So nice to so feral.....

the day started off just gorgeous.............

from this to this in 2 mins......

my screen was not big enough to capture it for you it was so big and so amazing I was in awe..........so pleased I had turned around to shut the gate..............

then when the sun was about to rise about 10 mins later the clouds behind the mountains were just outlined at the top with the bright light............

the the power had already gone off for ages at work so we finally left and a dust storm was hitting town as I left...................

early on my road home it was down to 50m visibility due to the dust.......it then improved..........i had some rain...........then dust again and at times both together..............

The verendahs are beyond disgusting..........off to start vacumning now.............

the temps dropped from 37 in town to 23 in the car when I got home..............

How could a day start so pretty and end so feral............

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue........

Start and end....

Sunrise was stunning..........

so quickly it changes

10 mins later............

I headed off walking and the light was still creating amazing things 15mins later................real life is even better.............

And not to be outdone by the sunrise here is the  sunset............

And really I never take for granted these amazing sights even though I get them all the time.............Another hot one today.........When I walked this afternoon it was 38 deg........we only walked in the shade..............

Enjoy what is around you............

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.....

Changes......

We had so much trouble with the windmill the last year and with no rain we had massive water issues...........

when you live where we live no ground water = no sheep and cows = no farm income.........

We bit the bullet so to speak and pulled up the windmill pipes and installed solar panels and new pump..........we always have sun and it will pump anytime during the day water levels start to drop in the tanks..........wind at times is unreliable here......we can get by when we have water in the dams but when that  is gone and we need to water many more paddocks on the farm then we could not get enough water...........and the bonus is I a have a little extra water for my garden..........the windmill stand will stay there absolutely useless but I love seeing a windmill...........

I snapped this photo on my walk this morning........

out with the old in with the new..........

today I did my 10 mins on the machine and then cut some more "Edwardsia" blocks.........then it was far to hot in the Chookshed even with the air con on so we moved back inside to continue and the much better air con...........

And my friend Kylie @ Indigo and Quince was visiting for the night and she remembered this trip to bring her EPP........she had it packed last time and left it all on the bench at home..........

BUT this is a girl who was NOT i repeat NOT going to get into EPP..............but she keeps visiting and slowly I have turned her into a fan..........and she has started a second EPP quilt.......she found this one in the USA I think and I just can't remember the name at the minute but it is lovely.........and she is very addicted........she was never going to make an EPP quilt let alone in browns...........HHHEEEE guess I won............

She has to make 12 blocks and I saw two and i'm loving it also.........

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it's a stinker here today so nice to be hanging out inside in the air con watching the winter olympics..........go Aussies...........

Enjoy your weekend......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

Why I walk.......

Prepare yourselves girls.................the 2nd 10min challenge I am adding to my life is EXERCISE...........

Most of us  do NOT get enough exercise daily............I am out of my routine walking program so it is high time to get back on track and I can usually do 20 or more but I am doing 10 and my 7 minute workout challenge. (app on my phone) 

I'm on day 2 of my exercises and hooley dooley.............the body knows about it but tomorrow it will be better and by the next day all will be good............it's just starting and I have to stick with it..........

I had done no where near enough steps today so went for a short walk just before dark....................the sun was setting out the front and as I headed off out the back the moon started to rise...............

there was a gentle breeze.............the birds were calling there last calls for the day as they were roosting for the night............

It was magical............I am back to walking............

so no matter what - you do what exercise can you find to do each day this month for 10 mins..........

Who's joining me and Googy Girl????

Susan's keen...........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.......

PS don't worry I am still doing my 10 mins sewing on the machine.............

this is extra.........

Another wall of dust.....

And you wonder why someone turns to the drink........ its not good when the neighbours trees disappear to a brown wall..........

Yet another dust storm to clean up from....

the last one was less the two weeks ago.......

another day in paradise...... 

Catch you later...... 

Chookyblue.....

Owl/s.............

How many can you see?

Hhhmmmm........so today was 40..........i'm not going to complain as the next few are 41-42......and the coolest day is next Sunday (a week away) forecast 37..........

Means I need to get my Chookshed sewing in before the sun rises...........

6 days in and I've got my time done each day.......today 2 x 10mins.........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.........

A matter of minutes.....

The other morning I was up at "sparrows fart" and on the road...........

my reward was the sunrise.........

there was a hint it was going to be lovely...........

5 mins later...............it was trying to burst thru......

another 5 minutes later...........

this was to the right.........the colours are not truly captured but it is a stunning light that only last for a short  time..........

5 mins later again.........up behind the clouds.........the rays all shining out........

random rose flowering in my garden............

I love nature..........except for the dust storm on Thursday night..........I went away Friday morning so still to clean up.........it was so thick the dust is deep my friends...........bring on some more rain......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

drowned rat............

Found my first Jacaranda flower on the ground this weekend..............

You know what they.............

"when the bloom of the Jacaranda tree is here Christmas time is near"

Its a line out of this Christmas carol "Christmas Where the Gum Trees Grow"

(another wild video by me trying to video and feed sheep all at once)

Lets rewind one week...........the Sunday 8th Oct I was feeding sheep and became a drowned rat.............only got 1/2 the sheep fed and down it came for a few minutes............it showered all day..........

AMAZING and GORGEOUS rain.............

We had our biggest fall all year 29mms of rain..........

With a few more bits I think we ended up with 40mms over a few days................AND we have good rain forecast end of this week so fingers crossed it does happen..........there is a green tinge but we need follow up............then a quick heavy inch to run some water into the dams.............

Now I feel like an ad for a body transformation cream/diet..........lol but the garden was looking so dead........I've got a few before (above) and after (below) shoots to see what the rain did to the lawn............

Some of the plants are still having there spring shoot............but I am a little worried about some not actually coming back to life..............

already have a few bushes to pull out..........

Excuse the guinea fowl wandering thru the photo...........

nearly lost my big rose on the trellis.......

It's still got a way to go but OMG 7 days difference in these pics...........

AND now  I have some extra regular bore water for my garden.......

doing cartwheels about that with excitement...........

Amazing hey.........

My reward for walking yesterday afternoon..........

nature is AMAZING.........

one day after the rain there are little green shoots in the paddocks.........

how can that happen so fast..........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.........

Lucy and flowers......

nothing much to say other then 10 hrs in a car as passenger you can get a fair bit of sewing done.......so once I had the cream on the other block in my last post I started sewing some new blocks............

I think it takes about 3 hours to sew this together..............anyone else timed how long this takes to sew together........just the sewing............have not included the cutting and gluing..............

some flowers along the way...........

this one looks prettier then in this photo........

these are all from Shiralee Stitches..........the ones I prepped last month........

these will be in Lucy2

this one now just needs it's next set of red pairs added on.............

Could have nearly got it finished but fingers were getting sore from stitching and after 4.5hrs with a 10 min break I had had enough.....

my tally for Lucy is over 50 blocks now............

never to late to start a Lucy.........

Are you doing Lucy????

How are you going with your blocks and quilt????

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

The weekend.....

Sat weeks ago I had planned a luncheon..............it was supposed to be with a big log fire down the creek and cook some camp ovens..........

Friday came and it was ghastly to say the least..........blowing a gale.........freezing cold, dust whipping up everywhere in the afternoon...............AND the same was forecast for Saturday......wonderful...........NOT...........mother nature  I was having guest outside.........nope she was playing mean and nasty.........

This photo of me taking the pets out away from the camp oven fires does not truly represent how feral Sat was...........it looks calm and still.......nice and sunny............it was far from it..........the winds were coming off snow somewhere down south it was disgusting.........dust was blowing around but we still sat outside........

lucky my camp oven fires are in pits.............they could stay warm and cook

I forgot to take photos but this one is from the internet.....you get the idea..........

Anyway I cooked a couple of meat dishes - Korma chicken curry and almost burnt the Beef in Red Wine.......I cooked chat potatoes in the camp oven too......

Some friends brought desserts and there was too much left over and we had to have that for breaky the next day............

you should try the apple and barley bake...........we also had left over sticky date  and caramel sauce and cream............yes I was a bit naughty on the weekend but its a one off..........anyway we made the most of the day..............found the most protected area around the house which made things slightly bare-able..........and we had a great time.............

I had to check the water on another property and there was a bit of a leak at the tank..............love how the water caught the light.........

glorious sunset..........I see so many good ones but I never take them for granted..........they are always special...........and never ever the same......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.....

Droving..............

A few weeks ago I traded places with one of my brothers..........swapped cattle for cattle..........instead of being in the yards pregnancy testing and mustering I was on the road droving..........

long time readers of my blog would know I have spent many days on the road droving..........but this was just a one off day............

and whiling away the hours besides keeping the cows in line I did some stitching...........that is until you get too grotty..............Baby wipes are my friend......

Just some pics from the day playing with my camera.............

playing with my macro lens......

Swapped utes with my brother........he had a chair in so I got to sit out in the sun for awhile.........it was a glorious day..........pretty still...........i got a block finished but I can't find the photo of it and another block.........

long straight roads......plenty of these in my neck of the world..........

amazing skies.........

a couple of dogs........if only  I could remember their names maybe they would have been useful.......

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.........