Treating myself

Today I got myself a great treat

I've always wanted a hammock 

We had one years ago that we had strung between two poles but I wanted one I could move around and if 

I really wanted I could take anywhere 

Well I found this today at Aldi

Yup. My favourite store!

 

It had this little panel and even though in the past, this has been an outright lie I decided I'd 

Give it a go 

 

It really was easy and took no time at all

So now I'm blogging in my new hammock. Enjoying the breeze

All I need now is someone to keep giving me drinks!

See ya xxx

 

Film review. Rogue one

 

Last night hubby and I were picked up by our son and daughter in law and we all went off to see the new start wars movie

Rogue one

It's the latest instalment in the franchise and although it isn't actually part of the major story line. It is about an incident that is 

A very important part of the story 

So it fills in some gaps for those of us that wondered what did happen during that time 

If your a fan, it's a must see 

If your not well it's still a fantastic movie and it just might get you addicted to the whole drama

I highly recommend it 

See ya xxxx

That was Christmas

Here we all are Christmas Day at my sister in laws house. 

It was sooooo hot but we all had a great day 

 

 

There are a few of us lol 

 

Melody with some her mums cousins. 

Her god mother keeping an eye on her. She was so good. And was the life of the party lol 

 

Boxing Day was spent at my parents house for my families Christmas get together 

Thank goodness it was a cooler day 

 

Perfect for the traditional lamb on the spit 

 

Melody loved her first lamb a la Greek style

 

So that's it for another year. 

So very tired now. But happy

Hope you all had a wonderful time with your family and friends 

See ya xxx

Hot, dam hot!

Christmas morning and it's hot already 

I, going to my sister in laws house so I won't be here to check on the pets for a few hours 

 

So we have moved the birds to where they can get any nice southerly breezes 

 

And given them an ice block each to keep them cool and provide constant cool water 

 

The dogs water has been brought in under cover and has had heaps of ice added.  Again to keep it cool while I'm not here to do it 

 

And the chickens have been given a bowl of ice. As well as their usual water source 

Now I can leave them and know they will bare fine until I get back 

Then I'm betting we will all have a huge water fight!

Enjoy your day everyone

Merry Christmas 

See ya xxx

 

One down. A couple to go

Here we are all set up for our work Christmas BBQ 

Our boys, their partners and their kids were here today so we could just have good food, a few drinks and a 

Lots of laughs

Both couple have a little girl each and one couple are expecting their second baby any day now!

It's all very exciting

So presents were giving to the little ones, and they had a ball running around and playing 

While the adults just relaxed 

I always love this day

Didn't get any pics of everyone here. I was busy just having a lovely time 

A few more Christmas dinners to enjoy,

The diet is going to get a bit of a beating. 

Lots of walking in my future I think lol 

See ya xxx

 

Not exactly to plan

 

 

This little corner has given me a bit of a headache. 

Not as Zen as it looks right now 

This Buddha was at the reject shop. I had been looking at him for a few weeks. 

Wasn't sure where I would put him. So I left him there while I pondered 

Well I decided to move the dogs couch from that wall. I moved it closer to the house. As when it pours rain 

It comes through the crack between the two roofs and wets it. 

Not always. But when it's coming down hard the cutters just cannot cope. 

Which left me a bare wall

Over the weekend I purchased the wall art and began the drama that was the production of the zen space 

As you can see. It's not centre. That's because that's where the stud is. Therefore that is the only place we can screw the artwork safely. 

As we have besser , concrete,  walls. We have never needed a stud finder 

So off we went to bunnings hardware to purchase a stud finder as we couldn't find it without one. 

So now we have a stud finder, which we will probably never use again.

Anyway. That little Buddha came into mind again. But again I wasn't sure 

Then I saw him at a friends facebook page. He looked lovely 

She lives in Adelaide so we won't have people saying we both had the same things 

This little Buddha has a solar light and a solar water pump. 

I knew it wouldn't get the sun where I wanted to place it. So I read on the box it had a five meter cord 

Great I thought. I can place that in the sun

What I didn't know. Is that cord is for the pump. I'm not fussed about the pump. What I really wanted was the light. 

But the solar panel for the light is at the back of his head 

See the problem. 

I was not a happy camper. 

Don't like it when plans don't work. 

So I went looking for another Buddha bust to put here and I was going to move this one to somewhere it can get sun 

But I count find anything I liked 

So for now he stays. The cords have been put away safely

And I've added the pots and plants 

So now I'm just going to chill out and let the universe take care of it 

Thinking a few crystals and something to hold incense in and it's done 

Well what do you think?  

I'm happy. For now 

See ya xxx

A little bit of prevention

This is a water fountain for cats. 

Not it doesn't spurt water high into the air 

But gently reticulates it keeping it fresh and aerated 

Last week. While brushing Agatha I notice she had a little "dandruff" 

He fur has also been feeling funny in that area as well. Just on her back at the base of her tail 

I checked for fleas and I treated everyone for fleas, as I do every month and I couldn't see any

So I got onto google and found out that it could be from lack of water

I do know. She is very fussy with the water. And will meow at me at least once every few days telling me she didn't like the stuff in the water dish 

I do change it every day. But sometimes by the end of the day she just won't drink it. So I have to give her fresh stuff 

Anyway this water fountain keeps it moving. And it has a filter as well

So this week. I have noticed she is drinking more, there is more wee in the kitty litter. And her fur is starting to feel nice and soft again 

If this hadn't worked. The we would of been to the vets to test for diabetes 

Looks like this won't be necessary now 

It wasn't cheap, but it at $70.00. It was th cheapest one there 

Money well spent I think 

I'm very happy. She is happy

See ya xxx

 

A nice surprise

I often get lots of emails from various people trying to sell me stuff. 

I get one regularly from the  kindle store department of amazon 

Usually I just delete them. But this time this title caught my eye 

Anyone that knows me. Knows I'm fascinated by anything to do with the Second World War. Not normally the actual fighting. But how people 

Lived and survived 

This story is about five woman and how they all end up working in a munitions factory making bombs for the men on the front line 

I instantly downloaded it and for alnly four dollars more it also came as an audio book 

I'm on chapter 12 and I'm hooked. 

It's really well written and I love the characters. 

I might have found a whole new series of books for me to listen to and read 

The weather is still cold and wet. So I'm under a blanket on th couch listening to the audio book 

It's so cold even my hands are hurting. So this is perfect for me today 

Anyone else found a gem by accident? 

See ya xxx

 

A return to winter

Well after beautiful weather for the last few days. We have had a shocker today

Rain and wind and much cooler temps 

Even some thunder!

That hum you hear is our ducted heating. I've switched it on as the munchkin is here today 

Just to take the chill out of the air

What's the weather doing in your part of the world?

See ya xx

Getting my mojo back

Today I found some wonderful art for the backyard fences 

I think this wall is done now. It really needed something in the  middle.

 

This dragonfly is perfect I think for in here. It blends in well and when we play I spy with melody, when she is a little older, 

This one will be hard to find 

 

Two more dragonflies. I love them! 

And I did it all myslef. I used power tools and I had to find the right size screws for the job 

Pretty chuffed. Who needs men lol 

 

I also bought these fairies. They are solar and their wings will light up at night. Their solar panels are on the back so I'm not sure where they 

Will go. I've got them here charging for now. I'm sure I'll find somewhere for them 

So I've been busy today pottering around. Did a little more shopping for hubby's Christmas presents and as we have a baby coming soon 

Our wonderful worker terry and his partner are expecting their second child any day now, I went out baby shopping too 

It's a wonderful time here right now 

Hope your having a wonderful time too 

See ya xxx 

 

The things we do

This is just one of the things we do 

When we have an on the move baby in the house 

Now I don't have to worry about melody getting into cat food, water or poop! 

See ya xxx

 

Getting summer ready

Although the hot weather really hadn't started yet. You can see it's really dry here 

Getting water to the stock is hard work. But now the new back fence is done and the door is better positioned we have put a bathtub close so I can at least keep one full constantly 

 

 

View from the old permaculture area. With me being sick all these last years  it's all gone. 

Breaks my heart really 

But you can see the back hose reaches easily. So it's not hard to fill the tub 

 

And the view from the outdoor covered area 

I can see instantly if they have water 

Hopefully we get rain occasionally during the summer months 

See ya xxx

 

Last of the babies. ?

The last two babies are out. This one was out of its nest a few days ago. A pretty green

 

And this one came out today. 

The first three babies were from the same nest. But this one from another. 

It's mother had now gone in to look after the eggs if the third nest. It's mummy has given up on them 

So who knows. Maybe more. 

See ya xxx

 

First day of summer

Summer is here so I thought I'd show you what's happening in the garden 

We have baby tomatoes 

 

And some corn 

 

It's not very high. Not sure what breed these are. We were given seedlings from a friend. So just grateful and we will eat whatever grows 

 

The berries were neglected and we totally forgot to cut them back. But they still have produced some berries. Yummy 

 

The garlic almost ready to harvest. I planted in the shortest day of the year. Will harvest on the longest 

 

Over the weekend we planted some cucumber seedlings 

 

The oregano is going strong. Will harvest some over the weekend and start drying for winter use 

 

This is my wishing well. With the only rose that survived in the hanging baskets out front. The possums ate them. This was right in the middle. I'd say they couldn't reach it 

 

My climber had come back after frost killed it over winter and the roses are still full of flowers 

 

And my flower corner is coming along. Again frost killed some plants. So I'll need to replant some pots 

So all is well here. A long hot summer is predicted. I'll be mulching and keeping the water up to these 

What's happening in your part of the world?

See ya 

 

A little bit of Christmas

 

This is my Christmas decorating  almost done for this year 

I bought myself an optic fibre tree and if you look closely you will see the lights as the end of the branches 

They change colours so I don't need any decorations on it 

With two cats and a very active baby I'm thinking this is the best option 

I have the Christmas shopping almost done 

Don't like the crowds so I like to get it all done and dusted well before Christmas 

I have a wreath on my door and some indoor lights and that's about it. 

For those that know me. This is a lot 

I really am a Scrooge at Christmas. I not into all the commercialism and the frenectic hype 

I just like it for the kids, and the getting together with the ones that matter 

So Christmas will be a less hectic affair this year. Christmas Day is at my sister in laws 

What are your plans?  Are you getting organised?

See ya xxx

The boys are back

The boys were dropped off today 

Don't they look handsome after their relaxing holiday away at the beauty spa lol 

 

And here is their fleece 

I have a friend who knows how to spin. So I'm hoping she will be able to teach me and another friend of ours how to do it 

There is lots here to practice on 

Exciting isn't it 

See ya xxx

 

Feeding time

Have given  my budgies some fresh greens. 

They love the parsley so I tried some apple as well 

They have nibbled it. But the parsley is the clear winner 

Might have to plant more 

See ya cxx

Because I'm a good girl

 

Today I had to go to the dentist. 

I hate going to the dentist because I don't like pain or needles 

But I had to go. 

So because I was a good girl. And I didn't need anyone to hold my hand I decided to treat myself 

I needed new bathers. Swimming four times a week really ruins them quickly 

To buy new ones from the specialist shop is really expensive 

But during the winter. That's pretty much the only place you can buy them. 

So seeing the sale signs at millers and knowing that I need new swimmers I decided to go now and get some 

They had lots of swimming gear and only $20.00 each. Bargain 

Having spent, reluctantly over $100.00 on a pair in the middle of winter. I really loved the special price tag 

So at that price. I bought five new pairs. 

I think I should be right now for another year 

Or until millers have another sale 

See ya 

A productive morning

I've been itching to get back into it outside 

I wanted to pretty up the front. 

So the mission began with the solar trees

And this is how we are progressing 

Plant holding shelves with coloured pots and semi shade living plants 

 

Here they are all potted up 

I love nick nacks outside. So I'll continue to aquire these and add to the collection over time 

 

Then out back. These two garden beds were ruined by rabbits last year. The fence is now finished so hopefully my new seedlings will grow 

 

I even put seedlings in the big pot. 

No use wasting space. 

And my hanging birdcage planters I made nearly didn't make it last summer. 

So I've added coconut fibre. Hopefully it will help protect the plants from the heat. 

So I have been a busy girl today. 

Still lots to do. But I'm going to need hubby's help 

We need to do some major cutting back

But that's another day and another post 

See ya xxx

 

Pretties

Ever since my sons and daughter in laws wedding I have wanted a light up tree. 

The reception place had magnificent ones that looked amazing at night. 

Obviously I can't have those, not a bank robber, so I kept a look out for something smaller and more affordable 

Yesterday I found these. 

Yup at Aldi 

Only $50.00 each 

Still a lot of money. But much cheaper than anywhere else I've seen for the size 

 

So I bought two white ones and one pink one 

This is the pink one. It will light up that dark area at night 

 

And the two white light ones 

Should have enough light to be able to open the door if I forget to leave the outside light on 

And I put them all together all by my self. So they were very easy 

 

Here they are all lit up. It wasn't very dark yet. Just on dusk. 

They did get brighter as it got darker 

 

And the pink one. Isn't it pretty. 

I have the white ones on all the time. And the pink flashing 

Very happy girl I am 

See ya xxx