Friday night in the chookshed.....

It's looking pretty good!!!!

And yes that is chillI jam from Jenny's!!!!!!

Catch you later

Chookyblue

Roads travelled.....

some of the road pics I took along the way...............sorry all thru the windscreen............

bad patch of fog..........it was so thick you couldn't over take cars.....

coastal rainforest roads...

the top of a dam wall..........

4 lane motor ways.............

Catch you later

Chookyblue

Brissy.....

I had an urgent unexpected trip to Brisbane.........

But I managed to make the most of it.......catching up with some blog friends...........

An early morning phone call to Kris - Tag-a-long Teddies to check she was home and I waited as long as I could til 7am to ring her..........he he he.......she was sleepy sleepy........but she knew who it was.........and she was free - yippee

A stop in at Kris' home away from home - The Quilters Angel @ Highfields and lunch with Fiona Bubz Rugz......

We had a great time.......so pleased the girls were free and when I left them they said they were heading back to their cars but really I think they may have been heading back to the shop...............

Here we are..........the quilt in the background is one Kris designed...........

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When I mentioned to Susan Oh 2 Sew I was heading her way she said any chance of a little blog meet...........well this turned into dinner............and what a great dinner it was..........thanks so much girls for meeting at such short notice.............

I'll come back and put in the links later

Kayly, Lynda, De, Me, Maria, Marilyn, Susan.........and it was great to meet Cath too but I forgot to take a pic before she left.............And thanks heaps for the bed too Lynda..........much appreciated...........

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On the way home I gate crashed a quilt retreat........what a surprise they got........shame I only got time for a quick cuppa......The girls were having a great time at Glenrose in Warwick..........

I got to catch up with Helen, Teresa, Sandi, Maree, Alison, and again with De, Lynda, Kayly, Marilyn

Then I got to the border and stopped in for a visit with Jenny - Bird on the Border and we were getting very tired and it was getting later in the day so it wasn't hard for the Bird family to convince us to stay.......

relax with a "bubbles" and catch up...........stop revive survive took on a whole new meaning.........lol...

Better still I have birdnapped Jenny and we're home and just about to head for the chookshed..........lets see what we can achieve in a few days sewing together..........

Catch you later

Chookyblue

Dinner anyone????

Sunday evening in Brisbane on the north side(???) somewhere..........email me or Susan or leave a comment here..........details to be worked out............not sure where I am staying just yet.........

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

1200 random thoughts.......

Yep that's how many random thoughts I have shared in posts here with you.........

Below are some pics from the weekend...........a big morning calf marking..........I was reloading the ear tag pliers...........the boys were working very fast and I was kept very busy loading the 2 sets..........

I struggled to get pics as it was very busy and this one was taken of the last pen full...........the best sight of the day...........the job nearly done.............

Thanks to everyone who has visited my blog over the time............especially those who have commented  it's the interaction that makes this whole blog thing so much more fun..........

And if your a lurker there reading it's never to late to start blogging and yes you will find things to say and post about..........obviously I have managed it although doubting very much when I started that anyone would ever read what I have to say...........you have proved that wrong...........

THANKYOU

So in celebrating 1200 posts what would be a memorable random thing/photo I have mentioned on my blog.....something odd I have said or shown............

Catch you later

Chookyblue

Feedly views....

If you use google reader you MUST change now before it dies 1st July

For those who view there blogs on their dashboard then I think you are ok as the feeds there comes from some other feed thingy...........

Just thought I would show you some pics from feedly.......

sorry with no computer things are a challenge - i'm currently borrowing mum's computer but I can't do all your normal things on it.......all my programs and links etc aren't on it....anyway.........

Not the best pics but you get the idea...........Feedly will give you a choice of views of your blog feeds.........

on the left there are a list of the blogs you subscribe too........this is the right side of the screen

See the little icons in the top left of the pic???

This is title only view

This is magazine view........

This is cards view.......

this is the full article.........this is how I view mine..........this makes it look the most like google reader..........

also down in the left hand corner - below your list of blogs you will find the preferences where you can change some other settings............

Really I don't care what you change to but change before the 1st if you use google reader.........

if you don't know what google reader is don't worry...........

a sunny but chilly day..........no wild rainy weather here like along the coast......

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue......

Blog buddies "b" list........

Wow what a great response you had to the first list so I will continue on.............

This list is nearly all Aussies so I will just mention country when they are not in Australia.............

I'll label all the posts "blog buddies" so you can find them and I don't have to keep linking more and more post......

BaiSiNoLil  Khrissy has beena bit quiet of late with extra study but shes a lovely lady who I have coffee and lunches with a couple of times a year.....
Bear's Mum Suze came to visit this year on the way to GDITC........I know she sews and works in heaven (a quilt shop) but she's a bit quiet on the blogging bit........
Bird on the Border my great friend Jenny........she a busy stitcher, she also posts about little trips here and there......I love seeing what she's up too.....she's supposed to be coming to visit soon toooo.......whats the date Jen.....oh and Mr Bird on the Border makes great Chilli Jam......
Bits and Pieces it's funny how different world collide and this is how I discovered Brenda was a stitcher at a craft show......always sewing something I love............
Bizzy Martine Martine is from Belgium and writes in Dutch.....just translate it.....a great place to visit....
Bliss in the Burbs Kayly is a regular at GDITC although she missed 2013.....always love catching up.........
Bloom Ros a gorgeous designer and stitcher....she has had some projects published in mags.....she loves gardens and is often stalking botanical gardens to take pics of projects......love the photos
BOM Quilter Yvette in the USA been following her blog for years.....
Broderie love her pics.....always love to see what she is sewing......
BubzRugz Fiona is a prolific stitcher........always working on something.......she's inspiring me to have a go at machine quilting but it hasn't happened yet...........
Buddy and Me love the fabrics and designs Sue works on.......civil wars/reproductions...
By Hoki Quilts Miche'le is in New Zealand.........she owns a patchwork shop.......

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

Google Reader --->>> Feedly.......

I've been holding out on what I what I was going to change too but with 10 days to go I have made my final decision and it was nailed only just now having read a news announcement about Feedly.........you can read it on the Feedly blog too.....

I looked at blog lovin early on but didn't like the look of it............

So then I found Feedly......Googy Girl and I were using it and chatting about it..........I was pretty happy with the look I changed a few settings and it pretty much looked just like google reader.........

I was a little concerned because if I read posts in google reader it was updating in Feedly too.....I was worried Feedly was based somehow on Google reader and would i have issues once google reader died on 1st July....my concern was confirmed in what I have read this morning.....and here....

Feedly was using Google readers platform in the background BUT problem solved with 19th June announcement FEEDLY has a new cloud and has become it's own platform woohoo......

....so now when google reader goes it won't bother Feedly 

So now I am definitely very happy with Feedly and will be sticking with it to read my blogs.......

NOW it not only works in the google environment it also works on Internet Explorer and iPhones and Androids too plus more but these are the main ones i paid attention to......

If you have no idea what I am talking about i'll attempt to explain.........

When you write a blog post it gets sent out as a RSS feed (in the background of doing a post - you see nothing of this)

Feedly and Blog Lovin are RSS feed readers. Meaning you can have an account with them. You go to one page and subscribe to all the blogs you want to read there and the RSS readers work in the background searching all the blogs you follow and as soon as your favourite blog does a new post it gets pulled into the one spot. So you can just go to Feedly and open one page and all the updates are there from when you visited last time. Saves going to open all your friends blogs only to find they may or may not have written a new post. 

What to do if you haven't used google reader well just go and start a new account in Feedly and you can subscribe to the blogs you want to follow.

For you untechy ones out there NONE of this will affect your blog as it is now. 

Your blog will open as usual.

You do not need to claim your blog anywhere for it to keep going.

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