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Well… I suspect I shall be a little boring this week.
I went into court this morning and got picked to sit on the jury. The judge estimates a five day trial, so thats my schedule fixed!!
It was an annoyingly gorgeous day out there too!!

Clearly I can’t talk about anything, so I will just say I am getting a bit more crochet done while we are stuck in rooms waiting for things to happen.
We got out later than usual tonight, so I need to go fix myself some kind of lunch to take tomorrow to do it all again!

How was everybody elses Monday?
Cheers!

An eggciting moment (sorry, couldn’t help myself. I have eaten a lot of sugary rubbish today)
Anyway, one of our flock has graduated from ‘Free Loading Slacker’ to a more productive member of the family. With luck I will be able to bake something in a day or two!

It was meant to pour all day, however there were good bursts of sunshine, so I was compelled to go out and at least finish the last bit of the first garlic patch (60 cloves now planted)

Winter strawberries! Sadly most are being eaten before I get a chance either by bugs or birds.

This one has thistle protection!

I decided to give the chewed ones to the chooks – love the way the new girls have learned to come running when they see me! (Usually means treats of some sort)

First suspicion, then joy. They chased this girl all over the place for her strawberry!!

Maybe one of these days I will pick the runner bean pods…

The herbs are doing nicely. The parsley is still everywhere and the oregano is bouncing back

I want to pick and dry the thyme next

I had hung the rosemary in the lounge to dry a little further. Today I crunched all the leaves off the stalks. (Smelled amazing) and put the tray by the fire for a last bought of drying time.

I then spent a lot of the rest of the day binge watching something that Kirrily introduced me to and ended up glued to the screen (and crocheting) (and eating terrible things)
I now really need to go to bed!!

Not a bad start to the weekend really! Hope yours is wonderful and fun!
Cheers!

Well… today certainly wasn’t an outdoor day!
We have had some excellent downpours though!
So I cleaned the fire out, did some vacuuming (because no matter if you vacuumed a couple of days ago, when you have a wood heater it seems it always looks like you have neglected housework for a month!)

I also did laundry. Snicker.
(S’pose thats what the fire is for)

Well… everything is getting a good drink and the tanks are full!

My blanket is coming along – will pack it in my bag for tomorrow so I can continue with it if jury duty becomes a bit…. yawn!

So… better get organised and into bed so I am not late for court tomorrow!!
Cheers!

Pip and I hung out together inside (mostly) today.
The wind is cold and quite gusty – it rained on and off.
I did manage to sell some knitted gloves – just messaging a friend who wants a pair to give as a present so thats good. I had half a pair almost made so it shouldn’t take too long to whip up the other cuff!

So… garlic. Figured I should sort out what I had.

The early variety is clearly ready to get into the ground – last week preferably!!
I sat and separated all the cloves from the bulbs and into containers – one for the plantable early purple, a couple for the normal white, and one container of cloves to cook or dehydrate!
Do you know how LONG this takes???

I suppose thats why buying seed garlic is so expensive.
Now I have a few hundred plantable cloves, I am wondering how much more weeding I need to do to get these in the dirt?

Anyway… its another job done.
We shall see what the weather is like tomorrow before committing to being out there. Hopefully good because as of Wednesday I am due in Burnie for jury duty… no idea how long that might take! (Will assuredly be taking my knitting and crochet as I remember a lot of sitting about last time!!)

Cheers!

Hello! Hope everyone has a great Monday!
I went back to the doc today – most of my bloodwork all hunky-dory. Calcium behaving, not coeliac (YAY) but I do have a permanent condition which stops B12 from being absorbed into my system, so its lifelong injections for me!
I wasn’t distressed. I was too busy being pleased about not being coeliac. (Higher chance for me with my Mum having it and one of my sisters!)
I do love my fresh baked bread VERY much!!

So – life returning to ‘normal’ here in Tasmania.
I do have some obligations at the court house mid June with a Jury Duty summons, but I think we have run out of guests!!

I’m pretty sure I need to start writing lists again. There is a swag of jobs I want to start getting stuck into. They are all running amok in my head so its time to put them firmly on paper then I can start to prioritise what comes first!

By the way, all the photos are just some of the rock photos I have taken over the last few days. I thought they were pretty.

Today we also went ‘into town’ (Burnie) to do a few things. I really needed a new food processor as my little ‘Gee-Whizzer’ broke! I felt a bit sad about that but boy, has it ever done some work over the last 10 years!! Not bad!
I looked at some yarn but nothing tickled my fancy.
I also stocked up on bread flour.
So all in all, fairly mundane.

I finished off another couple of berets today – must make some labels and get them into the local hand-made shop. They will sell better than sitting in a bag in our lounge room!

I think tomorrow morning we are going down to pan for sapphires! The weather is a bit dodgy so will wait and see how horrible it looks before fully committing!
Hope your week starts brilliantly!
Cheers!

Sometimes the Universe wants to know why??

Hello! How is everyone’s weekend going? Hope you are having a great time! We are enjoying trundling up and down the local coastline with our friends and returning in the evenings to relax in front of the fire!

We enjoyed some time in the sun at Fossil Bluff, then drove over Table Cape where we found the perfectly plowed paddock! So beautiful!

Then a stroll up Sister’s Beach

Sophie and Michael enjoying their relaxing few days in Tasmania!

A closer look at the lichens

Little bit of coral

Today we went to Stanley and climbed The Nut… but we also went down to the base along the wharf for a different view!

Leftovers from times past

Michael couldn’t resist a bit of fun with the seagulls and the last of our chips… I was on hand to snap the bedlam.

Sadly the light disappears all too quickly these days. Time to head home!

Hope your weekend is fabulous!
Cheers

 

 

 

Hello – My first real lengthy day out in a while!
So lovely to see my school friend Sophie and meet her husband Michael today! They are doing a quick trip in Tassie – only here until Sunday!

Today we collected them at the airport and went off to Liffey Falls for a walk and a picnic!

Its a beautiful area down there – World Natural Heritage Area – huge ‘man ferns’ and pretty falls.

Its a nice leisurely walk down to the bottom of the falls and not too taxing going back up again!

Fluffy fungi

I actually expected to see more water over the falls, but I guess we really haven’t had that much rain up this way since I was on the hike.

Anyway, bedtime for me! Planning to visit some local beaches tomorrow!

Cheers

I made something for ME!

Mum bought me an early Christmas Present! 🙂 This lovely hand spun/dyed wool. So I have turned it into a beret – even wore it out today to test it in the gloomy cold weather! Its rather cosy!
I am hoping to make gloves out of whats left.

I did get down to the market to buy wheat and straw for our chooks. We also had Fiona and her two boys in tonight for dinner and a movie – was lots of fun! (And yes Mum – if you are reading this I also did some resting!!)

I had a lovely visit from our friend Maureen the other day, who brought a plate of fresh baked/made Kiss Biscuits (cookies)
And oh my! Aren’t they super??? mmmm Managed to get a quick snap before we gutsed them all

Time to put Pip to bed and make a move to my own pillow 🙂

Hope your Sunday was restful/fun.
Cheers

I am continuing my mode of being supremely boring – well, to be honest sitting in the sun with my cat on my lap is kinda nice, but as far as blog-worthy moments, the day probably fell a bit short!

Mum got out there – more laundry!!! I can’t believe how far behind that I had gotten! She’s fabulous!
She also picked what tomatoes that were left and about ready. A couple of days ripening and we will cook them up and freeze ready for some winter dishes.

I think I had a much better day today 🙂
We even slipped down to the supermarket (whoo hoo- big afternoon out!)
I have been knitting Cozy Cuffs as the local info centre requested another 6 pairs. I am about one glove short and Mum has done a beautiful job of stitching them up for me! Will try to remember to get a snap tomorrow.

I am nearly done post processing Day Five’s Hike so I will be able to regale you with those tales soon!
Hope everybody’s Monday started brilliantly!

Cheers

No photo’s tonight, I really haven’t done a thing.
Our visitors, Ashley and Josh left yesterday afternoon. We really enjoyed their company and I think they enjoyed a few nights in a house with home cooked meals (and a cosy fire!)

Today my Mum arrived!
She clearly paid a lot of notice to my protestations that I was perfectly OK. (ok I didn’t try to sell the perfect bit)
I wasn’t sick enough for her to dash across the Bass Strait to look after me.

Ahhh, mothers.
A chance to come over and look after her little girl – isn’t that gorgeous?
Its lovely to see her, and I am sure it will be a relaxing week – the weather isn’t supposed to be good at all, but we have plenty of firewood and food, so we can catch up in comfort and maybe do some more knitting/crocheting and what-not.

Well… thats me – pampering for a week! 😀

Cheers