More star gazing...

Hubby and my youngest have loved spending some alone time in the hammock...

If only the young one would lie still... Even for a little while...

Blessings,

Another date...

My youngest and I enjoyed our time at The Coffee Club yesterday afternoon...

We did have to rush a little though as hubby was making homemade Pizza for dinner... Both were very yummy ;)

Blessings,

It is lit...

I got this candle from my Mum a while ago...

I had not wanted to light it but today it was just so inviting... Ahhhh, the smell ;)

Blessings,

Sourdough starter...

Well, two actually in the end...

Couple of weeks ago, I gave away milk and water kefir grains as well as Matsoni culture and received a cup of sourdough starter in return :)

This morning, I fed it for the first time... It is slowly waking from its cool slumber in the fridge!

After contacting my Mum, I started my own starter... I'm rather happy with the outcome so far.

I'm going to keep them both going... The instructions for both are very different. Will be interesting to see which one produces the better bread as well as ends up being the easiest to upkeep...

On the left is the gift, on the right is my own...

Blessings,

Our potatoes...

Last weekend, my youngest and I went on a hunt :)

A hunt for potatoes... No tyre was left unturned...

We got enough large, medium and baby sized ones for a meal :) Tonight, we feasted!

Blessings,

Staring into space...

This is what my hubby walked into the house to... He had been down in the shed...

Nova didn't even take notice of him while he was trying to get a good shot for me.

Great balancing act, Nova!

Blessings,

Where'd the screw go???

Hubby had been looking for ages for the little monster... He even had my youngest involved as he has great eyes for tat sort of thing :)

Where's he find it??? When he took his glasses off, to get a better few if the minute screw, it had magnetically put itself on hubby's glasses!!!

He only found it when he took off his glasses way later to clean the lenses...

Strong magnets in them glasses... Glad he doesn't have a pacemaker!

Blessings,

Love to read...

This pile though, I must say, is a little overwhelming...

I will get there... I get so much joy out of reading. These books are soooo good for my soul...

Blessings,

Ouch...

Hubby tried out his glider today... The wind had died down and twice he tried to get it to go up...

Twice it nosedived as it went the wrong direction... Poor plane. Its nose needs adjusting as at the moment it's a little squished...

I hope hubby can fix it, so he can keep on going with his dream :)

Blessings,

Ahhhh, she's a lovely girl...

This is the tamest of the three that my brother gave us a fortnight ago... 

She has a cute nature and loves to chat :)

She loves a cuddle and goes just about limp when you stroke her down her waddle... 

All three have fitted in really well. Have seen no fighting at all... Though they don't eat with all the others but they all drink together :) All in good time... Something we have allot of here... Love it slow. 

Blessings,

Oh, what a crop...

Noticed about a week ago, that Floppy had a huge crop...

She is still eating and drinking fine. Has not lost any of her condition and doing chooky things, just like normal. It was centred last week but I noticed today that it is leaning to the right. It's huge... Imagine holding a grapefruit huge... Not tight and there's been no throwing up either... Her droppings are normal too. 

Tonight, when the chooks get shut in, I'll seperate her with her own source of water and grain... Hoping she's ok... 

Blessings,

It's done...

One down, three more to go. Well, we have another to build and the other two will come closer to summer :)

So happy to see one done. It looks great. At the moment it is just sitting and brewing with all the great organic stuff we have put into the garden bed!

Come Monday morning, hubby and I will plant it out with seedlings we picked up today :) Can't wait!

The rest of the pile of soil you see in the photo will go into the other bed, which will be situated right next to the completed one :)

Blessings,

Sooo sleepy and comfy...

I couldn't help it... She was a bit cold from doing her business outside before having her brekkie... She needed a quick warm up. Under the covers always works quicker then on top... Here's the cute Nova doing her thing. Yep, sleeping again...

So cute, so adorable...

Blessings,

5 layers...

Last couple of weeks I was having one of my hens lay. One week ago, another joined her... As of today, there are five layers!!!

There are only four eggs though as one got squashed by a chook! So, here are the four, very differently sized eggs :)

Keep them coming lovelies...

A magical day...

Got up late today :) Drank my 2 litres of water, as has now been done all week, and got on with dishes and dinner :)

While dinner was cooking, I even went out and did the last of the shoveling of soil for the new garden bed! I now need plants in there :) But off course the frosts are here... No point... But they'll be snug in the hothouse :) Might just get another garden bed tomorrow and some seedlings...

Today's weather was wonderful... Hardly a breeze, yesterday we got up to 51km/hr winds! There was a heavy frost last night too! The sun did such a great job of warming everything up. The bees were out finding the pollen again. No chance of that yesterday...

Blessings,

Oh la la...

I love clear sinks! I love clean bench tops! I love clutter free kitchens...

I might start decluttering again :) It's been a while and there are a couple of areas in the house that need a little attention ;)

Blessings,

Mr Fixit...

That's my hubby... My Dad's computer has been playing up for a while. This afternoon, he came over to see what my hubby could do with it.

Problems were diagnosed. Issues solved and now it's all well again... Now, to tackle the laptop ;)

Blessings,

Soggy cake...

Made it today when my Dad was visiting... It's hubby's favourite cake :) My youngest wanted six pieces hehe. My eldest loved having some...

I hadn't made it in a long time as the coconut isn't failsafe... Today was a very special treat!

Blessings,

Star and meteor shower gazing...

Yep, hubby's keen... It's a chilly 11 degrees right now and here he is in the hammock with a doona around him. He's having a ball... Can't ask for more than that. 

We have the sky for it out here... The view is always spectacular, that's for sure... Hope that Never changes...

Blessings,

Morning tea...

Made this for hubby today for morning tea...

Mud cake in mug!!! Yummy... You can share, but when you take your time, it can be eaten by just one ;)

Blessings,

Settling in...

The three lovely chooks from my brother are settling in :) The were in one of my relocation cages so they could get used to their new home. That stay lasted just under a week.

Last night, only one of the three had to be put to bed by hand into the big chook house. The other two went in by themselves :)

They are getting there... Still preferring to eat on their own they are starting to come up to me when I have grain and rattle the container... No silly chooks here hehe

Soon they'll be just another three of the crowd of 20 chooks! Yay!!!

Blessings,

Pomegranate trees shooting...

The frost we are due to get over the next few weeks will hopefully not kill the lovely little shoots our trees have on them... Will see...

Blessings,

Loquat fruit protection...

Hubby and I were out this morning protecting the loquat tree, well the fruit... No wallabies or hares getting these, thank you very much!

The bags we bought off the net and are a great size. 

Can't wait to eat them ;)

Blessings,

An extra layer...

The dozen eggs are all from the same lovely hen... Yesterday another chook has joined in and has laid as well :)

Yay! So happy to have my first dozen for the season... Thank you lovely, precious hen!

Blessings,

Huge centipede...

The photo doesn't do it justice... Yep, it was huge!!!

We found it while shoveling soil into the new garden bed... Glad it's gone... Alive but gone...

Blessings,

Lunch date...

Had a great lunch with my youngest yesterday...

Love eating at Bryson's... I know the boys are loving spending time with both hubby and I on their own. Amazing what they come out with... Feeling very honoured and blessed...

Blessings,

Babies growing...

The green tree frogs that are living in one of our containers have really grown... And they are still enjoying the water very much :)

Blessings,

New garden bed on its way...

It's massive. Much bigger than hubby and I imagined. Two will be in the same spot, next to each other... I can't wait.

Was great to do this altogether too. The garden beds are situated near my youngest garden bed as well as the Stingless Bees :)

Tomorrow we order a heap of soil... Then the taking turns of soil shoveling will commence :)

Blessings, 

Mixed frozen veggies...

Yep, this odd looking carrot was in our packet... No, it was not eaten by humans but the worms are certainly enjoying it!

Blessings,

Cute butt cheeks...

Sometimes when hubby gets things in the mail, there is packaging like bubble wrap or pillows of sorts.

My youngest used two to make his butt look a little... Perkier, shall we say?

Giggles all round, plus the oldest chasing him around to see if he can pop them hehe

Blessings,

Will it live???

My eldest knows... He knows not to take food or drink in his room...

While I was having a shower... He poured himself a cup of Water Kefir, left the empty bottle on the bench and took the cup with him, to his room.

I came out into the kitchen and thought he'd had the drink and just forgotten to wash up the bottle... All of the sudden, Bang! Oh, Noooooo... Towels come out of the cupboard and now he's panicking!

Hubby took the whole keyboard apart, dried it all and ever so carefully put it back together...

Then to see if it still works... Yes, it does!!! My hubby's a genius! But I always knew that :)

Blessings,

Willy wagtail interested...

Not only the dogs and chooks showed interest in the doggy bones but also our resident willy wagtail... Was jumping around all over the place :)

Didn't know what to do with it in the end so left hehe

Blessings,

Bees galore...

The rosemary is in full flower at the moment!

The bees are being kept very busy, indeed! Can you spot the one in the middle of this photo?

Blessings,

Garlic is on its way...

Love growing our on food...

Can't wait to taste it... Always, always so much better from your own land ;)

Blessings,

Off the Bucket List...

My hubby attempted once, when we first moved out here, to fly remote control airplanes...

Perfect place. So much land. No trees to get in the way. No hassles for neighbours. He never really got into it back then...

Now is a different story... He's even in the process of making a 30m runway :)

He's loving the painting and putting the planes together :)

Some scenery shots...

From here...

Blessings,