Stitched

I've been doing alot of sewing lately but Jar's blanket has been on my list for about two years and it's finally done!

 Castle Peeps snuggle blanket - hopefully worth the wait!

 Some burp clothes for a friends beautiful baby boy

 and a bag with some goodies in the pockets for a special someone!

Unfortunately I don't follow this advice before I sew!!



He's Bananas !!

I bribed Ned to try a banana - the best $3 I spent cause now he likes them!

 

Friday Phone Dump

1. Harvest 2.Good and bad mail 3.Flowers 4.Vintage sheet washing day 5.Hands free Ned style 6.Crafting 7.Jed 8.Dehydrating tomato's 9.More vintage sheets



Circus

Ned ran away to join the circus - well only on Saturday mornings!!  He learns juggling, acro, trapeze, cloud and he absolutely loves it.

Garden Update

I've had a good year with tomato's and zucchini but pretty bad for anything else.  Jar and I covered out fence with bamboo and built a chicken proof gate out of garden stakes and cable ties!

 

Eco Expo

Ned and I went to the Eco Expo for a wander and it was so good.  Heaps of great stalls and information and I signed up for a free composting course!

 

Ned fell in love with with this baby wallaby - we went back to this stall about 3 times so he could have more cuddles.



Fisherwoman

Jar went fishing with Pop and came home with these beauty's - as you can see we didn't waste a bit!!

sarina show - a pictorial

buggar

making soup and put my finger where the carrot was meant to be!!  

two hours of waiting, $160, four stitches and instructions to sleep with my hand pointing up (???) later I was back home sore and sorry!!

friday phone dump

1. waiting 2. rockin the sunnies 3. cool shop display 4. going up 5. school pickup 6. sour licorice 7. more shopping 8. savings 9. vintage kitchen cannisters

eleven

11 years of wedded bliss - they are really starting to come round fast now!!!

disco fever

school disco theme was crazy and colourful and they certainly were !!!

break and enter

bloody chickens broke into my vege patch and totally destroyed my potato patch and took out half of the bok choy too!!!

friday phone dump

1. feather fabric 2. selfie with chook 3. freshly picked 4. jar's cooking 5. homemade salt and pepper squid 6. playdate at the harbour 7. jed having a milkshake (we got if for free!) 8. flake shake 9. on the way to the vets

moto neddy

Ali bought this little bike off some friends when he was working in Moranbah - it was a total steal at $50 !!

It is so tiny and a perfect starter for Ned.

 The maiden voyage

 Support crew!!!

getting pretty

well trying to !!!

student of the week

Student of the week for always showing a positive approach to learning!

xoxo

friday phone dump

1. so yummy 2. pies delivered by a friend 3. trying to work with my gigantic finger 4. brekkie 5. the worst art installation ever 6. jar cruising 7. old sewing machines at the dump shop 8. really cool lilo I picked up at the oppy 9. brekkie a bunnings

In the bin film festival

We packed up our blankets, snacks, thermos's and camp chairs and headed off the the 'in the bin short film festival' that was part of the festival of arts month.  It was held on an oval and was freezing but we snuggled up with hot choc and enjoyed the show. The films were fantastic and it's going to be a regular annual event for us.

chook whisperer

Jar showing our chooks a good time!

Firestarter

We taught Ned how to start a fire (safely) and now he's our go to man for weekend fire sessions and will be all set if he's ever lost in the wild !!!!!

Technical Difficulties

Update coming soon - we have had no home phone or internet since the 13th July and it looks like Telstra are going to drag it out a bit longer yet !!



Caine's Arcade

I just cannot get this story out of my mind! Caine’s Arcade is the creation of 9-year old Caine who spent the summer at his dad’s used auto shop entertaining himself with cardboard boxes. No tv’s, no video games…just scissors, tape and cardboard boxes. It’s a reminder to myself: when we let our kids explore and experiment in unconventional ways, truly incredible things can happen.

friday phone dump

School holidays so lot's happening!!

 1. Countdown to a week off 2. Bad spelling at our local cafe 3. Flowers from the vege patch 

4. Sewing 5. Baileys and Rocky Horror 6. Trimmings 7. Fishing 8. Pop and Ned playing Wii 9. Sushi

 1.Paper trimmings 2. Buttons 3. Dried pineapple 4. Clowns 5. Kitchen door quote 6. Cake pops sorta!! 7. Masks 8. Cake pops 9. Pigout with Jar - hot cob loaf dip!

1. Jed cuddling up to the vet's dog 2. Bad dinner cooker (i did add veges) 3. Mess 4. Jar 5. Ned's hair did not respond well to being hair dryed 6. Coffee break 7. Jed 8. Movies 9. Neat as a (sewing) pin!

friday phone dump

Last week

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1. Jedda 2. Family pic 3. Shopping list by Ned 4. Bike ride 5. Free lolly pops 6. Egg cartons 7. Ugg boot convention at markets 7. Picnic fun 8. Fresh chook for dinner!!!

 This week

1. Roasted cauliflower 2. Rainbow silverbeet seedling 3. Paddlepop in bed 4. Avengers fabric for ned 

5. Lazy day 6. Sweet treats for ali to take out to work 7. Vegetarian spring rolls 8. Fabric!! 

9. Report card

Urban Farming

Our backyard is fast becoming a little urban farm.  It's our third year of having a vege patch which have always produced plenty for us and stacks to give away. We also have black sapote (choc pudding fruit), avocado's, mango, custard apples and mulberry tree's - some of these are in neighbours yards and grow over onto our side but we can still pick a decent amount off them. This year we are growing three types of spuds, tomato's (grosse lisse) and some random ones that have popped up, zucchini, capsicum, sweet pea's, white dwarf beans, garlic, lettuce and I have another bed to fill yet !!

 We also have our gorgeous girls who have laid everyday without fail.  We have had approx 810 eggs from them since we got them - that's 67.5 dozen !!!!  I have also been reading up on bee keeping and think Ned's old fort is a perfect spot for a couple of hives though I have a fair bit of convincing to do before that's going to happen!!