An easy day

After all the activity yesterday, I definitely need an easier day. 

I watered the vegetable gardens 

Folded one load of washing and did another load. 

The lovely lady that I bought my alpacas from, comes round every November and takes them back to her place to be shorn and immunised. 

She gave me some beautiful alpaca yarn   I’m making her a scarf to say thank you. 

The rest of the yarn will sit until I find the perfect project 

I’m spending the rest of the day on the couch and crocheting. Well at least till I need to organise our dinner. 

More spring cleaning

The sun is shining so of course more spring cleaning happened 

This is the back veranda as we call it 

During winter stuff kinda gets dumped here with intent of putting it away later. Then I forget or just don’t bother, until spring 

I forgot the before shots but honestly it wasn’t a nice place you would want to sit and have a drink in 

The windows and the house got scrubbed nice and clean. As we live in a semi rural area we get lots of dust and it accumulates in here. If we gat rain coming in the right angle it turns to mud 

Now all that dust and dirt is gone 



You can see my clothes line and a bag I washed lol

But other than that it is a big improvement I’ll take down that line for the summer. It needs replacing as it’s fraying 



The budgie used to be by the door. Next to the drinks fridge. I got sick of cleaning feathers and seeds that came into the house.  Tweetie is now close to Henry’s cage 



Looking from inside the sewing room window. So much more light is now coming in 



The dogs blankets and jumpers have all been washed and hung on the line to dry

I started to do all this by myself. But after almost an hour I was in so much pain and I hadn’t really made a dint   So I had to text hubby to come help me 

I don’t like having to ask for help. Hubby has his own jobs to do. Not to mention he’s in pain as well. But together the job got done very quickly 

I think a nice cold drink with our dinner. And a sit down to admire our days work. 

Next on the list. The outdoor room

Back to normal schedule

Ana hadn’t visited for two weeks. Her mummy was home the first week   On Thursday of the second week Ana had an operation to have grommets put into her ears 

So it was lovely to see her today 

We had our mani pedi as usual

she had yellow on her toes and orange on her fingers. Very spring like 

We headed off to next door and bought a new strawberry plant. 

Here she is watering it in 

This is Ana’s strawberry 




Then we checked for any ripe ones to eat 



Here she is with Trixie waiting for her daddy. 

He had walked past the house, waved, and kept going to the shed. They obviously thought he was coming in. 

Grandma rang and told him to come back so they could have cuddles. 



Later we went to the shed and Ana asked to drive. 

She enjoyed it so much last time. We think it might become a regular occurrence. 

You obviously can’t hear but she was giggling the whole time 



Later in the afternoon her aunt, uncle and girls dropped in. 

Ana squealed in here and Brianna did in the car before jumping out to great each other 

It’s lovely how they get on 

The nail polish was still out. So Melody painted hers and her sisters nail 



It makes my heart sing to see them all together having fun. 

Although the ears do take a bashing from all the squealing. 

Three girls are very very loud 

It’s a long weekend   Because of the Melbourne cup horse race. It’s in Tuesday but many many people have the Monday off as well. 

We oldies will probably stay home. 

I hope your weekend is a pleasant one 

Wheel of the year

As always the wheel turns. Nothing can stop that. 

It’s Beltane here in the Southern Hemisphere. Hopeful the weather  will settle down and we 

Will start to warm up 

To those in the northern hemisphere have a blessed Samhain 

Go within, rest and recoup for the next growing season 

Gardening day

The sun was shining this morning so it was a get into the garden and get your hands dirty day 

I popped into next door and got two punnets of capsicum seedlings. While hubby was topping up the beds with compost 

Here they all are. Hopefully we get lots of capsicum to enjoy. You can see the snow peas in the back bed 

I pulled out the strawberries weeded the pots added more compost and divided the plants and replanted them 

The should now be happier and grow better 




We weeded around the veggie beds and gave everything a good soak 

Harvested what needed  to be. 

The rhubarb was huge   I have now thinned it. Topped up with compost and watered it well. Should produce lots more as underneath were new growth 




Four mini cabbages. I’ll chop  them up cook them with bacon and  onion then freeze for future use. Obviously we will have some now fresh from the garden 

The snow peas were collected. They have been very productive. I think a few went missing into the harvesters mouth lol. No it wasn’t me. 
 


I also planted three different kinds of beans   I’ll keep checking to see how many germinate   I usually get a good amount from the ones I plant. All bush varieties so I don’t have to worry about trellises 

And just because here are my roses.  Looking and smelling lovely 











It was a very productive day. 

I’m ready to just sit and just be for a while. This old grey mare is not what she used to be lol 

A tad chilly

Today, once again, the weather has turned chilly 

It’s windy making it feel even colder 

Rain is forecast for tonight and maybe even tomorrow 

So after all that running around yesterday I’ve decided to rest up 

I finished my cardigan and had no idea what I wanted to do next 

I finally decided to knit socks. Hubby always needs socks and they’re an easy and quick project 



As you can see. I have a lap blanket covering my legs. 

The cold has made them ache 

I think a nice hot casserole for dinner tonight 

I’ll see what I have and create something 

It’s always a surprise when I go into Mrs cropley  mode 

Unexpected blessings

My daughters mother in law works at a hairdresser salon 

One of her clients said that they had some quilting supplies she wanted to give away 

She instantly thought of me. 

I was at the doctors when the call came so she gave me the lovely lady’s number and address 

I called after I’d finished getting my scripts and we arranged a time to collect 

I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of beautiful material. 

Even though she just wanted to get rid of them I happily gave her some money. 

Still a huge bargain 

Meanwhile hubby is at the farm. We had been discussing having to buy some crushed rock to make a track. But it’s very expensive, especially as we need truckloads 

Yesterday he received a call from a mate who asked if we wanted any crushed rock. His boss just needs somewhere to dump it 

So he right now is receiving all the rock and he is busy spreading it to make a track 

We really have been very blessed by the abundance of the universe. And the wonderful people who think of us 

We are very grateful indeed