Feather your Nest Friday, 5th September, 2025.

Australia is in Spring!  Wherever you are the change of seasons are here.   I do love them though, each has its purpose.  I have loved winter, the rain (finally), the green,  the fire going, soups,  sewing and baking.  I think I have one or two more weeks then the season of planting my Spring/Summer garden will begin.  In the next week or two I want to get my new freezers set up (they haven't arrived yet) before I tackle the garden and then Spring cleaning.   The fire is still going... tonight is cold!   I will burn through the wood at the back door then I think the fire can go out until next year.   When that happens I start wet wiping all the shelves and surfaces as a fire is gorgeous but it creates ash/dust.   Cleaning that all up makes the house clean and fresh.  Then windows....  and other organising projects! 

Anyhow... the biggest project I have going on is work on the shearing shed.  Probably not exiting to everyone but to Tom it is the most fascinating work ever.  All the kids are hopefully coming over for the pouring of cement next week.

I had dealt with all the veggies from the veggie boxes so this week I used up some bananas in Gluten free Banana cakes plus one with regular flour.

I got two regular sized and one gigantic.

The one at the back with the cream cheese frosting may or may not have some missing.  😊

The giant one was sliced up and frozen.

Up at the shearing shed I positioned Tom so he could see the men drill post holes while being safely out of the way.   He had a great view.   

The men would dig then hit a rock.   Then use a crow bar and dig again.  All very fascinating.  

One project I had been working on was turning this wardrobe into storage for linens I find for sewing.  But some quilt covers and sheets I think are too good to cut up and I save them for the kids beds if needed. Anyway the cupboard was a disgrace and avalanche when I opened the door.   I finally measured it up and found Kmart drawers that I thought would fit.  Well... I am not a very accurate measurer... but I ordered three sets and put them together.   And voila!! They fit like they were custom made!  😊

I find a lot of wardrobe spaces are all air space that isn't easy to use... so this is what I do.

I still have things to add and will label the drawers.  But I love it!  I know what I have and I found at the bottom of the heap so many treasures!   Towel sets,  hand towels,  face washers, tea towels...  in bundles.   ALL of these have been moved to my present cupboard!   

I found a wool quilt and had a correct size boys quilt cover... so this quilt is now folded on the end of the boys room bed. 

And I found yarn.  Not meant to be in there but now that is in my yarn pantry.

It was like Christmas,  all that I found!  

I was given the gift of egg shells for the garden.

I made a very cool voile nightie for Lily for summer in size 2.

I am about half way through a quilt block.  Time ran away from me on that.

I was given some lemons after church. 

In the thrift stores... I went to four this week! ... so many amazing finds.  On FB I saw a lady who makes pure wool quilts.  Simple squares but all pure wool... like you might find in wool scarves, fine blankets, skirts, jackets...   some were greys and blues,  some were blues and browns.... and some in greens.   I just love them!  They are very boy/man style.  I checked out her prices too and her small quilts were almost three thousand dollars!  So I determined for next winter I am going to make some.  But it will take me a long time to search for and collect the wool.   On Tuesday I found some!  A pure lambswool baby rug for $4.  Today.... several wool scarves, yardage, a jacket and more.  So the cutting out can begin!   I hope to have photos next week.   It was so much fun hitting the jackpot.  The op shop today had "stuff a bag for $10" and I got so much pure wool plus some cotton dress fabric and more.

Knowing I would be washing up so much wool I made a big batch of wool wash.  Also a double batch of Miracle cleaner.

I have been thinking on the little things.  Saint Therese had "the little way."  Similar to Mother Teresa's "do small things with great love".  Little things really make a big difference.  We might not be able to do big things but we may be able to do SOMETHING.  In an out of control word we can feel a bit helpless.  But there are still many things that we CAN control.   We can control our attitude, our gratitude, our prayer life.   We can control our habits and how much effort we put in.  We can control how we speak and treat others.  We can control what we watch/listen to/consume/read and focus on.  We can control our priorities, goals and what we want to learn.  We can largely control the atmosphere in our home.  So that is a lot.  It might be that we achieve things in minute increments.   But they surely add up.  This is the beauty of the little way. 

This is how I feel tonight.  Haha! 

It was a good week and I can't wait to show you some of the fabrics I got today but that will be The Tuesday Afternoon Club and next weeks post. 

How did you build up your nest this week?  We love to hear!

Sweet dreams everyone! xxx