SSCS update..........

You should all have your partners details now................

Have fun secretly creating a wonderful present and ornament.............

I've added a list of all the swappers on another tab at the top of my blog..........go check out who else is joining in the fun............2014 SSCS....

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DID YOU KNOW................

this is the 8th year of the swap............in that time 849 swaps have been organised...........

256 bloggers have participated in the swap

This year we welcome 2 new girls....Lisa and Sylvia for their 1st swap

7 girls  - 2nd swap

15 girls - 3rd swap

8 girls- 4th swap

11 girls - 5th swap

3 girls - 6th swap Lynn, KarolAnn & Caroline

2 girls -7th swap Kris & Marica

7 girls have joined me for ALL the swaps - Anne Heidi, Carole, Laila, Tonje, Lynda, Nancy & Peg

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I love so many of you have joined in year after year.......although quite afraid some of you may have hunted me down if I didn't run the swap........I would have missed it too don't worry........

thankyou for making this swap what it is.......

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

woops.................

Where has the last 2 weeks gone.........hope your enjoying the school holidays...........nothing terribly exciting happening here........just a whirl wind trip for family...........driving 8.5 hrs one day.............partying the next.......then back in the car driving home again..........definitely not a relaxing holiday......now before lamb marking (coming up this week) I am going to hide in the Chookshed as I have a quilt to whip up ASAP.........Fairy Girl might escape and hide out with me..........

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Oh and I will try and get organised and show you a pic of the lambs we were given..........One of the neighbours had to do some sheep work and got a lot of lambs miss mothered.......they gave us 10 lambs......we've lost a few but the others are going well..........Boy Wonder has been helping lots but it was much better once we got more then 2 teats............we can feed them all a lot quicker now...............

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

2014.............

For those of you wondering, wishing or not even thinking about it this may be the post your waiting for..............
It will be a challenge fitting this in but it just won't be Christmas without the Secret Santa Christmas Swap...........so basically it will only be open for the weekend...............

If you miss the sign up SORRY.............but I am pressed for time just like everyone else.........and this swap takes a lot of background work................

2007 - 80+

2008 - 156

2009 - 118

2010 - 108

2011 - 135

2012 - 103

2013 - 93

2014 - ???

If you want to see what happened in previous years go the the labels on the sidebar and choose

Secret Santa Christmas Swap or SSCS08, SSCS09 etc

If you're a regular you know the drill but check the rules on the bottom of last years sign up post

Keep your parcels under 500 grams to keep posting costs down - must be sent by AIR MAIL

Postage time is only between 17th to 20th November

So to sign up click on this sign up form UPDATED CLOSED

ALSO

email chookybluesscs@gmail.com
This as usual is for the regular visitors and commenters to my blog.............

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

EPP update.............

Really i could have posted this pic a month or more ago.........I just hadn't taken it.............but I haven't added to this one for ages...........I got stalled as I run out or papers...........I decided I wanted to get all the blocks together to layout my mix.........over the last week since I got the other correct papers i have been doing lots of gluing............prep does take time.........

Now to put some more blocks together...........Susan I only got 4 done but I did all that gluing..........

It takes about 15mins to sew a block together if I don't get distracted........

BUT I am easily distracted.....

Catch you later

Chookyblue

the sky...........

Kylie did this post about September Sky.....I snapped these last week.......

the wild "rape" in the foreground doesn't get as strong a yellow as the sown "Canola"

....an early morning passing spot of rain........

Just a glimpse thru the trees driving along I jammed on the brakes and backed up to the perfect spot to take this one.......

have you snapped the sky lately?????

Catch you later

Chookyblue

Bathurst blog meet...........

On to happy things today.............dreaming about the 4th Bathurst blog meet.............

Only a few months now........21/23 Nov 

it's going to be even bigger and better this year........

we're having a big sleep over......I can't wait........

I wonder if we will get any sleep........

Catch you later

Chookyblue

Indy........

If your here for quilting leave now..........
It was a day of all days when you came into the world.............barely breathing when you were born but we got you going.......the adventures of your birth are here..........

first drink.............

first steps............

life in the garden in the early days.........

your favourite hang out right at the chookshed gate where you could score some milk and a pat..............

You met the cows............

And Curly Pops (the other special girl)

You slept on the lawn and looked adorable............

Life started to get busy and Charlotte joined you..........

And a pile of other babies..........

you were still the "golden child" even when you busted my foot.......

You don't always get special babies like Indy...........she was growing up to be a sook just like Curly Pops...........

But now your just a precious memory in my life..............
Indy got sick and had been given some medicine but just kept going down hill...........
Poddies are never as strong when they don't get colostrum from the cows............magic powers in mothers milks............

I'll just keep this memory of her in the last 2 weeks playing at the chookshed........her favourite haunt and where she also died........Yes your just a calf but you were a special one.........
Goodbye Indy
Catch you later

Chookyblue

Help....do you have a bread maker..........

Can you help.............does anyone have a bread maker book floating around there house............

This is my machine..........it makes 3 different size loaves................I've had it for years..........

I can make a loaf but don't have the measurements for the pizza dough and bread rolls etc..........

Does anyone have one and a recipe book to go with it floating around in the corner of the cupboard.........

I would love a copy of the recipe book...........

Catch you later

Chookyblue

bits and pieces...........

Driving around over the last week.....the sky has been amazing...............

at the end of the road you can see the sun on a bright yellow canola crop..............

This is the wild variety called "rape"........doesn't get quite so yellow but it was stunning................

Our delicious meals the other night.............

Sitting on the deck with Janice @ Jannimary sewing on Sunday morning..............

Checking out the big house dam yesterday with the bits of rain it is finally FULL............Party........so happy about this.............house water is secure for summer..........look at the big clear blue sky yesterday.........

yippee the papers for the BIG epp project have arrived.............and a new glue pen and Sandy added a bit of blue to put into my quilt...............

Catch you later

Chookyblue