meet Charlotte..............

Indy is going so well...........she is a delight to have...........she is still in the garden............not sure how long that will last.......AS we now have 2 babies...........yesterday another one came home from the inlaws.............I tried to get a pic of them together but Indy wanted to say hi and walked up to me...........

Meet Charlotte..............Charlotte is noisy...........she bellows.............Indy rarely bellows and not so loud.........Charlotte was found down the paddock............very skinny........no mother around..........not sure if she was left by a poor drought mother or if she is a twin.......

She's a little flighty but I have given her one pat..........

We also have a bundle of cute black babies being delivered out in the paddocks here............they are so cute...........will try and get a photo...........

I have some mail to show..........just need to get some pics together.........

My KERST swap parcel and also a couple of goodies............

Catch you later

Chookyblue

keyfobs............

Sorry 2 posts in one day............
which one is your favourite fabric colour combination.................

I got a little carried away.........glue sticks make it quicker................

Has anyone got these supplies online lately.................it's been awhile and I think i got these from Etsy originally.............the webbing is 11/4inch wide.........and for some reason I don't have enough rings.............bugger..........but I would like to get a few more supplies........

Any suggestions???

Catch you later

Chookyblue

SSCS sleigh.......

92 parcels sent.............15 still on the sleigh..........

Ana, Cheryll, Diane, Grethe, Illene, Lurline, Lyn, Marica, Megan, Melinda, Nancy, Ruth, Sherry, Sonia, Tracee hope the sleigh stops soon...........

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

sheep, cattle and kids............

Last week I sold the last of my weaners....mentioned in this post.......I would normally keep the heifers as replacements from these.........and sell the remainder Sept/October next year........pretty sad..........I climbed up the top of the loading race to get a last snap of some of them.............

after we had the little sprinkle of rain I thought we may have the day dust free.........I was SOOOOOOOO wrong..............with in a few hours of the rain finishing the dust started.......the wind blew and blew all day.................

this was one of the paddocks on the way to town........the dust was blowing off a cropping paddock over the other side of the trees.............................

On the weekend Fairy Girl had the girls in her class out for a sleep over..............

they played went for a swim, did blind makeovers - something you never want to do, ran around lots, played spotlight in the back paddock after dark.........

some of them wanted to do some sewing..........they got into some buttons........

felt everywhere.....

But they did make some christmas decorations...........

and now they all know how to thread needles, start and finish on their own..........

there are a few more but I missed the pics..........

I went with Mr Chooky to feed the sheep last week too.........

It looks like there is more there in some patches but there is nothing...........the little grass butts you can see in this pic are the equivalent of eating cardboard I reckon........most of the ground is dead as you can see.............

heading out into the paddock with the feeder on the ute.......

a few sheep start running/walking in...............

gradually a whole pile end up behind you..........and they start circling the vehicle...........

looking threw the side view mirrow.......all trying to get on the feed line...........

Catch you later

Chookyblue
PS it's a stinking hot day here today.................

skirts for a niece............

Recently I made 2 skirts for my niece..............just forgot to show you girls..............

I LOVE this fabric...........and found it at Spotlight...............

This one is on a mini cord but cute russian dolls.............

Catch you later

Chookyblue

Indy meets Curly Pops and the cows........

The other afternoon late I took Indy out for a walk to meet the cows...............at the moment she is still living in the garden but not sure how much longer that will last.......but she is doing less damage then the roos so that is ok..............

She is so cute............she wanders around the garden with me when I put hoses on and doing my jobs.....it's not a good idea to take her to the cloths line though as she slobbers on the sheets.......But I only need to walk out and call her name and she comes straight to me......

Occasionally she tries to nibble my legs etc......she rarely moos.......which is good because sometimes if pets are close they would wake you up and drive me nuts..........

I called the cows over..........hungry cows always come when you call them incase you have some food for them.............

these girls are all pregnant hence the big fat bellies.............shouldn't be too far off calving......

and they were very inquisitive of Indy............

Indy was really funny.......she was scared of them............she'd stand still for a bit then run away....I'd call her back over and then she would get a little brave again......she's just about to take off again in this photo........

Finally Curly Pops came over.............

I gave Curly Pops a big pat............and it was fun because I patted her tummy a little harder and someone inside hit back.............her 3rd baby is well on the way............

This is as close as they got............

We got a tiny bit of rain last night.......sadly 6mls won't do anything.............

Off loading all my younger stock today........pretty sad really.........not sure what will happen next year selling stock now that we would normally hold onto for another 12 months........

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One day this blog will return to more sewing..............the only sewing I am getting done at the moment is secret stuff and I can't share yet.....it would ruin the surprises......

I have 2 more swaps to get out the door in the next few days.....

But my SSCS parcel has landed in Norway with Annik......

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Boy wonder finishes school today so that is fantastic.............and Fairy Girl only has about 54 hrs left at school she informed me............

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue.....

Yep definitely see things better now.........

A visit to the optometrist last week resulted in another pair of glasses and quite a change in my eyes since March when I just got new lens in my old frames........I don't wear them all the time but food packages are a challenge when cooking etc.......

It was getting harder to hand stitch so thought I should get them checked again............

definitely needed new glasses...............

I had to get new frames too since I will still use the old ones on the computer etc.............

I got these set closer too as I hold my sewing close when hand stitching.............

I told them only show me the cheapest frames as I don't have extra cash to spend on expensive ones.......and these are very similiar to my old ones so just perfect..............

Not sure what the old man got just before me but his bill was $1400........OMG thank goodness that was not me........and thank goodness I don't have to wear them all the time ....YET....

Catch you later

Chookyblue

the sleigh has landed............

Santa has sure been on express deliveries this year or the days are rushing by fast then ever before.............

The sleigh has stopped by the farm and delivered a parcel from the lovely Karol-Ann

A bundles of lovely presents........

Check out the ribbon she used....trying to give me a message..........lol....

maybe we all need to find some of that for next year......

And here are the cute ornies she made for me............

I can't wait til Christmas Day..............

Fairy Girl got the tree up this afternoon so a little more decorating to do tomorrow but my presents have a home now...............well til Christmas Day anyway.........it's so exciting.......

Thanks heaps Karol-Ann.....

23sleeps......

Catch you later

Chookyblue