15 days only...

Rain in the distance...

Heavy clouds late yesterday afternoon...

Saw on the front of the local paper yesterday... Between now and Christmas there will only be 15 days, scattered, of sunshine...

Hmmmm, must say that that is not too good a prospect as I like to have my washing dried by the sun and not with the dryer. I got one when Russell and I were engaged... It was from my first Step Dad's boss' house... He was refurbishing the whole huge house they had and the cream dryer was not white as all the new furnishings were so it had to go. Had hardly been used and I got it for the bargain of $75. That was in 1992... It is still going strong. Should too as have only used it a dozen times or so in all that time. I seriously only use it when I really can't get out of it...

So here is hoping we have at least more half days of sunshine so that I can get my washing dry. Whites are out at the moment, the sun is up at the moment but there are very black clouds out and about that threaten the drying of my colours that I am about put out... Wish me luck I get them in again this arvo. :)

Cheers Damaris

They have arrived...

Fiona and her two babies...

Fiona, a dear friend from our village has been busting to get her little miniature goats for ages now... Yesterday, she brought her two girls home. :) The buck is coming yet. :)

Milking was done last night and am glad that one is letting down really well for her. The white one will get there :) The white one is also where Fiona intends to get the fleece from to do some spinning.

She ended up getting her girls from a lady in Nobby. That lady has been most helpful with everything to do with their care as well as offering to help teach her about spinning. How cool is that. Now that is after sales service for you :) :) :)

Now if only Russell would let me have a couple too... Yep keep dreaming Damaris...

Cheers Damaris

Meet one of our wild residents :)

Our resident Skink, living it up in the wood pile :)

This little one is a Cunningham's Skink... Isn't he the cutest thing you have ever seen??? No probably not but tell you what he has a good jaw on him. He latches on and doesn't let go for anything :)

This fellow has been living in our wood pile for a while now and when we had to move that pile, so as to make way for where the cubby will now go, he was there and so the boys picked him up and played with him for a while. Later they returned him to his wood pile but in a new area. :)

Hope he stays around for a while longer. :) Sad to see though that his tail and one of his feet are just stumps. Trust me though he gets around just fine :) Good to see that :)

Cheers Damaris

Chick update...

They are growing like there is no tomorrow... Joshua held them up in pairs and then I took a shot of them in the bath to get a good view of their changing colours. They are so beautiful and am now just hoping that most of them are hens... Roosters are off to the Pig n Calf in the Summer holidays...

Cheers Damaris

Pathway is gone...

Joshua and Timothy on top of Tidalick...

Way over the river banks... The creek in front of my shouldn't be there...

Top of a Table just sitting out of water... Lunch anyone???

The trees mark the bank and where footpaths should be.

Steps to go down to footpath, nowhere to be seen...

Water, water and more water...

The amounts of rain that we have had lately has been amazing... Yesterday we all went into town and watched a movie... Was not advertised as being 3D but that is what we ended up having to pay for. Not impressed I must say... I didn't see the point of the 3D at all... In future I will not bow to pressure of people standing in line behind me waiting to get their tickets. Plain false advertising is what it was... Not happy Jan...

Anyway, now that that is off my chest, lol, we did see an amazing sight when we went into Warwick... The Condamine River was up, boy was it up. Have not seen it like that since we have moved here and locals say they have not in a long, long time either... We are due to get more rain this week so wonder how much further it can go. Timothy's bus driver for High School said that once it did get to be at the actual bridge but that was many, many years ago... Hope it doesn't get that high as allot would be under water, that's for sure.

Enjoy the piccies...

Cheers Damaris

Cubby update...

So much for accurate precut wood...

Well today Russell had a day off and we ventured out into the shed... More work has been done :) Yay, gotta be happy with that... Soon we will be out of the shed and putting it together in its final spot... Soon can't come quickly enough for me. Am getting very, very impatient. This has taken a year now.

I realise that it doesn't help that Russell is only home on the weekend, that most of the last few weeks it has rained, that there is always something else that seems more important and that his back and my leg have been playing up for longer than we care to remember... We are getting there, slowly but surely. :)

Cheers Damaris

Gone quackers...

Timothy and the new drake...

Timothy and the female duck...

Beaks forming a loveheart...

All three at the water container...

Wednesday was a real blessing. I was to go to the Pig n Calf to get a couple of ducks for our lonely one here at home... She was bobbing her head towards chooks. That is just too sad for me...

On the Tuesday a friend called and remembered that I was after a couple of ducks and said that there were some being given away and did I want them. Sure I did... Saved me a trip to the Pig n Calf and got me home from town much quicker than I thought I would so was very happy on the way going past and picking up a male and female pair...

Have had them in the relocation cage for the rest of this week and have added the other lonely duck as well. You should have seen the action that the male got up to with my boys not even having shut the door on them. He was right into it, or her should I say... hehe

Anyway, they are all getting along really well and will let them out in another week or so. Timothy has fallen hard for the male and he is his. Joshua was sad when he saw him as it reminds him of his Drake Quack that he lost a while back to a fox...

So here is hoping that they lay soon and that we get some more girls out of it. :)

Cheers Damaris