Am Finally A Grandma!

 g'day folks & a Happy New Year for 2024!

well, at the end of 2023 I became a grandma, both my daughters decided to have babies & we have a boy born in November to my DD2 & a lovely girl in December to my DD1; they both got what they wanted too

DS & his Partner came round for xmas day inviting old friends to join him, that he hadn't seen since he lived here, so it was fairly quiet here, way too hot to do much, they stayed for a few days & also arranged for me to go spend 3 days with the girls, which was lovely

I did finish my Easy Cable socks, have another 2 on the go

Joined in with a wonderful xmas mystery stocking KaL with Arne & Carlos over the December for Advent, brushing up on my fairisle skills, which was a lot of fun

still knitting my aran jumper but also started another 2 top down to learn;

also still enjoying the Hexagons, not quite finished the cushion i started but do have an array of hexies on the go

have almost got my carport finished, we also started on the fascia boards, once finished will be a lovely bright pink (totally sick of the gray look around the neighbourhood) then we'll get roofing iron to go around the house, maintenance is something i never learned & wish I had, never saw my parents doing any either but they rented ...

also have plans to start on the front veranda sometime this year too

which will be used as a catio

no news on the chicken front, managed to purchase 5 new ones last year, hope to keep new blood flowing as funds allow.

the orchard is proceeding very slowly, nothing seems to want to grow around here but will persevere with it, am also investing in raised beds for the trees so no one mows over them, this hopefully will help them grow better

well, that's it from me, am totally addicted to YouTube renos at the moment so writing in here is pretty much benched but will try to keep updates in

hope you are all warm /cool in your neck of the world

thanx for visiting

 g'day!

my goodness! another year has got away from us again! 

still pottering on with knitting, still got the Easy Cable socks going, am on to the 2nd one at least.

have another baby chicken hatch out (only one) bit of a mix up with the mums but one did take on the mothering duties thankfully.

have got the frame work & shade cloth up for my car port;

raised my old garden bed & slowly getting it filled, have managed to plant some fruit trees out finally.

the pony was taken away to be broken in & has found himself a new owner, they both seem happy.

made new front gardens & slowly getting them filled & fighting with a scrub turkey who likes to dig out my small plants.

well, I'd better get off my butt & start getting ready for our xmas, have all 3 kids coming up along with their partners on Boxing day for lunch; my DD1 is staying for about a week.

have a very merry xmas & a safe & happy new year

thanx for visiting

 g'day!

what a mad year it was in 2020, our markets closed early in March & we watched the world sink itself. what a mess.

it's now 2021 & hopefully a better year for all, some of us are still in lockdown around the globe as the virus takes on new mutations, wonderful! 

happy to say i've stayed reasonably healthy but then i don't travel anywhere

our markets hopefully start up at the end of the month, last sunday in Feb. YAY

we are still debating whether to do weekly , fortnightly or monthly, will let you know

knitting

not a lot has been done, have more problems with my hands which seemed to have settled down slightly, finished my Hermione Everyday socks & wearing them, finished my sons jumper too & am trying to work out how to make fingerless gloves for that's what he has asked for, have tried twice now but keep getting the fingers wrong. 

also finally started my BWM cardigan, not much though before the summer heat hit & also found a lovely pattern for my jumper, will show photos next blog. 

started more socks, currently have Easy Cable socks by Winwick Mum (on my side bar, she has lots of tutorials for socks) on the go in BWMs multisock yarn Lagoon & 2 others on the go to keep it all interesting

on the home front i had several disasters last year, not life threatening but close hah

septic sludge pit totally died so the water was backing up & flooding my laundry, termites in the toilet door frame/jam, both of these have been sorted except for toilet door needs work, the front door is collapsing as well.

life is full of little & large journeys/surprises to keep us on our toes, front door is still waiting to be looked at. 

livestock

baby chickens! they are so adorable! my DD1 & her BF incubated a few eggs (5doz @) not sure if i'll go that way again, all up we only got 20 that hatched; 4 out of the first lot, they came here end of November & 15 from the 2nd lot; 1st batch were a mixed & the 2nd were Buff Orpingtons & Silver & Gold Lace Wyandots, only got one gold; hopefully we get mostly hens; already lost one of the babies, it just disappeared over night, am guessing maybe small snake.

they are all quite big now & the 1st lot should be ready to lay eggs soon, can't wait.

DD1s BF also has a young horse that will be coming here too, he is just putting up a fence...

well, will quit here 

hope everyone is keeping safe

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xmas

hope everyone has a very safe holiday xxx

thanx for sticking around to read my little blog occasionally, see you all in 2020




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a little help from our friends ...

g'day there folks

sorry haven't been around much, still trying to catch up with my knitting 

thought you all might like to follow along with The Blue Birds Are Nesting series 

How to beat rising prices like Nana did.


enjoy



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are we prepared enough?

g'day folks

sorry i've not been here, i still read most of your blogs though & here is one i thought i might share, Patsi from a working pantry has a lot of good information covering many areas of simple living; 
here she is having a class about being prepared when disaster strikes 

so you think you're prepared?


hope everyone is safe & well in your part of the world


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a little sadness

g'day

i just finished sprinkling snap dragon seeds on top of a little grave, B.J.s grave, who died Wednesday 19th December 1:30pm almost 17 years old, a little gray tortoiseshell with attitude, her last 2yrs with dementia.

R.I.P. little one @2003 - 19-12-2018