Chickens are a pain ... they don't listen to reason!

Well my wonderful chickens that came with the house are slightly crazy.

Chicken Little (the one in the above photo) was very eager to be fed when I appeared outside so she flew up to talk to me!

Now 3 weeks ago they stopped laying or so we thought. They had been wonderful and laying all the time in the box we very nicely provided for them... then they suddenly stopped.

Today we found out why! We lost Chicken Little, looked everywhere for her when my father noticed a bit of white under a bush!

She was nesting! On a pile of eggs that would have to be at least a couple of weeks old!

You can see the different coloured eggs... they have both been laying here! Annoying chickens!


So now we know that they didn't go off the lay ... they have been laying under a bush. So now there is a brick under the bush and we need to go find a fake egg to put in the laying box. At least this explains our dilemma.

Just thought you might be interested in the fun of having chickens that wander the yard.

Caitlin

Ohk so the teasing can stop

I have my pictures of the new start. I just wanted to have a decent start to show.

I finally grabbed out my fabric and threads for Joan Elliott's Winter Fairy. I was kinda scared to touch it because being polstitches fabric I can't wash it when it's finish and there is a lot of white in this piece.

A lot of the bottom of her dress is white as you can see so I am going to have to be very careful.

So here is my new start.

 Of course the purple of the fabric hasn't been captured properly it's quite a bit redder rather than bluer.

I love this piece and am so excited to finally be working on it.

On a sadder note, Phill's grandma died at 93 this past week so we have to fly down to Canberra for the funeral. So much for saving money... We fly tomorrow so I won't be around for a couple of days. Hope it isn't to hard.

Oh and to make it more annoying I can't take any stitching on the plane as cross stitch needles aren't allowed but I can take knitting ... go figure! 

 Anyway, Happy Stitching everyone.
Caitlin

Giveaway

Gizzimomo's is having a cute giveaway of mouseloft kits. Go check it out.

Jardin Prive - Sampler Aux Fleurs

Many Many photos.

These photos were all taken at around the same time in the same light and yet all the colours are different! I give up trying to photograph this properly. The purples will never show right.

I love this piece. Enjoy the photos I will show you my new start at the end of the weekend :D
Happy Stitching :)

Caitlin

Well... It's finished!

I haven't been able to put it down! But it is finally finished! I have a really really bad photo to show you but I couldn't wait to show it to everyone!

I haven't been able to stitch on anything else since I realised how close I was to finishing it.

I will get a much much better photo as soon as I can but I just had to show everyone.

It is Sampler Aux Fleurs by Jardin Prive stitched on 14ct cream aida with DMC 52. I adore the colour and it has been so much fun to stitch. The first recorded photo of this piece was on the 11/3/2012 so not a bad effort to finish it in August.

Now what to start next.... I don't have the threads yet for baroque ...

Happy Stitching,
Caitlin