tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084197414011778122024-03-17T05:53:17.691+11:00Ungardened MomentsA little bit of country in the city**Anne**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05595796965034742923noreply@blogger.comBlogger549125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308419741401177812.post-82615096651779364352018-06-15T14:31:00.002+10:002018-06-15T14:31:32.177+10:00MS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello lovely people. Here we are in 2018, another year well underway. 2017 was a bit of a mixed bag for me with some wonderful things happening and some not so wonderful. In my last post I mentioned I had been unwell and at that time a cause for my symptoms unknown. After more tests I was diagnosed in December with Multiple Sclerosis. By then I was beginning to suspect MS was the possible cause of my debilitating symptoms but having it confirmed by my neurologist was not something I wanted to hear. </div>
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What is one to do when given such a diagnosis? What choice does one really have but to make the best of it! My first thoughts were how this would affect my family in the long term, what it would mean for me and how it would change my life. I've had some very dark days with tears and despair but ever the optimist, I sat down and wrote a list of all the positives in my life and there are many. This really is the only way to manage and cope on a daily basis.</div>
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The most frustrating thing for me is the fatigue and the uncertainty of how I will feel one day to the next. My love of gardening has been severely curtailed but my symptoms have improved so am able to do just a little bit and find I can weed and prune for short periods of time. Learning to do tasks in short bursts rather than for long periods at a time is something I'm adjusting to. I've spent rather a lot of time crafting, either knitting or sewing and am so very happy I enjoy these hobbies otherwise I fear I'd be very frustrated. <br />
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I love the illustration below, a very good description of my brain and the way I think. Having a sense of humour is the only way I can get through some days, that and a trailer load of yarn to make lovely things.<br />
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Speaking of creating and yarn, I am fortunate enough to part of a group of ladies who all started knitting socks from Christine's blog https://www.winwickmum.co.uk/p/sockalong.html. Some ladies in my local area have become very good friends and we meet on a regular basis. We all seem to have yarn stashes and can relate to this illustration.<br />
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When I get my laptop fixed up, updated etc., I'll be able to load some photos from my phone so I can show some of the things I've been doing/making in the last few months. I'm currently working on some crochet blankets, neat ripple pattern by Lucy of Attic 24.<br />
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About a month ago we welcomed three new ladies into our family, I named Mirabella, Elfrida and Dolly. These ladies came to us mottled, scraggly and confused, their former life of one year having been spent in a large egg laying facility. I'm very pleased to say that after a month of nurturing, good food, free ranging on grass, insects and scraps, our ladies are near to having all their feathers again, have learnt how to perch, flap their wings, scratch in the soil, peck for insects and bugs, how to have a dust bath and have enjoyed laying eggs in a bed of straw. While egg production is sporadic for now, I think they are entitled to have a little bit of a rest from egg laying duties.</div>
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One of the less exciting things to have happened this September is a month of being unwell. Every test under the sun has revealed nothing to substantiate a reason for extreme fatigue and weakness. While I'm grateful that nothing serious seems to be going on, I'm frustrated I can't address anything to improve my well being and there is a big garden waiting outside crying for my attention. </div>
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Despite ill health, time continues to move along. I've had another birthday and hubby and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary in the month of September. We were able to enjoy a lovely lunch to celebrate the occasion and went for a lovely drive to take in views over Port Phillip Bay.</div>
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On Sunday hubby and I are heading off for a weeks holiday in Cairns to extend our 30th anniversary celebration a little longer. We hope to see the Great Barrier Reef and if I'm up to it, try snorkeling for the first time to see the coral and tropical finish with my own eyes. Some warm weather will be most welcome after a cold Melbourne winter.</div>
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This morning I woke up out of sorts. It could have been because I have a very sore shoulder from spreading mulch on the garden or the fact that our beautiful rescue dog Lady has been off colour for a few days. There is nothing tangibly wrong with her, she's just behaving differently Today has dawned sunny, a welcome change from the rain and grey skies of recent days. There is just enough warmth in the sun to sit outside without freezing, so armed with my coffee, a dog and a cat for company, I'm taking time out just to be.</div>
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The promise of Spring is just around the corner with the garden starting to come to life. I've planted a few things out in the front garden, hardy enough I hope to grow and survive in the difficult conditions of heavy clay soil, multiple tree roots and not a lot of sun in winter. Ever the optimist I've planted them anyway and we'll see what happens. I've two pots of perpetual spinach to plant and two Pandorea vines to find places for. I love these Australian native climbers that flower profusely from Spring through to Autumn. I've just noticed the oregano plant I bought a few days ago is still sitting in it's pot in the spot where it is to be planted, I must have got distracted. The rose bushes I pruned hard have leaves on them now and I do look forward them flowering. I have a new one called Tequila Sunrise which I bought as a standard. I bought one of these for my Dad years ago to plant in his garden and he loved it. I like planting roses in my garden in memory of family members passed so now I have a rose for Dad, my Grandmother and my Aunty. </div>
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As I'm sitting here out on the back deck surrounded with building paraphernalia and equipment that belongs in the new garage/workshop when it's finally able to be used, I'm trying to ignore the mess and chaos and instead listen to the birds, the sounds of bees and of course the dreaded blowflies that come out with the first hint of warmth. I don't know what they do during winter but the moment there is a glimpse of sun, they're out in force saying a very noisy and annoying hello.</div>
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It is rather delightful seeing bees as they have a special place in our hearts. Hubby did keep bees for a while but the last season was so poor for nectar harvest, the hive died. We have plans to get another hive when it warms up and this time we'll put them in the front garden as they have a better chance of getting more sunshine now the big trees have been pruned. We are also planning on getting more chooks. We've not had them for about five years but I do enjoy the eggs of backyard chooks and they are so very good for clearing weeds and turning over the soil. We've invested in some movable fencing which I can manage to set up and take down on my own and will be able to shift them around the yard to do their thing. The very nice chook house that hubby built is still standing which will shelter them at night and out of the way of any marauding foxes. </div>
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I'm still trying to finish making a crochet poncho for Genevieve. She's been waiting ever so patiently for it since last year when I bought the wool as a birthday present. She spends long hours studying in her room and gets quite cold sitting still. I made myself a promise to crochet five rows a day, I've not kept that promise so really must get on with it. Instead I've been reading a book titled "Until We Are Free" by Shirin Ebadi. I enjoy reading books about countries I know little about and Iran is one of them. Shirin's stories about her life in Iran and in exile make for an interesting but mostly sad and heartbreaking read. How this lady has had the strength to continue with her work is remarkable in light of the continuing harassment and bullying from those in power in her homeland. Reading this book has reminded me how incredibly lucky I am for the freedoms we have in my country and something never to be taken for granted.<br />
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P.P.S. I've just received word that a place that rescues chooks has just taken delivery of one year old layers and I might be able to get some on Sunday. I've seen some photos of them and they need some TLC of which I have oodles. A nice warm coop, good food, kitchen scraps and free ranging will have them happy and healthy in no time with bright red combs instead of pale pink ones.</div>
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I've been busy baking while we've had builders. There is nothing more rewarding than cooking for hungry men who appreciate your efforts and also enjoy a latte from the coffee machine on a cold day. I stuck with baking basics like muffins, lemonade scones (so easy) and Jubilee Twist. The latter recipe comes from the Country Women's Association cookbook and an old favourite Mum used to bake. While I was busy baking, I was reminded how Mum used to be busy baking when we had shearers working on the farm. It certainly was a busy time as she had to cater for morning and afternoon tea as well as lunch. That doesn't happen any more as the shearers take care of their own catering now.</div>
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It's very quiet here today at home as the builders have finished most of the major work with just a few bits and pieces to finish off. There's no radio playing, no builder singing his heart out to songs from the 70's and no banter from the other builder about how lousy the singing was. I've never seen two tradies get on so well, laughing, joking and talking while they worked. What a pleasure it was to have them work on the garage/workshop. </div>
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This lovely new and expanded space (very old and asbestos garage was demolished) that very obviously needs a paint, will house our two vehicles and give hubby workshops space with storage for his tools and handyman supplies. There is also a designated space for him to put a dark room. There is lots of work to be done but that will be fun for hubby.</div>
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Hello. All my good intentions for regular blogging went out the window didn't they?! One minute I'm posting about a caravan holiday and the next minute I'm not. It's had something to do with technology, specifically my laptop not recognising some of our holiday photos taken on my mobile phone. I guess I just gave up, put it into the too hard basket especially after even my tech savvy husband couldn't make it work either. Perhaps I'll just jump back into blogging about everyday stuff and see what happens from there.</div>
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It's been rather busy in our little patch among the trees. In fact we've had two big trees heavily pruned in our front yard. Sycamore Maples do not belong in this country, they are a bit of a weed in our forests and we decided that even though they provided lovely shade in the summer, they had to go as they were way too big. Every living and non living thing under them was covered in sooty mold and black muck. The result of this major pruning is the amount of wonderful light now in our front yard. </div>
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One of the problems with having big trees pruned is the potential for existing gardens underneath to be extensively damaged. The tree pruners/loppers were not overly careful with my garden and made a huge mess, they dropped some rather large logs without a rope. A 15 year old camellia shrub just about to flower was terribly damaged, I wasn't too happy about that. There are logs still on the ground waiting to be given away for fire wood, meantime a plan is starting to formulate in my mind as to how I might reorganise and replant this space.</div>
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The other major thing to happen is our old garage made from asbestos has been demolished to make way for a new workshop/garage. Hubby desperately needs somewhere he can work on all his projects with good benches and a place to put all his tools. The tools have been living in the house for a good number of years now and it will be nice to give them a proper home.</div>
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Hello lovely people. After an absence of some time I thought I'd try blogging again. So I'll leap right in and share a recent holiday hubby and I took in our little caravan to the south of New South Wales for two weeks. We are relatively new to caravanning with just a couple of years under our belt so we are still learning but it is so much fun.</div>
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Our first stop overnight was in Marlo still within the state of Victoria. I've never been to Marlo before and I was enchanted by this sleepy little coastal town. We took a stroll down to the jetty and were entertained by a local seal looking for fish scraps.</div>
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From the jetty I was able to take some photos of bird life with the zoom lens.</div>
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We only had one night and morning in this lovely area and we will go back for a longer stay at some point. On the drive out of Marlo we drove past the Snowy River and a lovely estuary which was stunningly beautiful and full of bird life. I believe there is a board walk along side the estuary and that will certainly be on the agenda next time we visit.</div>
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Most of you know that we have a gorgeous Labrador named Sophie. She is 13 years old now and has slowed down immensely. Poor Sophie has a problem with her spine and struggles with walking very far and has other difficulties too. Despite this she is still a very happy dog, enjoys her short walks and still has the appetite of a Labrador but we know she is in her twilight years. We had been thinking of adopting a rescue dog for some time and I particularly wanted another Labrador but it seems Labradors get rehomed very quickly. </div>
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So the lovely dog we've ended up adopting is a Labradoodle named Lady. Lady is 9 years old and has been a breeder. Her owners had no more use for her and were going to have her put down and then a lovely person came to her rescue. Lady's rescuer had many dogs of her own and couldn't really keep another one so that's where we came into the picture, answering an advertisement for her online.</div>
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Lady has the sweetest nature and is very gentle. She gets on well with Sophie although is a bit pushy when it comes to getting attention. She isn't the slightest bit interested in our cats and they are slowly getting use to her. Lady has only been with us for a week and has settled in beautifully.</div>
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Besides adopting a dog I have been very busy in the garden, mowing the grass, whipper snippering the weeds and doing the edges, weeding, pruning and tidying up. In among all the hard work it's so nice to have some spring roses in the garden, enough so I can bring some inside to enjoy. </div>
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It is nice to have some crafting on the go as well and I'm slowly working on my Sanda Paul of Cherry Heart <a href="http://sandra-cherryheart.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/spice-of-life-cal-beginners-special.html">Spice of Life</a> blanket. The colours I'm using are more vibrant than shown in this photo and the yarn I'm using is from the Stylecraft Special DK range. I love this yarn, it's so soft and very economical.</div>
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Another sojourn to Western Australia has been and gone with another one happening in a month or so to bring Mum back to Melbourne for Christmas. The farm never disappoints when looking for photo opportunities, I just love those wide open skies and amazing sunsets. Here are a few photos from my last trip.</div>
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I thought I'd sneak in a quick post before I head off early tomorrow to Western Australia. We have had two weeks of unseasonably warm spring weather and not much rain which I hope is not a sign of things to come. Spring flowers are popping up and opening out everywhere and the first roses of the season should open while I'm away. I went around this morning snapping these few blooms that caught my eye.</div>
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I love Lunaria and have always wanted to grow some in my garden. I bought a packet of seeds years ago, lost them and then rediscovered them last year. Although the packet was over 10 years old I thought I'd sow seeds into punnets to see if they would germinate which they did. Now I have these pretty flowers in pink and white. </div>
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Foxgloves never cease to give me visual pleasure. I love the spotted throat of the flowers and the way those bells flower up the stem. The first time I heard of foxgloves was in the Poldark series of books which I read as a teen. Demelza would gather bunches of foxgloves growing wild in Cornwall and when I discovered what they looked like, I couldn't quite believe something so beautiful would grow wild near the coast. But of course I saw it with my own eyes in 2012 when we visited that very beautiful part of England.</div>
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A few years ago when I was going for a winters walk, I came across a very tall shrub with bright and deep pink flowers. Not much flowers in winter here so I was delighted to find a plant in a local garden flowering so beautifully in the depths of winter. My great grandmother would often walk by gardens and take a little piece of a plant overhanging the fence and strike it for her own garden. I figured I should follow her example and struck some pieces of the shrub which I believe to be <a href="http://www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/mints/011_wagneriana.html">Salvia wagneriana</a>. My little shubs are small yet but hope they will grow to be as tall and beautiful as those in my neighbours garden just a street away.</div>
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This Azalea is blooming prolifically. I've only a few Azaleas in the garden now as the others have sadly died. Perhaps it's time to invest in a few new plants for next winter/spring.</div>
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This next photo is not flower related but definitely worth talking about. A recent grocery shopping trip resulted in an over abundance of Kent pumpkin and as I didn't want it to go to waste while I am away in Western Australia, I searched for pumpkin bread recipe on the Internet and found this <a href="http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/pumpkin_bread/">one</a> and doubled the recipe. The amount of mashed pumpkin I had only came to 1 1/2 cups whereas 2 cups was required for two loaves. I also adjusted the sugar amount to 2/3 cup instead of 1 cup per loaf. This pumpkin bread is light and fluffy and full of spicy flavour. So the next time you have and excess of pumpkin on your hands, give this recipe a try.</div>
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**Anne**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05595796965034742923noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308419741401177812.post-13594347540704416452015-10-06T18:02:00.000+11:002015-10-06T18:02:06.347+11:00Waratah Bay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Earlier this year hubby and I were lucky enough to become the owner of a small caravan that good friends of ours were unable to use anymore. It has take us a little while to get thing organised and the weekend before last, we were finally in a position to take it away for the first time. We chose Waratah Bay which has a nice caravan park and not too far from Melbourne, just a couple of hours drive. Coincidentally we celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary the same weekend so that made it an extra special get away for us.</div>
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We had a wonderful time, met lovely people who were happy to share tips about travel and had a number of enjoyable walks on the beach. Here are some photos from our time away.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snacking on nice cheese with a glass of wed wine.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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I have been keeping busy with projects such as these two crochet blankets in the making. I am participating in the Spice of Life CAL with <a href="http://sandra-cherryheart.blogspot.com.au/search/label/%23SpiceofLifeCAL">Sandra Paul from Cherry Heart</a> and thoroughly enjoying the process.</div>
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Hello. Once again it has been a long time since I posted on here so I thought I'd do a catch up post.</div>
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The usual things have been going on in life as they do and my days have been filled with crafting either knitting socks or crocheting blankets. The garden is there waiting for me to get into when the weather warms up but for Melbourne this takes quite a while. </div>
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We bought a second hand caravan from good friends several months ago so have been enjoying planning our first weekend away which is happening soon. I'll hopefully have photos to share. In the meantime here are a few of the things I've been getting up to.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hubby and I enjoyed a day out visiting the <a href="http://www.yvd.com.au/">Yarra Valley Dairy</a>, one of our favourite places.</td></tr>
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It's seems like months since I last posted on here and much has happened in the intervening time. I've had another trip home to the farm in Western Australia and spent 2 1/2 weeks with Mum getting stuck into all manner of things that needed doing. So it was a busy time but I managed to sneak in a few hours here and there of walking in the bush and enjoying those big wide skies.</div>
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My walk into the bush was for the specific purpose of looking for some of the little birds that live there. Most are shy so the best thing to do is sit down and wait for the birds to get use to your presence and they come to you. I was rewarded by seeing this Western Yellow robin.</div>
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My brother who is an avid nature lover and bush walker had never seen one of these robins so I was pleased it had made an appearance for me. My brother also told me to look out for a Red Capped robin which I remember seeing as a child while we were waiting for the school bus. I thought I was going to be out of luck but as I emerged onto the road from out of the bush, I saw a flit of red.</div>
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This next little bird is the female of either the Western Yellow robin or the Red Capped robin. She was very tame and was happy with me taking these photos.</div>
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Where has the time gone since my last post when I mentioned I was learning to knit socks? Well it's been taken up a lot by learning to knit socks, this pair in fact.</div>
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Now I'm sure if there are any experienced sock knitters out there you will see the mistakes and flaws but it really doesn't matter to me because I've learned a new skill. My socks are comfortable and warm, a tad large but that's o.k. too. </div>
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I must say that knitting these socks have been a life saver for me as I've been very much under the weather the past few weeks with a small operation and coming down with a nasty virus the next day that still wants to keep me company. I've had to rest so much and sock making has certainly made this time pass more bearably. </div>
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My thanks go to Christine Perry and her delightful blog <a href="http://winwickmum.blogspot.com/">Winwick Mum</a> and her sockalong where she has posted in three weekly installments the sock making process. The tutorials are explained in great detail in both written instructions and photos. Christine has tutorials for knitting socks with either double pointed needles, large circular needles using the magic loop method or small circular needles either 30 or 23cm. My first pair of socks were made on dpn's, my second pair are being made on 23cm circular. My thanks too goes to all the wonderful ladies on the Winwick Mum Sockalong FB group for their encouragement and help. Christine will be leaving the tutorials on her blog so if you want to join the sockalong or even just learn to knit socks, it's not too late.</div>
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So this is the yarn I'm using for my second pair of socks. It's bright and out there, just my style and I'm really enjoying the process now I know a little bit more about sock construction. I have quite a few balls of sock yarn (the stash) to use so I dare say I'll be knitting socks for some time. :)</div>
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Stripey wanted to get in on the act in the very early stages of knitting my second sock. He just wants cuddles all the time and I'm only too happy to oblige. He makes a good hot water bottle on a cold day of which there have been many.</div>
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Have you ever made socks? I'm giving it a go and joining in with the sock-a-long at Winwick Mum's <a href="http://winwickmum.blogspot.com/">blog.</a> Crochet is my preferred craft with wool but this looked like a really fun thing to do and the encouragement received from other people participating has been wonderful. I've spent an incredible amount of time casting on, knitting, losing stitches, recasting on, many many times and getting very frustrated. I finally set aside my first ball of sock yarn deciding it was jinxed and restarted the whole process with another ball of yarn I had. I had success this time with a minimum amount of mistakes.<br />
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Hello everyone, how are you? This past Friday my good friend Jan and I went on a little excursion to a couple of towns in west Gippsland just over one hours drive from the Dandenong Ranges where we live. We were both in search of family history and visited the West Gippsland Genealogical Society in the town of Warragul in the hope that we would find answers to our questions. The genealogical society is housed in this lovely old building which use to be the shire offices. A museum is in another part of the building so that might be a reason to visit again soon. </div>
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Although we didn't find answers to our questions, we had a lovely day driving through beautiful dairy country and visited a couple of old cemeteries where we have relatives buried. Although they are in unmarked graves, it was still nice to visit.</div>
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Along the valley runs the Tarago river and the photo below shows the Tarago reservoir which holds drinking water for a number of communities. The water quality has in the past been unreliable but due to sustained efforts and improved practices, it is now drinkable again. You can find a map and information about the Tarago river <a href="http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=205571&cmd=sp">here.</a></div>
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Hoping to visit this part of Victoria again soon.</div>
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**Anne**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05595796965034742923noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308419741401177812.post-71659384214799248062015-04-24T21:20:00.002+10:002015-04-24T21:20:44.742+10:00ANZAC Day centenary <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As we commemorate the centenary of ANZAC Day on the 25 April 2015 in Australia, I would like to take the time to remember two of my ancestors who served during WWI.</div>
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Edmund Scottick Charles Chandler is my paternal grandfather and he joined the armed forces in 1916, embarking from Adelaide, South Australia. He served in Egypt with the 10th Light Horse Regiment and during this time visited Jerusalem. Our family has some photos from this time which I would like to share with you.</div>
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My great uncle, Claude Spencer Williams is brother-in-law to Edmund and my Granny's brother. Claude joined the armed forces in 1916 and spent his active service time in France attached to 23rd Howitzer, 10th Battery as a gunner. He was fortunate to escape serious injury during conflict, however after going on leave in England at the end of the war, he contracted and became ill with the Spanish flu on his return to France. Sadly, Claude subsequently died as a result of this illness and is buried in Sous-le-Bois, France. His war memorial plaque is at the Maubeage cemetery, Sous-le-Bois.</div>
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Hi everyone, how are you? It's turned a bit nippy the last few days in Melbourne with only12C yesterday with rain and hail. That might seem warm to some living in the colder areas of the world but 12C is a winter temperature for us.</div>
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Although Sunday was horrible weather wise we did have some sunshine Saturday afternoon so hubby and I went for a small drive not too far from where we live. We were looking for something in particular and after finding it, decided to keep driving in the area to see what we could discover. Shelton Road is in Pakenham Upper, South East of Melbourne and runs through a pretty little valley with Toomuc Creek running through mostly farming properties.</div>
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Being a lover of countryside, I just had to stop and take in the scenery and take a photo or two to trial our new camera. The old camera broke unfortunately so it's time to learn all about this new one.</div>
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These first three photos are of Toomuc Creek which is rather swampy and dirty in places. Unfortunately someone had dumped four old tyres in one part of the creek, the kind of behaviour that makes me angry.</div>
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It was quite beautiful along this section of Shelton Road with lovely trees overhanging and green grass from the recent rains we've had.</div>
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I love the how the sunlight is catching the top of the cow's backs.</div>
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This big bull just stood and stared at us as we were walking around. I ventured a little closer to say hello but he got all huffy and puffy indicating his displeasure. </div>
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This tree is magnificent and I badly wanted to climb it but chickened out.</div>
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We could hear <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellbird">bellbirds</a> as we drove along but they are difficult to photograph so you will have to make do with the image and bird call sounds at this <a href="http://www.bellbirdbanjos.com/why.php">link</a>. It was a lovely way to spend a couple of hours on the weekend, we'll have to do it again soon.</div>
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**Anne**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05595796965034742923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308419741401177812.post-70761739780909170012015-04-01T21:44:00.003+11:002015-04-01T21:44:55.373+11:00Photo Scavenger Hunt - Marchn 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For this months scavenger hunt, I set myself the goal of trying to get all photos from my time spent on the farm with mum in Western Australia. As always, thanks to Greenthumb at <a href="http://suzzie43.blogspot.com.au/p/scaerngera.html">Made with Love</a> for organising such a fun activity.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't have a favourite word but as the farm is very dear to my heart, this photo of an old tractor seems to suit the theme.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old bathroom in the old house my Dad grew up in. Hot water was obtained by lighting a chip heater which can be partially seen on the left of the photo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An old hook, shoe polishing brush and Gilette razor dispensor, all found in the old bathroom.</td></tr>
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was in use many, many years ago. Before it was placed in it's final
resting place, when not a running vehicle, my sister and I would play for
hours pretending we were driving. The old gear stick, starter button,
hand windscreen wiper and steering wheel all got a good work out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The china painting on this plate is the work of my grandma.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a card I made for dad for Fathers Day, another one Mum has displayed in her card room.</td></tr>
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We've been a week in Western Australia with Mum and it has been busy with seeing family, a spot of gardening and some short walks to take some photos. On our way up to the farm, hubby and I stopped off at York where Mum and I stayed for a few days last year. I'll do a longer post on that when I return to Victoria but thought I'd share the photo below of the Avon river which runs through the town.</div>
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When we first arrived at the farm, my brother and nephew were in the middle of shearing so hubby went over to the other farm a couple of days to help out. He was on the broom cleaning up the wool scraps after the shearers had finished shearing each sheep. The shearers in the photo below are not young men, I don't know how they do this hard work on consecutive days.</div>
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After shearing on one of the days, my brother received a large load of fertiliser for this year's cropping season. </div>
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The ever present pink and grey galahs, these ones are in a dead tree just outside from Mum's back yard.</div>
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Hubby set off to go fishing in Walpole early Thursday morning and his accomodation in the caravan park where they are staying is this hippy van we hired. It's decked out with a bed and little kitchen and fridge in the back.</div>
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The dusk light was beautiful and created gorgeous colours in the landscape.</div>
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Hello, how are you? I can hear the sigh of relief in the northern hemisphere from all the peeps who are longing for spring and warmer days. I know it doesn't really warm up for a bit but I hope the appearance of bulbs poking out of the ground, the lengthening of days and a little sunshine here and there is cheering you up. I'm not ready for autumn yet let alone winter as we had far too many grey cool days this summer in Melbourne. Over in the west on the farm they are longing for cooler days after a long hot summer. I guess the challenge is finding lovely things in all the seasons and making the most of it.</div>
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So late February is when the tomatoes start to ripen nicely and then we have to find different ways to use them before they spoil. I've already posted about oven dried tomatoes <a href="http://ungardenedmoments.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/oven-dried-tomatoes.html">here</a> and have made another batch since. I've also made some tomato chutney and used the few dodgy apples from the tree in the back yard that the parrots didn't get to.<br />
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This is cherry tomato tart we had for dinner one evening. Delicious.<br />
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Hubby and I visited a farmers market recently and bought a couple of kilos of blood plums, my absolute favourite plums. I used some of them to make this upside down cake. Recipe can be found<br />
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With yet more tomatoes ripening in the garden, a mix of cherry and grosse lisse, the making of tomato sauce/ketchup was next on the agenda. I used the recipe found <a href="http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/38248/matt+prestons+tomato+sauce">here</a><br />
a slightly corrupted version using red onions (all I had to hand), balsamic and apple cider vinegars and brown sugar. It was quite a process and you need a good three hours to make it but it is SO worth the effort, the sauce tastes amazing.<br />
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Hubby and I are off over to Western Australia next weekend for two weeks to visit Mum and for hubby, my brother and his mate to go on a fishing holiday for a week down to the south west coast. On our return we will have some exciting news to share but until then I just have to be patient.<br />
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**Anne**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05595796965034742923noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308419741401177812.post-26356497657069666972015-02-27T21:24:00.000+11:002015-02-27T21:39:51.144+11:00Photo Scavenger Hunt - February 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's time once again for the monthly Photo Scavenger Hunt. Thank you Greenthumb at <a href="http://suzzie43.blogspot.com.au/">Made With Love</a> blog for organising this fun blog activity.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This photo encapsulates the word love beautifully on many different levels for me. The love I have for my farming brother (love him to bits), the love I have for the farm where I grew up in Western Australia, the love of fresh milk, non homogenised and non pausteurised milk, the love of recycling - using an old tractor seat and turning it into a milking stool.....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My lovely cousin in England knows how much I love owls and made this handsome one for me.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Louise of <a href="http://roachling.blogspot.com/">Ramblings of a Roachling</a> blog in 2012. Somewhere in Staffordshire or maybe Derby county. Louise? </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tap on the gas meter, very boring.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The price of the book below found in an op shop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A garden ornament I made a couple of years ago.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our three animals showing a definite interest in the dinner plate being removed from the table. So funny but so very naughty.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Looking forward to seeing what scavenging we will be doing for the March list.<br />
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**Anne**http://www.blogger.com/profile/05595796965034742923noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308419741401177812.post-30317435979924718572015-02-26T19:47:00.000+11:002015-02-26T20:39:14.195+11:00Oven dried cherry tomatoes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Summer is my favourite season of the year. Melbourne has more cold and cool weather than warm so when it is warm and sunny I get out and revel in it. It also means things happen in the garden. I love my flowers but I'm also enjoying growing vegetables. Which brings me to the subject of cherry tomatoes of which we have many at the moment. We've given them away, eaten them in salads, had them on quiches and on pizzas.</div>
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Don't they look good? Not being able to eat all these before they spoiled, I decided to make some oven dried tomatoes.</div>
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This is what they looked like after being the oven for about 30 minutes. </div>
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The dried tomatoes are in extra virgin olive oil, an Australia brand and flavoured with rosemary, basil, thyme and oregano which I have growing in the garden.</div>
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I used a recipe found <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/recipes/oven-dried-cherry-tomatoes-in-olive-oil/13560/">here</a> adjusting it where needed to fit the quantity of tomatoes I had. I also adjusted the oven temperature and cooking time as needed. I made another jar today so we now have two jars. We also have a surplus of Grosse Lisse tomatoes so today I made some chutney but that will be the subject of another post.</div>
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For all the lovely peeps in the Northern Hemisphere who are longing for spring, I hope this post reminds you of all the good things that come with warmer weather.</div>
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