Saturday 12 February 2011

not the best day.............

What started off glorious had a bad patch............
The neighbours woolshed................
everything is so dry here believe it or not with all the rain in December we are so lucky this fire only burnt the shed down.
For those that know a wool shed these are the shoots (where you push the sheep down and out of the shed once they are shorn).........it looks very odd seeing them poking up in the air now..............

Catch you later..............
Chookyblue
PS I remembered what I wanted to tell you................
The SAL blog has a couple of new girls blogging..........so please do what you all do well...............head over and give them a welcome...........
Tracee - Kitty Quilts is new to blogging so she could join the Stitch-a-long her blog sat blank for a week but you should see it now...........
Diann - Archimedes' Bathtub started a blog as part of college and has since wiped all that and started again with sewing..............

27 comments:

Leanne said...

Lucky it didn't spread..... how did it start? Glad it wasn't you.

Liz said...

Fire's in woolsheds, fueled by all that old lanolin, scary stuff..! Glad it was only the shed, stay safe...
Lizzie
xxx

Cardygirl said...

Amazing how dry we are when it is so wet to the north & south. Fortunate that only the shed was lost.

Ali Honey said...

Gosh that could have been so bad in a dry year!

Kate said...

Oh no, dreadful, but glad it did not spread.

annemariesquilt said...

Sorry to hear the news , I hope you are all well and the sheeps are all well too ;-)

Daisy Jayne said...

So glad to hear that the fire did not spread, look at WA fire recently, we have done a bit of travelling back and forwards to Adelaide over the last few days and side of the road are so dry with weeds, that a flick for a cigerette butt from a passing car could quite easier start a fire.
So glad no one was hurt and all the animals are safe too

Lynda said...

Wow, Chooky - it looks like a warzone.

Anonymous said...

Thank goodness it was only in the shed and no-one was injured.Scary.
cheers shez
http://shez-enjoyinglife.blogspot.com

Isabella said...

My Goodness that is scaru stuff on way over to new bloggers

Quilt Kitty said...

Fires are so scary, glad it was contained to the wool shed. Thanks so much for the introduction. It is so nice to get those first comments! xxpit

Miss Hillbilly said...

Thanks for the new blogs. I will check them out. Glad that the fire didn't do worse damage.

Jude said...

What a lovely sunset and then a fire. Do you live dangerously? i will now visit the 2 new ladies thankyou.

Nicky said...

Oh no - hope all is insured and thankfully no casualties. We had a conversation here yesterday about woolsheds burning down in the night(we were loading shed full of lambs for shearing)

Tracy said...

It is hard to believe how dry it is after all of that rain we had in NSW late last year. So glad it was restricted to the woolshed.

Deb said...

How scary it would have been to see the fire happening..... curve balls being thrown everywhere and surprising everyone with what is happening around the country over there and here.....
Take care hun.

suzitee said...

Scary stuff Chooky...fires are so unpredictable. They are forecasting similar conditions to last weekend here in Perth...eek!
Will pop over and visit the new bloggers...thanks for the links!

Tracey @ozcountryquiltingmum said...

What caused it? If it were a hay shed, now that I could understand!!
Love the scrolls, my family live on them at shearing..so do the shearers...I cheat and used the frozen pastry sheets, no bread maker! And some gorgeous gifts there, as usual!! Love Tracey

Aussie Nanna said...

Hey Chooky
catching up on some blog reading....
The shearing shed fire is awful but so pleased that it did not spread!
Those scrolls look good mmmm.....
Popping over to the new bloggers now....take care out there

Annie said...

Oh dear, what a sad picture, but you captured it so well. What is happening to this country, with all the rain, fire and cyclones. Scary stuff.

Lorraine said...

So lucky it didn't spread anywhere else..very dry here as well....you just never know what the day will bring do you?

ranette said...

Oh no....so sad, but like you said, lucky that it didn't spread.

Isn't it amazing how it can still be dry with all of the moisture just a few weeks ago? We have that problem here as well.

Linda said...

I'm glad that it was only the wool shed...and that no one was hurt. Fire can be very scary!

PS...I gave you an ward...head over to my blog and see it!

Anorina @SameliasMum said...

Glad it was only the shed and your neighbours are ok

Janice said...

What rotten luck in the middle of such a wet season. I hope they didn't have their clip in there.

Joy McD said...

Oh no, glad it didn't spread any further... hope they are insured
lv,
Joy

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...

Geeeeez Chooky glad there wasn't any worse damage...makes us realize it's still quite dry out there...and brings back fond memories of our time on small acres with adjoining farms with the lot...shearing sheds...hay sheds...and the best of times...
Thanks for coming over to stitch a long and all your encouragement...and I woke up thinking about all those fabrics LOL!!! Dzintra