Anzac Day and prezzy in the mail!!!

Well today is the day we remeber the soldiers who have fought for our country to give us the freedom to live in the best country in the world. We are so lucky so many young men have given there lives to defend us.
I did make an ANZAC slice yesterday (same recipe as the biscuits but put into slice tray to cook). I didn't get a pic but it is nearly all gone. The children went into town this morning and matched with their school and there was a wonderful turnout of people to support the remaining diggers.

In the mail I received the bottom left hand pic a sunglasses cover from http://www.dragonfly-crafts.blogspot.com/. This is the first thing I have won or been given since I started my blog. So exciting.....thanks heaps dragonfly. (Opps stole your pic also so I had a pic to post)

A special luncheon!

My wonderful friend invited me out to lunch at a special location. We had to travel just over an hour to get there and enjoyed 4 wonderful hours eating lovely food and drinking champagne. Unfortunately we had to leave early to travel the hour home and then do a quick 5min change and travel another 45minutes in the opposite direction for my nieces christening. I had the best day I have had for months. I am so lucky to have a wonderful kind friend.

We sat along a creek and enjoyed the water views. I don’t have permanent water at my place except for the dams. I have a little creek but it only runs a couple of times a year and with the dry it has been years since it ran properly. So I just sat and took it all in. Beautiful!!!

Weaning calves and whirly winds!

Today we weaned some calves. For those of you who are going WHAT..........stopping them from drinking from their mothers. As it is still dry and we are running out of feed we decided today was the day to wean some calves. This will make it easier for their mothers, need less food.
Only the olders ones got weaned. As we cannot seperate them (which is what we normally do) we put these funny looking rings in their noses and when they go to drink the plastic spikes annoy the mother and she doesn't let the calf drink. Don't worry they don't hurt the cow or the calf. But they do look quite amusing being bright orange.

Oh below is a whirly wind which formed in front of me and I caught a snap! There are lots around at the moment with the dry weather. Not a good sign for rain.

Oh and tonight there is another baby calf on the way hope all goes well as she is a heifer having her 1st calf. Problems sometimes and she is not supposed to calve for 3 months opps not sure what happened there!

Sunflowers 2nd post for today enjoy!!!!!

This little struggler was along to road to town and I would not have seen it if I had fuel in my car because I would have gone home another way home.............but.......my fuel light was on so I had to go into town.......back to the story...... since it is still so dry around here this sunflowers was thriving along the edge of the road. I just couldn't go past and not take a pic.

No time to sew - Dry pics today

This is for Norma Silver Thimble I emailed her how beautiful the tulips pics were. She said she did like my dry pics so here are some for today. I have had no time to sew but have had the camera with me and taking a few minutes from my day to appreciate what is around and yes it is beautiful and spectacular and others may never get to see so I will share here. If blogger keeps working I will have several posts today.

Nature .... I love it!!!!!!!!!!!

These are some of the Kookaburras that come to my garden every morning. There are at least 4. They come in at day break and stay for a couple of hours. This a pic from sunset yesterday. Not really clear but the colours are what I wanted to show you. Amazing what the sky can do.

Pin Cushion Swap

Made this very quickly this arvo. Started with a sample block from the wedding quilt I am going to make and then thought what am I going to do with it and it has turned into a beautiful pincushion. When I go to Nundle this July Kerry has a pincushion swap running this year so mine is already complete.

Surprise packages in the mail............send me ideas

While my life is so hectic and just awful at the moment and it just won’t rain (haven’t bother with blogging this before) but I am just at the point of not coping. Can't get away during the hols and our Easter regulars didn't come visit.........I am sick of the cows and so behind at home.......

ANYWAY
I got a surprise in the mail today. (The only good things to happen lately)

Never in my dreams did I think I would score 5 metres of beautiful material by mistake.
Back to the beginning……
I ordered some material a few weeks ago from the US for the wedding quilt I am doing and last week I got an email to say there had been a mix up and I got sent the wrong package. My package went to the US not far away and it was being returned to the shop. When the package sent to me turned up I could keep it as an apology and as soon as mine returned to the shop she would send it out. WELL…….I thought there can’t be much in it for her to say to keep it……..then thinking what would be in the wrong package hope I liked it WELL………..today the parcel turned up and I got 1 metre each of the 5 materials pictured that means 5 metres of material FREE.

They are all from the Wuthering Heights range and very nice. So now my wonderful dilemma…what am I going to do………so I thought I would open to the blog world for ideas.

The picture looks a bit pinkish but they are more peachy/apricot.

Send me some ideas…….