Visiting Grandma...

Our youngest had an ENT appointment at the hospital so he was with hubby and I, when we went visiting on Friday... Was great to catch up with hubby's mum and brother. Hadn't seen them since Christmas...

My youngest is allot taller than he was back then :) Was great to get an updated picture at the same time :)

Blessings,

Snoozing dogs...

This morning the two of them were visiting my eldest in his room...

He had clothes on his bed, as usual. The dogs still managed to find a couple of spots and snuggle in for a sleep in :)

Blessings,

Yummy leftovers...

This morning the chooks got leftovers...

They got some Matsoni as well as Milk Kefir and some outdated milk...

The mess that resulted was amazing and had us in giggles... The whole container was consumed in a very short amount of time, as usual ;)

Blessings,

Tiny frog...

When hubby moved our garden hose to wash the BBQ, this little frog came out to say 'Hello'

Blessings,

More flowers out...

My wattles are flowering more and more and the smell is so intoxicating... The bees are having a ball too :)

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Visitors!!!

My best friend and her two beautiful boys came to visit us in the mountains today...

We had such a great time. So much laughter, so much fun. We even played UNO :)

A BBQ had been requested, so I asked my two boys to bring ours up from near the shed... My youngest complied :) He did it all by himself! And what a huge effort too!

What we found was a BBQ that had a huge mouse nest in it as well as many spiders calling it home...

Hubby, even though he's still not feeling totally well, got to it and cleaned it up so beautifully... I bought new briquettes and kitty litter to soak up the oil drippings. Was fantastic to use it, after not having used it for... About 7 years! I know... That's so bad! 

I had wanted the BBQ up at the house since we had finished the outdoor area and now it's there :) 

Was sooooo great to have beautiful friends over to rechristen the BBQ. Even Nova scored a mini sausage that hubby accidentally dropped :) The BBQ now has a new cover for it as well and will be used heaps now :)

I love it that she now has a working car that can get her here and back home in one piece... Was a bit iffy before. :) All good now!

Blessings,

Wow... Eggs!!!

Yes, it's been ages since our last lot. My eldest and I went to look today if we had some, by some sort of miracle...

And there were 5 lovely eggs!!! Woohoo, so exited. Never mind that I bought a dozen today... :(

This means that they will all start laying soon. They are all or nothing...

Am picking up my youngest brother's three girls on Sunday after my shift at work so will have 20 chooks again...

I'm about to be inundated with eggs... Yay!!!

Blessings

Keeping company...

Bailey and Nova are keeping my youngest company tonight while he's doing his homework...

Such hard work for them hehe

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Happy Birthday...

Hubby's turned another year older today... 48!

He's had a great day... We all have :)

Here's to another wonderful year ahead!

Blessings,

Shining brightly...

Got this candle at Aldi today more so because I was intrigued...

When you light the candle, it changes colour blending from one to the other...

Absolutely amazing!!! It really works... Smells divine to boot :)

Blessings,

Wattles...

Loving having the wattles out in flower at the moment... Oh, and the perfume in the air!!!

My big wattle is only just starting to flower... The bees have been very busy buzzing and collecting pollen :)

Blessings,

Dogs listening to eldest reading...

Besides his love for anything Minecraft, another of his passion is reading... 

Currently that's either the old Asterix books or Animorphs!

Here, he's reading and both the dogs are listening most intently... ;)

Blessings,

Jumpers and Jazz...

It's the 10th year for this wonderful Festival. Went into town today to celebrate hubby's Birthday, one day early and to look at the trees...

Loved them... And the music and atmosphere was just lovely too :)

Below is the Maryvale School of Arts Craft Group entry... Great job again, Ladies... This year's theme was Mama Mia! Hence the Spaghetti Bol! :)

Blessings,

Very proud Mum...

My eldest got a Principal Award last Thursday! Hubby and I are so proud of him...

Man, he has come such a long way from the days of attending Autism Qld for two years to needing help every day in the SHS Support Unit.

It's just amazing to see how wonderfully he is catered for in and out of class...

He's in Year 11 this year and it's the first time ever that all his subjects are in normal mainstream classes. Due to his Aspie needs, he still has teacher aide help in seven lessons each week. Just seven! Quite a bit of his work is also scaffolded still but it works well. Wow, what changes...

He has grown so much over the last few years...

So, so proud of his constant hard work in behavior and effort. It's paying off big time!!!

Blessings

New babies...

Have added some more babies to one of my worm farms :)

We have moved the farm into a more sheltered area, from the frost that is coming early next week... Don't want any to freeze... 

Less scraps will be going to the chooks though from now on and more to the worms... They had been a little neglected... :(

But no more :) Have been enjoying their lovely worm poo and worm juice too :)

Blessings,

Clouds...

Driving home this afternoon, I encountered the most amazing clouds up in front of me...

Just incredible...

Blessings,

What a sunrise...

It was beyond beautiful... I couldn't stop looking at it...

Love it out here...

Blessings,

Nova playing on the laptop...

My eldest was reading Asterix books online... Nova wanted to read too :)

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Mum and Son time...

Was my eldest' turn this afternoon :) straight after school.

The Coffee Club was a great place to eat, drink and chat :)

Loved spending time with him :) Am so proud of the young man he's becoming...

Blessings,

Latest read...

Now this one I have wanted to get to for a little while and now is the time...

Am enjoying so far :)

My husband is my hero...

Blessings,

Started and finished already...

Started reading this book at 7:30pm... Finished 12:25am the next morning...

Just couldn't put it down! Balled my eyes out most of the last little bit...

Such a great read...

Blessings,

Leaning tower of... Pillows...

Not the leaning tower of Pisa... Hehe

My eldest loves his pillows... They give him comfort at night. He wraps them along one side of the bed, near the wall...

They have to be soft, purple if possible :) His colour :)

Blessings,

Sunset at our place...

Had to take this shot last night... The moon was in the sky and the sun was nearly gone...

Love living here...

Blessings,

Green babies...

Found these hiding in our container today. The water has allot of mozzie larvae which keeps them fed.

There are three living here but one jumped off the side and decided to go for a long dive :) It's also bigger than these two in the picture.

The container, we actually use to soak our coir bricks when making our own garden soil. Water has gotten in it from rain, so they are hibernating there by the looks. Would have thought it'd get too cold but the container has sun on it all day and would probably keep the heat well at night too... Clever little things :)

Blessings,

Native bees...

Our Native Australian Stingless Bees are busy at the moment...

Love to see and hear them in action :)

The sun is out in force today so the hive is busy, busy, busy!

Blessings,

Lemonade...

My youngest got another one off his tree this morning...

Love the smell :)

Blessings,

Ouch!!!

My youngest was peeling the potatoes... Three of them as they weighed 1.3kg... Yep, they were huge!

He was just about done and all of the sudden he was crying out in agony...

He'd done a good job of peeling his left pointing finger, nail and skin all in one. Took a while for the bleeding to stop. Panadol came in handy...

It will take a long time to heal as he took allot off. It's nicely packaged up and he's still resting it regularly :)

Poor darlin'

Blessings,

Bones, bones, bones...

Dogs love them :)

Ours are loving theirs! Even the chooks got a couple of the small ones...

Blessings,