Open .....

Todays word for Alsha's photo challenge is 'open'

This flower grows on a succulent vine which I have always known as a moonflower....

  as it only likes to open when the moon is nice and bright....

only lasts the one night... this is the bedraggled look the next day

they are really quite pretty.....

Thanks for this fun challenge Alsha.... I'm enjoying doing something a little bit different and finding pictures to match words is definitely a challenge for me.... if you feel like joining in the fun just keep an eye on Alsha's blog HERE

I have been doing some sewing... not much to show you but I have quilted around the first section of this doily.... tiny stitches... takes time....

the back looks quite different.....

Righto, Gotto Go.... I am going to play with aeroplanes today ..... fabric ones of course!

Instantaneous.....

this last weeks word on Alsha's 52 week photo challenge was "Instantaneous"

Widget learnt to ride his bike without trainer wheels..... isn't that always an instantaneous moment?  and I played around with a bit of editing to get some effects...

Thanks to Alsha for hosting this weekly challenge ... I am keeping up with my one photo a day...only just... sometimes I have to do a bunch and catch up when I find some pictures...

These are the goodies I sent to Maree in the Christmas swap (the one I forgot so she had to wait till February!!!)

Something to Read..... (Lynette Andersons' Christmas book)

Something that smells nice (Pomegranate candle in a bon bon)

Something for the sewing room (Anni Downs sewing bag done in linen and Paris Flea Market)

Something Sweet (a mug full of jelly beans on a Christmas mugrug)

Something for the tree... a pretty bought decoration...

Something that should have been under the Christmas Tree.... another of Anni Downs patterns... a nice big bag... Maree favours contemporary modern...  I hope I got close to that with this bag...

.. and that is the bundle .....

Righto, Gotto Go.....  I have got ahead of myself with the laundry again.... hello Mr Ironingboard....