Monday 5 January 2015

wondering about ...

my days aren't filled with much, i potter around my little house, wondering what i'm supposed to do with my time, being on my own with too much time & not enough time. a little gardening, a bit of knitting, reading about how to use my herbs, of those i have growing & those i want to grow. wishing i was better at doing things, comprehension of self sufficiency, etc.
i don't bake, haven't since i gave up wheat, the children not living at home anymore is another. looking for other recipes for munchie foods, biscuits, slices, etc. most use almond flour which is not available where i live, i just want something where i can substitute wheat for rice flour which i can buy at my local store. i have tried to just swap it out but some recipes just don't work & i'm not a cook so not sure how to make it work. like i said, i'm not a cook & i don't bake often if at all. just sometimes a snack would be nice...

my days lately have been filled with mowing, the wet weather we seem to be blessed with is not going away & the grass won't stop growing, i mow in sections, yesterday i did the east side, front & driveway, today i want to do the west side & back around the clothes line but as i type this, it's starting to rain & there's a wall of grey coming our way. now it's pissing down. no mowing today by the sounds of this, love the sound of rain on a tin roof! 

pouring down & blowing against the window north facing




















 
at front door can just make out the small pool of water at bottom, very blowy



it's been raining on & off here & now i'm procrastinating, will i go & mow or will it be too wet? it's just such an easy decision, yet i can not decide one way or the other ... 

yep, it's too wet, ohhh well there's always tomorrow.



thanx for visiting

11 comments:

  1. Hey Selina, lovely rain isn't it. Found your blog a few weeks back and enjoy reading. I live at Gundiah so practically neighbours! If you want to get in touch let me know and I will give you my email.

    Cheers, Karen

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    1. thanx! yes the rain is lovely & it's still raining!

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    2. email is kazza_49 at hotmail dot com . Look forward to hearing from you.

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  2. Raining here at Beerwah today too Selina - I am enjoying it being much cooler.

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  3. Yep we had the rain up here too. Like you I kept changing my mind, but my issue was the washing. I did get it done but late this afternoon another rain burst caught me by surprise with the washing still on the line. I did managed to scurry round and bring most of the dry clothes in.

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  4. ....so what do you do with all your lawn clippings? Compost, or maybe to the chooks? - seems like you would have plenty of lawn clippings.
    I look forward to a time when I can be in th eposotion to choose how i spend my day - I'm a tad jealous :-)

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    1. most of the lawn clippings gets cut very fine & throws back out onto the grass, some i can rake up & it goes to the chooks & the compost, don't have a catcher here, side chute throws it out

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  5. No rain here, if you have some spare send it on down...please :)

    To mow or not to mow? I have no grass so the answer is simple lol!

    I am just pottering around at the moment as it is so hot, I don't feel like doing too much. I just cleaned my bathrooms and toilets, vacuumed and mopped floors in the cool of the night. Too hot during the day! Little bit by little bit :)

    xTania

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    1. i like the little by little, it's a good plan of action

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  6. It has been raining here in Toowoomba as well, Selina. Hubby mowed the jungle on the footpath on Sunday. We had a heavy downpour during the night which only lasted a few minutes but it was something. Even Mt.Isa had heavy rain last night so it is great that at last they are getting some rain.

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    1. yes it's good that the rain is spreading, lets pray it spreads a little further & gives relief to S.A. & VIC.

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