A Hen in our yard

One of our new arrivals in our backyard. She is a brown leghorn.  Her folded over red comb will give her some shade on hot, sunny days. We are getting one egg every one or two days. When they settle in they will probably lay more. We hope so!

Don't forget to be a part of  Fibre Fascination giveaway.  It finishes on the 3rd November. Have a look at the blog entry before this one and you will find out how to enter.
We are going to Sydney for a family wedding so it should be good family time and celebration. On return we will find out who has won the giveaway.

Fibre Fascination Giveaway!

100th  Posting!
Fibre Fascination  Giveaway.


Here we go! The first giveaway for Fibre Fascination
There will be one prize only. The giveaway includes two fabulous  fabric flowers . These have already been blogged about two or three postings earlier. They really are special. The  embroidered pincushion  has also been shown on this blog. There are a couple of  fabric tags  included. A number of  fabric beads  are also part of the package. These are all created by the Lady who has had so much fun doing this blog.

 This giveaway  will run from October 21st until November 3rd 2010. 
The rules are:
1.  You must be a follower  of this blog or become one.
           2.  Post a comment  telling me you want to enter this giveaway.

One entry per person otherwise this blog Lady may be a little confused!
Good luck to you all and thanks for entering my first giveaway.

I will post anywhere.
Blessings,
Joan.

Special Words of Helen Keller

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.

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p.s.  My next post will be my 100th!  Yipee!  


Will need to celebrate that occasion.  Soooo    will  have a giveaway coming up in the next few days.  Just need to put some thought into it.
Check back to see whats happening.
Thanks for your visits.
Joan.

Nuno felted scarf.

Nuno  Felt

Closeup

Soft and Feminine

This is nuno felted scarf.  It is felted with New Zealand wool on a silk/rayon base fabric.
It is very feminine and soft with delicate felting over the base fabric.

It is for sale in my  fibre fun etsy shop    

Do fairies live at the bottom of the garden? Lets have a look.

My daughter, her three children and myself went on a journey.  We had heard that there were fairies at the bottom of the garden at Willow Park.  We weren't sure about this.  We needed to find out for ourselves. 
We have some photos of our journey.  Willow Park is a very big, very beautiful garden quite close to us.  I hope you enjoy our visit.  (I had another beautiful garden photo, but picassa is not letting me have it!) sorry, I'll take those words back.  Its up there!  I do like it.

 We thought this 'wobbly' bridge might take us to where the fairies live, but it was rather scary for us.  So we backtracked and went another way.



Oh so hungry!
This is such a big garden.  It is time to rest and have a bite to eat.  Then we can carry on looking for these fairies.

We must be getting close.  The sign says that fairies dance and share secrets at the bottom of the garden.  I hope that is true. 
Lets wait and see .............

Look what we found at the bottom of the garden!

At last we found a fairy! She was blowing us a kiss.  Doesn't she look beautiful?  And so it is true. There really are fairies at the bottom of the garden at 'Willow Park.'

and she has a friend too!

My style of Peonie - take a look!

I made one or two of these peonies recently. I delighted in how each petal turned out. A little bit of melting and each layer of petals formed a rather delightful flower. It can be worn as a brooch or clipped onto a bag, or whatever takes your fancy.
I plan to have this one listed in my etsy shop 'fibrefun,'  soon. I find the listing procedure looms rather large in my mind. I haven't listed often enough to be familiar with the process. I just need to do more of it. Anyway this is 'my style of peonie.'     You  can see it in my etsy shop

Wishing you all a happy week.

A bunch of daffodils from my garden enhancing the view from the conservatory where many coffees are enjoyed (not all in one day!!!)
I hope your week is a good one!
I'm planning on having a good one too.