A Short Trip Away....

 A couple of weeks ago I went for a week down the coast. The weather was lovely everyday.

 

There were walks every morning along the beach walkway...

 

 

 

There were swims in the water...

 

 

The water is getting deeper...

 

Bailey had fun playing with his pals Storm and Ben.

 

 

There were walks along the boardwalk...

 

I also went to Mogo Zoo.  This is a lovely small zoo and I recommend going there.  They have different animal encounters which you can do and I decided to do the Meerkat Encounter which you go into their enclosure and feed them and they eat out of your hands and hair...yes hair...they jump onto your head and eat the food the keeper puts in your hair. It was a great experience!

 

 

They eat vegetables and small grubs...they love the grubs the best!

 

 There was also a baby giraffe...very cute!

 

As always it was way too short a holiday...

 

Last week Bailey celebrated his 8th Birthday!

I made some bunting last week, I have never made it before and it was quite easy, although I did it the cheats way but cutting out the triangles with pinking scissors to make it easier....stay tuned for what I use it for!!

 

Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter...hope the Easter Bunny is good to you!!!

 

Have a good day...

xx



Looks Like a New House, Well Sort Of....

Finally my window awnings are all finished and I am very happy with them. The house looks like a proper cottage now.  With the rain we have had in the last few weeks it was a good test for them. The windows were also painted, I changed the colour of the inside to cream so it wouldn't be so much blue with the awnings being blue too. The miniorb roof is the same blue/grey colour of the bullnose porch roof.

 

(Front - before)

(after)

(Laundry side - before)

(after)

 

(Back of house - before)

(after)

 

(Other side of house - before)

(after)

 

Now that is all done, what to do next....nothing....I need to save some money!!!

 

The next plan I am looking at is some chickens but that will be later in the year. I have been looking at some chicken coops and comparing prices.  I need something with a bit of floor space for them to walk around as they will be locked up during the days I am at work and on the weekend they can free range....guess what Bailey...that means you get locked up behind the side gate!

 

Does anyone have any suggestions on chicken coops?

 

Have a good day!

xx

 

 



What's Been Happening Around the Garden....

The weather around here has been so hot one week and then rain and cool the next, I wish it would make its mind up! Also, my thoughts are with all those in QLD that have been affected by the floods.

 

Thankfully I didn't get the really heavy rain that others did in NSW, it was a constant light rain.  By looking at my crepe myrtles you would think that it had really poured down. I think all the flowers made the branches top heavy and they all drooped, some just snapped.  I think I will have to end up cutting them all off.  It's a shame as this year they were flowering lovely.  I can't complain, I came out on top considering.

 

 

 

I finally got the garden bed all filled and planted out.

  

But unfortunately, me being impatient and wanting to get it all planted (I also had to as the seedlings were starting to look sick and needed planting out), and with the rain we had it has sunk a bit, but not to worry. Also some of the seedlings didn't make it, I have 2 types of zucchini, dwarf butter beans and silverbeet.

 

I found I had 2 zucchini's growing...yippy...my first time at growing them!

 

 The corn is growing well too.

I have started to get a lot more beans since the hot weather has gone and my first zucchini!

A few weeks ago I was given some elk horn plants, I had to put some on wood to hang and I also put 3 on the tree out on the front nature strip, I hope they grow ok and most importantly I hope they don't go walk about!!



I picked my beetroot and pickled it.

A few weeks ago I purchase dwarf orange and lemon trees.  I finally dug the holes last weekend and planted them. They got a good soaking from the rain just after i put them in which will help them along. I have a few small fruit on the lemon tree, can't wait for the fruit. I miss having a lemon tree.

I have been a bit slack with the cooking lately so I made Lasagne to put in the freezer.

My window awnings are being done this week so I will share photos soon.

 Enjoy your day!
xx

 

 

 



How Lucky Am I.....

 

 

Wow... how lucky am I!

 

I am so honoured to have my home "Voysey Cottage" featured in the House Tours section of Rick Rutherford's Country website!

 

Rick has done a great job on the story of my home, I am very happy with it.

 

For those of you who don't know about Rick, he used to be the Editor of the wonderful Country Collections magazine.  I have just about every copy of this great magazine, well the older issues used to be great.  Since Rick left the magazine years ago the magazine hasn't been as good and has moved away from the country themes that I love to look at and read about.

 

He has a lovely Country Store at Lawson in NSW which is a cottage house and it is packed full with wonderful treasures.  Each room has a different theme.  If you ever get the chance the visit you will not be disappointed.

 

Rick has a website which you can browse at your leisure.  If you would like to take a look at the website and my home in his House Tours section, here is the link, at the bottom of the page click on House Tours http://www.rickrutherford.com/index.html

 

Hope you enjoy!

xx