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Christnas is coming
Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat, Please put a penny in the old man's hat, if you have no penny, then a ha'penny will do, but if you have no ha'penny, then, God Bless You. This little...
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Fountain is working by solar power !
The fountain has been placed ih the fish pond, the leak has been fixed, now all is "hunky-dory" in my opinion. What a clever fellow he is !! He has been saving an old solar panel that he salvaged from...
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A Perfect day in Paradise
Today..the weather is PERFECT. The sun is warm, the bees are buzzing and the seeds are popping their heads through the soil. This is my favourite iris, I know I've posted this one before but I just...
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Rats tail cacti
This delightful plant in my sun room has put on a gorgeous display this year. Like Jack's beanstalk, it has grown and grown but in the opposite direction, lolI just went out and measured it and its...
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In the eye of the beholder.
Just take a look at these lovelies, all blooming beautifully in my garden This one looks better in real life, such soft lavender and pink. Then, last but not least this magnificent blue with a dash of...
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Oh Christmas Tree !!
I felt the urge to resurrect my old "tree" this year, mostly because the dear family members will be spending the day with us. There are a couple that will be absent, it would have been great to have...
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Our Christmas. episode One
Our Christmas started out badly, with me feeling very ill. Like a trooper I tried to "battle on" but it just became worse and it was evident that that I'd need some medical help. But me, being me, I...
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Christmas episode 2
I was lucky enough to have capable people for guests for little did they know that they would have to cook the dinner, me being so ill. They younger brigade set the table while the older ones cooked....
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On such a stinky hot day......
......its hard to find anything outside in the sunshine that looks as cool and as pretty as this waterlilly. I missed the first few flowers by being in hospital, and this one has opened up for me...
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What happened!!!!! ????
I don't know what happened to my post about the Purple dragon Carrots but if you take a look at the last post the pictures are there without any explanation. Grrrrrrrrhhh Last night I decided to have a...
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Nothing much happens around here...except....
...for frogs jumping out of the vacuum cleaner !!!The story of our day starts with a quick clean up...a lick and a promise type of clean up, if you get what I mean (lol) Our grandchildren from my...
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Apple time !!
It certainly lifts one's spirits to drive through the Adelaide Hills (aka Mt. Lofty Ranges) with the car windows down and take in the delicious aroma of the apples ripening in the sunshine. This...
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Colours of the Season
I am in awe of the beauty that surrounds us here in the Adelaide Hills. These pictures were taken late in the afternoon almost at dusk so they are not as bright as they would be if taken during the...
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Some things make me REALLY angry
We live quite happily here in the serenity of the hills district, but then something like this happens........we heard from one of one neighbours that the people that own a vineyard nearby were...
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Maran Poultry....our first eggs
These lovely dark shelled eggs are the first from our Wheaten Maran chooks, I have placed an Isa brown egg in for comparison There are several different varieties of Maran birds some of them are Black...
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Spring is just around the corner
Say hello to this little cutie, one of the three calves born here this last week. It is a cross breed, mother is a Hereford type (?) Father is a Murray grey crossed with a Simmental. Strange to see...
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A sure sign
Its a sure sign that spring is just around the corner when the young pullets begin to lay their first eggs. This tinsy-winsey egg could be from a starling sized bird but NO its from one of our...
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