Remembrance Day 2011

Lest We Forget!
To all those who fought for our country and our way of life, we say thank you.

what a show

 we were told it was coming and we had tied everything down or put it away. Got the dogs settled under the outdoor table and waited. Not till two hours after its ETS that we saw it coming in. Suddenly facebook was alive with photos and because we all lived  in different places we were able to trac it.

There were posts of its hitting Packy now, and Philip Island is drowing, and OMG here comes the storm, hide the children.

Then it hit with a vengence, it absolutely poured down. You could not hear a thing in the house not even the thunder but you could defenitely feel that!
After about 15-20 minutes it did slow down to a low roar, but if continued to rain until I fell asleep at around 9.30-10ish.
This morning I have woken to the sun shining, the birds singing and the only damamge is lots of plant matter on the veranda, no flooding in the house thank goddness. Still large puddles in the driveway and two tomatoes in pots were over, but Ive fix those,
I dont want to have to do that again in a hurry.
I hope others in its path were as lucky as I was.
see ya

thunder and Lightening

Overnight the sun disapeared and the thunder and light show began. I love thunderstorms and eventhough I am aware its happening I am still asleep. If that makes sence.
But last night, even though I was still asleep I was counting the time between the light, bright enough to see even though my eye were closed, and the roll of the thunder. when I got to only 7 seconds apart the rain came down. Thats the last I heard, I must of fallen deeply asleep then.
Its still raining here, quite heavily. So looks like my knees were right again.
dont bother watering your garden Angela, its gonna pour down very soon!
Very wise, Painful, my knees
see ya

Feeling like spring.

 here is a little willy wagtail sitting on her nest. she is in the liquid amber, that our wood pile is under. If you click on the photo I think it gets bigger.

this is a close up of her nest, they are just amazing how they build them.

here is hubby sitting down after a long day cleaning up. why do men love sitting by a fire.
I hope this nice weather continues, not too hot and slightly overcast. Perfect for working outside.
see ya

a short one

My babies fast asleep!
see ya

Update on baby quilt

I dont know what possesed me to do this pattern but its done now, except for the boarders.
Next time the smashed plates, or broken dishes, or whatever its called can stay smashed or broken.
Seriously it wasnt that bad, Its not perfect but not too bad if I do say so myself.
will show photo of it once Ive added the borders. Soon I hope.
see ya

November already!

after the long weekend, its back to business as usual. Only I cant believe its November already.
My god where has the year gone.
Still waiting for the warm weather to arrive, but we live in hope.
Over the weekend we planted onions, beetroot and pumkins.
The rest of the garden is going great, so maybe we dont need the heat. Its raining as I type this so we have our woodfire on just so I can get some washing dried. Its shut down and wont use alot of wood, but it is nice to have it on.
hope the weather is nicer where you are, or at least doing what its supposed to be doing at this time of year.
see ya