A start on April

I made these cute little baby shoes last month for my neighbour and friend ... totally forgot about sharing them on my blog but they can go into the April finishes...

Made in some sweet Tilda fabric and in Size 1.  Very cute, but I really don't know how practical they would be.  Babies are very skilled in kicking things off.

There is a lovely botanical garden just 10 minutes from us where we like to go for a wander - dogs are allowed too so little fat one comes with us...

Every time we go something else is flowering, or seeding, or got new growth and this last lump of rain has given so many plants a boost...

I am hoping some of the non Australian readers might enjoy some of our unusual plants...

Velvet Beauty-Berry (I can't find that this is in fact an Australian native) but I did love the colours of the pink flowers with the very purple berries...

This wattle is flowering, a lot of the wattles have little round puffs... they have a lovely soft scent and remind me of my childhood....

there are a few different coloured hybrid flowering gums.... the flowers are quite big...

... and I just love the gum nuts they produce... perfect houses for gumnut babies, fairies and elves....

This banksia doesn't flower from the stem but from the ground... its like a big church candle and 8" tall... so much detail in those hundreds of little tendrils...

This hakea flowers come off the main stem like the leaves.  A delicate round pom pom amongst very thick leathery leaves....

There are very interesting and unusual plants and animals here.

I seem to seldom bake these days but I did send Hubz off to work on his birthday with this double sized chocolate cake covered with sprinkles for a bit of fun.... apparently is was yum!

I got a couple of gifts last week... Christine found these cute little clips and made labels so they can be used to number and hold blocks when you get them ready in rows....  not only are they very sweet but useful too and you can see they are already working for me!!

Lyn visited Tasmania recently and brought back this cutest little 3 dimensional tree made from Tassie timber... (that's a small size cup it is next too)  It looks so delicate but its actually quite strong and sturdy.

I have been sewing.... this is my latest group of Dutch Treat blocks.... funnily enough I was sewing that bottom right one just when Cyclone Debbie was hitting up North (the block is called Hurricane)

Today is sewing with the girls day... and we will be doing Rainbow Scrap Challenge houses..... it is multicoloured.... all those pieces that don't fit into one particular colour.... I even have a scrap of multicoloured thread....

Righto, Gotto Go.... time to put the kettle on and build little beach houses...