A blogger returns

 Zhoen at http://onewordisenough.blogspot.com/

is back...relief!!

Draw and design

still drawing...

 After buying five fat quarters in the village quilt shop , we ventured to Spotlight in Te Rapa in Hamilton...the equivalent in Britain is The Range.

The haberdashery and fabric/ yarn department is something else!! The charcoal grey is a 2m end of roll....usually I'd go for black, but with a black fat quarter I couldn't.

Now to design...cushion covers? I do need some....

Matangi factory history

 Mātangi dairy factory closed a while ago...but now the buildings are being repurposed for commercial use and for living in...plus a few new units ..the quilting shop is in one of those..

The cafe had a book explaining it and here are a few pages....

Walking to Mātangi

 Time to get walking again...so I started with a walk to the village...

Common sense not to put concrete here...so as the tree grows it is easy to change the path

Monkshood... poisonous 100%..and there is so much here. Yet another introduced ornamental pest.

This oak hadn't had its lower branches cut, so they support it

Busy cat!

A long black and a ginger slice to reward my efforts...and a boost for the 3k back !!

And yes....I succumbed to temptation.....

Back home..and welcomed..

The venerable Digby...17 years old and still gets the zoomies at times....

Rainy day

  Not a lot of rain overnight..and most of the morning (of course , there was washing to go  out...towels too!!) more damping than raining, but again..it is needed.

The afternoon sun gave everyone a break to do things outside..and a nice and her partner visited.

I finished the quilt block...had I not confused the dates I would have brought the whole bag...but never mind!

Front and back...

And more drawing...

Morning out in Te Aroha.. Adrian Worsley

 Adrian Worsley had an open day today...you can't just drop by his workshop as it takes up too much of his making time....

Other people's work in his shop/gallery 

Bedsprings to hand things

And the gallery of parts....

We were lucky, arriving at about 9.30...by the time we were out, there was a queue!!

We went to see a potter who is also a Librarian here..

And saw the building where the Te Aroha art club used to meet..)I joined in 2012 when we stayed in Te Aroha..)but is now a B&B...

Then from Te Aroha...the town with the same name as the mountain near the northern end of the KaiMai range...

And the community garden 

Then from Te Aroha...the town with the same name as the mountain near the northern end of the KaiMai range...

To Morrisville on the way home to collect some pots in the gallery...and see some cows....

And buy some dub dubs from a bakery....round doughnuts with fresh cream in the middle 😎