  I get butcher birds and a lot of parrots.   Here is her visitor...

My little companion is very funny.  When you are alone with animals you say and do the most ridiculous things.  She goes to bed at night (near the fire) and is quiet as a mouse.  Even if I sleep in she doesn't say a word.  I sing a little good morning song and she stretches and drags herself out of bed.  😊

Now the elephant in the room is that the headlines, no matter where you live, are along the lines of "world holds its breath" and  "world is on precipice" ....  

We keep on making our homes a safe and warm haven,  building our pantries and preparedness and taking every opportunity as we always do.  💖💪💖

Do not be discouraged.xxx