Today I Was Out The Bush...

This is me driving behind the truck on our way out the bush to some trap yards that are set up to trap goats at some windmills... very dusty road this was but it got worst when we got off the main road onto the windmill run road...

Didn't see any wild life around and it was windy as well
This is a lake that we drove through... yep empty and dry... you can see the bank in the distance with the row of trees around

The goats all trapped in... once sorted into billies, nannies and outies we got about 50 sized goats from the mill..... outies are the ones we let go as they are either to small, very pregnant or have weeny babies...

mmmmmmmmmmmmm funny looking goat!!!!

mmmmmm more funny looking goats!!!

Some of the wildlife that was looking on as we were working..

Pink and grey Galahs...

I tried to get really close for this photo but the kept flying off... up and down the guide wires of the windmill tower were about 100 Zebra Finches... they are so cute...

And This Dropped By....

Just as we were about to leave the big fella dropped by for a drink....

He was very big and very fat Bungarra and he let me get quite close for a photo...

Luv T xxx

I Finished This Today... No 14

I did make one of these for my ''Stitching Angel'' partner Vicki... when I was making hers I decided to cut out enough for two... I loved the large letters so much easier to applique with satin stitch no fiddly little corners or turns... it is really long and you could use it as a table runner as well...

With this one I added a large button on the heart and also around the sides... and I am going to give it to my local craft group to hang in the rooms to welcome visitors...

Today it has been so cool... 34c and tomorrow they say 32c... may need to find jumpers hahahaha... Hubby and I are mustering or should say trapping goats this week... we have had no summer rain at all and the place is so dry... the goats are making such a mess of the land and hubby is having to cart water daily to windmills as they can't keep up with the amount of goats at each one and they are really there for our stock not the darn goats... we are hoping to get at least 500 this time... more if we can...

Luv T xxx

TaDa.... Finished

My first attempt at ''colourque''.... I am sure I will improve over time once I get used to using different attempts at pressure while using the coloured pencils and using the little brush to apply the medium to fuse the colouring in....

A closer look... I do think it is quite cute really....

My friend loved her oven mitts.... but............ they are not thick enough for the big heavy bread baking trays... she is using them for the cake tins though.... so back to the drawing board and I must get some of that heat resistant stuff ''insulbrite'' I think it is?

I am having so much trouble with my Internet server... most of the time we aren't connected or it drops out while on line... I have been onto the ''telecommunications Ombudsman'' as I have put around 30 complaints in with no satisfaction... and Active8 say ''do this do that pull this out disconnect that'' and you get a different person each time with no help at all... ''call us if you still have problems''... so over calling them!!!!!!!!!! Apparently they have until this Friday to act and if I get ''no action'' then I am to ring the Ombudsman on Monday and let them know... and the real pain is that we are paying for this service???? Not good enough.....

Luv T xxx

What I have been doing...

I have been working on this little stitchery that I sort of made up... I have been trying my hand at using coloured pencils with needle work... it will be trial and error... but I nearly have this finished....

I just need to finish the binding and then I will show you... I am going to put it towards a raffle that we run on my friend Bobbie's site... we run these raffles sort of monthly and this month is "something for Easter''... boohoo I haven't won one yet... but I did get a bonus prize from the lady who runs the raffles for us for not "being a winner yet''... There have been some wonderful prizes...

The weather was a bit cooler today 38 so I cleaned my dinning room up and cooked a casserole in the morning to save heating the kitchen up in ''the heat of the day''... tomorrow is expected to be 43c... more pool time...

Luv T xxx

A Finish... A Gift... Plus More...

The Hubby has been away in Perth for a couple of days.............. so I took over the lounge room with my sewing machine...

This block is a swap that I have joined at IFQ it is ''mosaic tiles'' so far I have collected 5 and this one is for my new partner Kitty... she sent me the centre square and all I had to do was match up some colours... it will be in the mail to her tomorrow...

I also added my friendship stars that I was making to my ''ostrich quilt''... I have opted out of putting the other two borders on..... so I am being and ''ostrich''... I just need to get some thin batting and this will be a table cloth... stay tuned for a finished photo of this one and then I can take it off my list....
A finish.......
Number 9 ''Shattered Glass Poppy Table Runner'' finished... I did start this uuuuummmmm about 4 years ago maybe then forgot about it... so I spent last week machine stitching around each petal, leaf and stem and I can tell you that is a boring job but the look is great once finished...

The patterns are by Dianne Johnston she has a great range of different products.... next one of hers I have to finish is a ''calla lily'' hanging....

A Gift...

These very extra long oven mitts are for a friend of mine who runs the local bakery and I am sick of seeing her with burns up her arms from the trays... she is a weeny little thing and the trays can be quite heavy and she can't get anything long enough to cover her arms... so tomorrow I will surprise her with her very own ''extra long oven mitts'' with butterflies on as they are her favourite little creature... and if the work okay I will make her another pair...

Hubby has been in Perth getting the new 2nd hand car.... a 2006 Prado... he has just pulled up 15 mins ago... exciting a new car... our other car a Toyota Landcriuser was 10 yrs old... and now we don't have any kids at home and no trips to and thro from Perth with boarding school stuff we can down size WOOHOO.... it smells new but after being on a dirt road for the last 72kms its covered in dust hahaha........

Today at 6am it was 35 and by 12.30 it was 44 and even the pool water was warm today

Luv T xxxx