Pruning Roses

Once the fog had lifted and the frost and melted it was an absolutely beautiful day today. This afternoon I finally got energetic and pruned my roses. I have even managed to get the cuttings on the pile in the paddock, three little bush roses planted out and all the thorns dug out of my hands.

In My Garden Today......

The vegie garden has been turned once in preparation for planting in late Spring, early Summer. Sometimes we have frosts right up to the end of October so nothing goes in too early.

 

We have two of these Thrush in our garden. They are very very quiet and the cats think they are easy prey. Turns out they aren't that easy to catch because the Wagtails always seems to be around to protect them. Fred has been on the end of a tongue lashing more times than he can count from the resident Willy Wagtails!

Now that Winter draws to a close we are seeing more and more birds returning to the garden.

 

As the afternoon passes and the sun begins to drop behind the Mountain, the fog prepares to roll in on us again. It is already freezing cold outside but at least with a Fog we won't have a Frost in the morning!

Op Shopping

 I popped into the local Op Shop yesterday afternoon 'just in case' and actually did really well for a change.
Lovely lovely wool enough to knit a garment or 2. And vintage embroidered tablecloths, doilys and runners.

 There should be enough in here to knit me a little something or a new coat for one of the dogs.

 This is Vintage Patons Fuzzy Wuzzy. 55% Angora 45% Wool. It is unbelievably soft and light and there is so much in the bag! Definitely be knitting something amazing from this.

Somebody has already done the work on this. So very very soft!  Just long enough for a neck warmer.