Busy with things...........

Hi, I've been a bit busy lately, including being away, also it's been very very hot and humid, (normal summer) so I've stayed inside with the aircon..  seems I've turned into a big sook..
Today I got to stay home, yes, in the aircon, and I finished a new jeans bag for myself.  This one actually started as a denim skirt that I found in a second hand shop, I've made it a 'sea' bag, as I'm sure you can see.  I'm pretty happy with it, probably it could have had narrower handles and a tad shorter, but I'm not about to undo all that work just for a smidgen or two..  With this bag I stitched on a base of leather, in an effort to help keep it clean and also to extend the length a little.
The other photos are of the cycad flower/spike/cone, it's now laying over, as it does every year, it must be awfully heavy.  The pollen (?) is falling out up near the very end, I guess as it dries out more and more pollen will fall.  It really is the most amazing thing.  The little honey eaters were very upset about it, I have a feeling they thought it was a snake.  I checked all over the garden to see what else they might have been upset at and couldn't find anything, they even stayed there giving alarm calls while I looked. Amazing..

Front of bag.

Back of bag.

Full length cone/seed pod thingy.

Close up of above.

hugs for now.