Flowers, a bird & a half-made beaded box

 It's the bec made blog without teacher supervision. I started this blog as a school assignment but think I'll keep it up, but now I can swear. bec made -stuff i made, photographed, grew but probably not cooked. it's not one of those kind of blogs.      

                    this is a mutant calendula. it's a great flower for winter as you sow in autumn but most of mine got seedling fungus, only 3 plants took. 

 i went crazy buying bulbs this year & the jonquils have been lovely. the freesias got attacked by thrips. my dear little kitten got hit by a car in april, the balcony was her favourite place, I avoided it for a few months so the first lot of bulbs i put in suffered, as did I. 

this is a crimson Rosella, their name actually comes from the first settlers seeing them around a hill they called rose hill. they become known as rose hill parrots, then rose hillers until they became

rosellas. cool huh? i know where this bloke nests, he seemed to have lost his mate the other day. i hope he found her. the block behind their tree is due to be demolished. I hope they will be ok. yes, i'm not much of a wildlife photographer i know.

last pic is a beaded box that is taking ages, I got the pattern from Suzanne Pretls beaded boxes. It's not as complicated as I expected, just time consuming. I've been listening to podcasts as I bead, I recommend The Documentary by BBC world services and All in the Mind by ABC Radio National. jeez i am gettin old. i'm also listening to the History of Rome by Mike Duncan but I think he goes into more detail than I need. that's all I have to show you today, I need a good sign off line. but all i have for now is bye!