Sizzling......

Woo baby it's hot out there............the next week is hell basically...........42-44 now til next Tues at least well that's all I can see the forecast for...........hooley dooley........it will be worse in other places...........I was really hanging out for Feb to arrive with cooler weather and it's going to be way worse............

my poor garden is fried already.......

once the temps are over 40 things get burnt.........no matter how much water some things just don't like it...........my poor aggies that aren't in shade are struggling........I thought they may just survive but with this week it could be the nail in the coffin so to speak.............

I know they grow like weeds in many places but not here.............

Back in November things were looking good.......they had all grown lots since then........the zucchini on the left of the pic had grown heaps and was producing well until the 43-44's a few weeks ago........

Now they are looking so sad.......some I have lost........others probably after this this week will also be gone......they just can't handle this extreme for so long........a day or 2 over 40 is bad but a week over 42 hell............the crepe mytles are flowering nice but also have some burnt leaves............and this is just one patch of the garden.........

I got some Lucy done on a car trip last week.........added the creams to the main block and got three fillers finished.......

my time is taken up with watering and walking in the morning.......but the mornings are closing in so now I have a little computer time until I can see daylight outside...........no street lights here so I have to wait until it is light......

working full time in town at present too...........

busy busy but all good.......

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.......

Keeping the love of blogging alive

Happy Australia Day......

Australia Day..............

a day to celebrate the best country in the world.........

I am so lucky to live here.............even when it is shitty hot for weeks on end, dusty and dry or after rain bouncing back to life.......I can't imagine living anywhere else.........

A quiet day for me with a beautiful sunset.....

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue.....

Keeping the love of blogging alive

Brissy blog meet lunch?

Any one interested?????

It would be lunch..........

Got a few starters......

If you want to meet up say that in a comment and I will flick you the details.....

they are vague at the moment but will develop.......

Photo on the way home from work.......storm clouds close.........

the darker line just above the trees is a dust storm.......

lightning going down in places but I couldn't capture that in the photo............

no rain........

2 posts in one day........look out.......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

Keeping the love of blogging alive

It's hot...........

I'm still alive don't worry.............just busy like everyone else.........work,  kids, life, watering.........we did get some rain last week so I got 2 days off watering..........OMG it was such a nice break.........

lots of essential trips lately..........but also managed to catch up with some bloggy friends on the way.....

its frustrating when essential medical appointments require 6.5 and 8 hour round trips to be accomplished..........it makes a simple appointment a major exercise......

 

Its been one hot summer..........our average daily temps for Jan are 38.2..........our over night minimums avg 23........I am so sick of it only being a heatwave and hot when the cities are hot...........there is a lot more of Australia then the capital cities.............

(Photo by Fairy Girl)

I'm looking forward to Australia Day and then a quiet weekend with nothing planned.............

well only bookwork, blogging and hopefully some sewing.........

Catch you later............

Chookyblue............

Keeping the love of blogging alive

Down a Willy.....

OK so the cool change was 37 or 38............but that's heaps better then 44+

Last night I found the babies.............they really only go a few metres from the nest yesterday and today.........they spend a lot of time sitting on branches and not sure if it was the heat or another bird but one of the babies is missing.......

Can you see them in the middle of the photo.........not the best as it's just my phone camera........now they can fly I have to be careful not to get to close..........

Just heading out now to see if I can find them again............mowing and watering on the cards to start, then house cleaning and bookwork........

Stay cool............nothing under 39 for another week.......I guess this is the 3 weeks of hell we can get in January........missed it last year...........

Catch you later....

Chookyblue.....

Keeping the love of blogging alive

Willy update.......

Monday 9th about 6 pm

Wed 11th about 8 am (approx 36hr's later)  huge change 

Thurs 12th about 7pm

It's hard to get pics as I am standing on tippy toes with my arm stretched high to reach the nest and I try to be quick so I don't upset them.......or more importantly the parents.... While they don't attack me omg they take on any bird who comes near there babies......

I had to go away for a night but Mr Chooky checked and they were still alive last night... They were out of the nest on the branch.....  They will be flying today when I get home. 

Amazing the heat has not killed them..... M 39 Tu 42 W 43 Thu 43 F 44.......

Not sure how my garden will be when I get home as it was a windy 44 yesterday which sucks life out of everything.......

Catch you later......
Chookyblue......

Keeping the love of blogging alive

Hhmmmmm.....

yes I have stuff to show you...............like what I made before Christmas presents, 3 of my nieces have been here for a few days and we spent some time in the Chookshed............they did so well.....must show you that also..........

I'm behind in everything..........before they arrived I had a computer issue for a few days which took two  seconds to fix when you knew how too but I was too busy with other stuff to get to the computer to sort it out........I had a pile of posts open to comment on and lost the whole lot so way behind with that stuff...........then the little girls arrived...........

We also sorted up some cattle and weighed the heifers (girls) and steers (boys)............steers were too big for the buyer we thought we had - good problem but now we have found another market (different weights are suited to different buyers for different reasons)...........these are the heifers above but the bigger size ones are the same as the steers we are selling........they will be going to a feedlot next week...........

Willy Wagtail babies...........Not the clearest pic but I didn't want to disturb them too much so just held the phone up and pressed the button..........I could see two from the ground but there are three in the pic..........hope they survive the heat this week and it doesn't kill them..........I keep filling my bird baths for the parents................these babies will be out of the nest in a day or so........they are such happy birds to have in a garden.........

Sunrise one day in the last week...........

computer time has been taken up by walking or watering............the watering is so constant..............its the time of the year I wished I had a smaller garden........but I am thankful I have plenty of water in the dam so no issues with supply..........

How a mushroom would want to grow in this weather is beyond me.............

Its the 10th Jan and the avg temp has been almost 37 for the month...... today was 41 tomorrow 42 Thurs 43 Fri 44 Sat cool change 38.8............

but other places are hotter just thankful I don't live there........

off to bed it's almost 10pm and still 33deg........

Not sure when i will be back but it's a little busy over the next week or two.......

Oh and the new job is going great so far.......lots of familiar stuff as working in the same sort of area but new programs to learn and I just hope I can remember what I learnt to do today and be able to do it again tomorrow..........atleast the air con is amazing in the office......

Hope your finding some time to stitch.........

thanks for all your lovely comments..............

the interaction i why I love blogging so much........

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

Keeping the love of blogging alive

Finally in the Chookshed with my bestie & Fairy Girl..........

WOW...... to start the morning...........

What a stunning sky....snapped this one on my walk.............

Watering the garden is keeping me busy............

crepe myrtles are flowering......

Someone got there head stuck in the hay feeder.....lucky I heard "Goatie" bleating when moving a hose........had to use bolt cutters to take out a piece of mesh.....

Finally I made it into the Chookshed...........a few hours this afternoon...........I was a little lost/overwhelmed at what to do so I worked on Lucy............she's my best friend.........shes a little neglected........Fairy Girl started hand quilting a baby quilt she's been making.............nice time together.........

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.......

Keeping the love of blogging alive