Around the Garden...

I love Autumn, the colours of the leaves falling off the trees, the crisp mornings, the chill in the air in the late afternoon....winter is on its way!

Even Bailey wanted to get into the act of the autumn colour.

He is closing his eyes saying...don't take my photo, you are always taking photos of me!

Stop taking my photo!

I have planted some new herbs in my herb garden.

My veggies have starting to grow...I have planted Broccolini, Silverbeet and Beetroot, I probably put too many in and too close together....oh well.  At the back I have planted Sweet Peas to try and cover the fence...we'll see if they do what they are suppose to do!

I decided to dig up the roses along the back fence as they weren't growing as well as they should as they aren't getting enough sun. Not sure where I am going to put them.  I have planted Camillias in their place and I am hoping they will grow quite well and cover that ugly fence.

I have also put a couple of Camillias behind my old post & rail fence to try and hide the side fence.

There they are behind the fence, i think they will cover the side fence very well.

I have also had to replace the standard roses at the side of the garage with camillias, as the roses weren't getting enough sun there either. I have planted 3 so far, and I have one more rose to dig up and I will plant 2 more camillias.

Two of the standard roses I have moved to either side of the front porch steps...they look a bit dead at the moment but I am hoping that once Spring comes they will be in full bloom...here's hoping!

The first sign of my daffodils starting to shoot up.

I thought I would show you my new garden ornament...isn't he cute!

Lastly....all curled up in front of the fire after our day in the garden...what a life!!

How is your garden growing?

Enjoy your day!

xx



Wood Pickin'...

Last weekend I went wood pickin' at a friend's place. Pat & Danny have acres with lots of bush, so we decided to go and collect some wood for our fireplaces. What a great day we had.

This is the trusty old ute....yes that's right, there is no windscreen. Instant airconditioning. The trailer is hitched on the back, so off we go.

First stop to cut up the dead trees on the side of the track.

Is this how you use a chainsaw?

Pat with the chainsaw.

This is looking out to the bush.

 A couple of hours later and we headed back to the house with our trailer load. Don't we look like professionals!

I made a trip back home with some wood and when I got back we headed off out again to get another trailer load, by the time we finished it was just on dark.

Pat breeds Labrador's and she has just recently bought chocolate coloured labrador's to breed...they are all so cute!

All sitting patiently waiting to be fed.

 

 

 

Danny has this Kenworth truck, which I said is my truck as it is a KW and that is my initials, so he told me to get up in driver's seat like I am driving it....it was so high up....what a laugh!!

What a fun day we had collecting the wood, with a lot of laughs to keep us going, we were a bit sore the next day. Can't wait for the next day we go wood pickin'....

A couple of weeks ago I was given a bag of chokos so I decided to have a go at making Choko Pickles. It turned out ok for my first effort. Next I am going to try Green Tomato Pickles.

The other morning I was up early and looked out the back door to see what the weather was like, it was a perfect sunny morning, a bit cool but lovely. I spotted this big cobweb which runs from the rose bush near the fence to the crepe myrtle tree, which is quite a big distance. I don't know how the spider made that distance! I'ts the biggest cobweb I have ever seen.

Enjoy your day!

xx

Cross Stitches...

I thought I would share with you some of my cross stitches that have done over the years.

The first one I did is "Home Sweet Home" and who would of thought that I would have bought a house just like that!!  This one is on the wall in my sitting room.

The next one is "Antique Bear Collectibles"  You would think that I would have started off small but the ones that I loved were all very detailed.  This one is on the wall in my bedroom.

The latest one that I am doing is "Country Bloomers".  This has been in the process for quite a few years, which I am embarrassed to say, all I have left to do is the outline and then I will be finished.  I just have to get myself in the mood to do it...nearly there!

Another one that I have done is a long stitch which is of an old homestead. This one is on the wall in the sitting room as well.

Can you see the link with them all.....that I love old, country and antiques!!

Have you done any cross stitches?

Enjoy your day!

xx



A Break Away....

Over Easter Bailey and I went down the coast to stay with some friends, we had a great time while we were there and the weather was perfect.

We went to Pambula to visit the Oaklands Barn Garden Centre.  What a lovely place this was, it has the garden nursery, an old wares shop (no I didn't buy anything from there), a cafe and a farmyard nursery.

This is the front of the old barn building, this is the old wares shop.

Behind the old telephone box is the entrance to the garden nursery and cafe.

The old windmill and cart were in the carpark (I would love this in my backyard!!)

This is the entrance to the conference centre, all the woodwork looks great.  Inside was lovely, it would be a lovely room for a country wedding.

I had to take this photo....it's of the hand basin in the toilets...how good does that look!

I didn't go to see the animals, which I wanted to, but there were too many kids as it was school holidays.  This place is well worth a visit if you are ever in the area.

We also visited Tilba. This place is lovely.  This is Foxglove Spires which has a cafe, shops, garden nursery and the beautiful Foxglove Spires Gardens.  I didn't visit the gardens this time as I did it a couple of years ago and the best time to see it is in spring/summer when all the flowers are in bloom.

Looking up to the nursery

This is the countryside of Tilba, just stunning! A few kilometres to the left is the ocean....the perfect place to be.

This is the view from a Restaurant that we had lunch at in Narooma, picture perfect.

And the pelicans and seagulls joined us too!

We went to the beach.

The island out to sea is Montague Island.

This is the view from my friends driveway.

This staghorm is growing under the balcony at my friends house, I can't believe how big it is. Obviously the perfect spot for it!

The cherub on the ball I purchased from Oaklands.

I was given this lovely gift of the boy lying down from a good friend (she is very naughty for buying it)....but isn't he so cute!

While I was away I asked a neighbour to get my mail and I also gave her my house keys, just in case.  When I arrived home I found this lovely basket of goodies, homemade bread and roses on my dining table.

 In the basket was a pumpkin, chillies, capsicums, limes, lemons, beans, cherry tomatoes (all home grown), a jar of onion relish, crackers and in the fridge were olives and cheese.

This is the homemade grain bread that another lovely neighbour made.

They both spoilt me so much and what a lovely surprise to come home to. It was a lovely gesture from them both.

Last but not least, we had a surprise lunch for my Dad's 80th Birthday last Saturday. It was only small with our family and Dad's two younger brothers.  Dad was very overwhelmed by it all and surprised, but he had a lovely day.

Happy Birthday Dad!

Enjoy your day!

xx