Fire...

The Perth fire started not far from us...

It is just awful and still raging tonight...

below is a link to a photo gallery.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/photos-fnlmwzv0-1227180754304?page=24

My How Time Flies When You Are Busy...

and it has been over a month well and truly since my last post

doesn't it sound a little like confession...

I have been away in Perth but I have been checking your blogs daily 

and leaving the odd comment...

before I went to Perth my niece had a baby and he was so weeny and there were problems

but he is all okay now and so is my niece

meet Kodi-lee 5lb 5oz

and that is a little crochet rug I made

I did make him a quilt also..... but I think that photo is stuck in my old camera!!!

isn't he weeny and so cute...

and remember these blocks?

 well it's finished 

and 

I did finish it before I went to Perth 

but I had so much to do in the days before I left that I didn't have time to post...

I am so happy with the finished quilt 

and the new owners were very happy...

Now this is why I was in Perth

 behind the bride is her brother and sister who she had as her ''bridesmaids'' 

plus her new sister -in-law

our beautiful oldest daughter Sara and her now hubby Brendan...

and also while I have been absent..................

we have sold the station and we have bought a new home closer to Perth and the kids...

settlement is a couple of months away as we are dealing with a rural property and trust us when we say we need all of that time to pack and sort through 70 years of Hubby's family stuff...

I am home for about 10 days then I head back for the birth of our first grandie... 

lots of packing to be done before I head off again...

I've Been A Little Busy...

It's been shearing time again

and there are lots of photo's for you...

 my pets thinking I am taking them to the silo for lupins

 Lucy the leader of the pack

 work boots and of course lime work sock

 sheep to be yarded by Baz and Cleo

 ready to start drafting

 this is my baby... lucky him he can just step over the fences

 it was hot

 and dusty

 fur grandie Cleo helping me

 Hubby in charge of drafting race

 the glamour shot

 Cleo a little thirsty

 full steam ahead

 our bales and this year not many

 Lucy being shorn and not very happy about it

 one very dirty dusty and tired city dog...

My parcel from the online group that I am a part of had their secret redwork swap

 and this is what I received from the very lovely Christine

isn't it just gorgeous and it even came with a little hanger...

 and Christine also sent me another little parcel

 some gorgeous fabrics suitable for a baby boy and a pattern for a little quilt

just for me for ''the Grandma to be''

thank you Christine you are so sweet and a very wonderful swapper.

A Visitor And A Finish...

yes look who came into the yard looking for a dog bone to chew on...

 and not very impressed with me either

 see how he puffed himself up giving me the warning...

 and
I finished a pillow/cushion for a birthday girl who is turn one on Sunday
she is having a party in a park and her Mum has been busy busy busy planning the very special day for her

I tried to use some of the same fabrics that I used in her quilt when she was born
and I used some Perle for some of the quilting...

A Bit Embarrassing...

Why you ask... well we have done no work in our vegie/fruit garden for the past couple of years as we were/are selling but after having nothing fresh to eat from our garden and no jam making happening we have had enough and if the sale goes through the new owners will have a vegie garden...

so yesterday Hubby worked most of the day in there chopping out bushes and he took away 3 trailer loads so far... (he takes it out the bush and dumps it in the paddocks so that bush seed gets caught in it and when it rains it will germinate new bush growth there)

 this morning before the heat I spent 2 hours raking, chopping, turning and pulling...

compost bins all tidy 

 tyre beds all deweeded and turned ready for some sheep poo

 a couple of weeks ago we had some awful hot days 48 to 50 degrees

well the lemon tree didn't like it at all and dropped some of the fruit and leave...

 the lime did the same

 hubby has removed the two over grown bushes from here 

and this will be the next area to be worked on

 then these two beds

 dirty old feet and my lime nail polish is covered up