Hello Spring

 Spring has arrived and it was time to change the small wall hanging just inside  the front door.  Down came Welcome to Winter and up went Hello Spring.  I hand stitched the pretty floral design and finished it up with machine quilting in 2022.

Spring has arrived

Our Spring weather is often temperamental and we have had heavy wind and rain.  The wind blew, blew, blew, creating  a carpet of yellow kowhai blossoms scattered across the lawn in the back yard.  Our native tuis love the kowhai nectar and have been feeding off the tree, in between busily chasing any rival birds away from the bounty.  This tree came with us as a little seedling when we moved here from Upper Hutt back in 2013 and has grown and matured into such a lovely tree.

Kowhai blossoms

So what have I been up to lately?  I have a knitting finish, and no, not socks this time.  Made with Op Shop (thrift store) yarn too pretty to leave behind, I'm pleased with how it turned out.  This will probably be donated, but I'll keep it for a while, just in case.  Not that I've heard of any new arrivals, but you never know.

Little jumper finally finished

And it's been binding time over the last few evenings too, I'm diligently stitching down the binding on the butterfly quilt.  This is one of three I want to make for a special family, more about that later.

Binding the butterfly quilt

Our clocks changed for daylight saving in the middle of the night, Spring forward.  Luckily, by the magic of the internet the phone, tablet and laptop changed all by themselves.  It used to be Robin's job to change the other clocks, so that's something else I have inherited.  The kitchen clock has been lifted down off the wall and changed, and I worked out how to alter the clock on the stove.  My new little bedside clock is a challenge as the only little thing to turn on the back altered the alarm time.  Then I remembered that last time I just took the battery out, waited till the correct time arrived, and replaced the battery!  There must be a simpler way, but I haven't discovered it.  The clock on my car can stay exactly as it is, that is beyond me, and I reasoned that if I'm getting into my car to go out, then I will know what the correct time is.  And of course my watch it easy to alter.