miserable............

Hayfever is killing me this year..........I sound like a croaky frog too......the last week has just got worse and worser.............

ok pass the tissues............those nice aloe soft ones.........please..... .........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

Chilling......

the other evening I went for a late walk..........it was a glorious temp, perfectly still..........I could hear for miles..............lambs beating for mothers way over a few more paddocks........an occasional cow bellowing..............magic............

one of my gums in flower............

I wished I could share my peace with you.......

I know most of you live in the hustle and bustle..........

Catch you later

Chookyblue

cute and not so cute..............

"the cute"...........3 willy wagtail babies..........right at my back door............a favourite nesting spot for the willy's............they hatched several lots each year and they sure are getting in early this spring.........they will be out of the nest in a day or so and then flying around the garden............

"the not so cute"...........I have included this as it is a bit of history.......life on the lands constantly includes pest animal and plant control.........with the wet summers a few years back feral pig numbers have got out of control...........there have been numerous controlled eradication programs.........everyone is complaining about pig numbers.........i've been here for 20 years and we have never had a pig here in that time.....or sign of one.......a few months ago a neighbour saw one on the road near the house and we couldn't find it................we found signs of "rooting around" (pig diggings) but we could not find any pigs...............that is until yesterday when "boy wonder" was out in the paddocks............and he caught it.............well done......an older boar lets hope he is on his own...........but I sure will be looking out for more.............

today I pulled out the good camera........been using my phone too much lately

as I roamed around the garden I snapped some flowers.......surprising how much is flowering considering how dry it is..............I have lost some plants........the gaps will just have to stay there until it rains properly....

And I have been sewing...........working on numerous projects with no clear direction or progress..............I stayed out in the chookshed until it got toooooo HOT.....it was becoming a sweat shop............not fun...........33.5degC when I came in.......go away summer.........this months temps are well above average.................

Recently I got to enjoy lunch with Sonia from Me and My Thoughts...........you definitely have to stay for longer then a quick lunch............why does work have to interfere with socialising........next time a sleep over or two.......

look at the gorgeous sign she made for me.........i've got it sitting on the windowsill.....still waiting for Mr Chooky to put up some hooks etc so I can hang things.............

Catch you later

Chookyblue

motivation - where are you..............

I've been back to the 2nd camp with the girls...........I talked about it here.........

this is a pic of the fire sculptures at the end of the main concert.............

the echidna...........

remember I spoke about the massive artwork for the back drop...........

here are the primary kids in front of the backdrop...........

representing the theme fire and water........the river intertwined in our lives..........

the music also reflected the theme..............

I've also meet a lady who I since discovered is a blogger............

check out Indigo and Quince........she's a keen knitter......

And struggling to get motivated into some sewing but I got this binding attached for a friend...........another girlfriend will stitch the binding down for her...........then she will have to buy the bottle of champagne for the 3 of us to share together once it is done................lol............

Ok better go............loving the school holidays........also off work before I start 5 weeks fulltime.........I have not worked a town job 5 days a week for 5 weeks for 19 years..............OMG what did I sign up for..........

32deg yesterday and the same forecast for today but tomorrow they have forecast 34deg C - "summer" please let me enjoy spring for a bit longer..............

SSCS links...........

Hope you girls are having fun stalking (in a good way) your partner........ The full list of swappers is on a page tab at the top of my blog just under my blog header..... Just thought I would share a couple of links......... Lots of girls have been in the swap for years...... Shari (5th swap), Sonia (6th swap) and Julie (5th swap) have all done posts with all/most of the previous swap presents they have sent and received........check them out............ &&& 15mls of rain nothing like what other areas have had.......need lots more.........but atleast it can rain..........our second biggest fall in 6months........ .........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

Cardy where are you????

So Cardy where are you when we need you..........

....let the binding begin......Sorry about the pic..............

Catch you later

Chookyblue

Sewing yippee................

Just before dark these kangaroos came in for a drink.........very dry and unusual that they come into the house so close before dark.........not the clearest pic but it was thru the window...................

And the sewing machines are humming................

working on a special project..........actually all my projects are special projects.............

just about to sandwich and then quilt.........wish me luck.........

Catch you later

Chookyblue

Calf marking...........

So this weeks cattle work saw some calf marking happening.........

all I seem to be doing lately is cattle work but I do like it more then sheep.......

We are certainly closer to the end of it now which is great.......

We also sent some more into sale............de-stocking trying to manage the dry...........

I caught a couple of feral pigs while mustering the cattle in the morning.......

Thankfully the day was a little cooler.......I't been such a warm September.........

These calves all got ear tagged and marked etc

my work bench........

and this thing was mixed in ours............its a feral wild thing........

I wouldn't get in the yard with it...........it put Mr Chooky up the fence......tried to jump over the fences........... 

Just as we put the cows back into their paddock the sun was setting.............glorious clear sky.........

Finally the sewing machine will get some work this weekend after about 6 weeks of silence.......

3 full days at home......Anita will be here for the weekend with Mr Riley's Rambles.....i'm sure Mr Chooky will find some farm work to do with him......

Another of my friends will be over too..........lots of sewing hopefully.......well that's the plan...........can't wait..........

Have a great weekend everyone.......

Catch you later

Chookyblue