Some Farm Animals

Today like the rest of this week has been super hot and humid with (if we are lucky) storms in the evening which makes sleeping easier. We don't get much garden work done between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm as it is so hot and uncomfortable. Summer has well and truly started here long before its official start date. We are making sure our chooks have plenty of water and we let them out after they have layed to forage. We notice this makes their eggs bigger and better.

Here are some of our chooks doing a great job of helping me weed and mulch the garden :)

This is Alan's new horse Max (a Standardbred) watching the chooks.....

A nice photo of Max who is looking good.

And here is Lewis the cat watching everyone LOL................

Tonight will be cold chicken and salad for dinner and we will have a glass or 2 of cold white wine on the terrace beforehand. We like to sit and watch the horses as the sun drops down. Thank goodness we don't have Summer time here in Queensland. With this heat we so look forward to sunset. We get up early anyway (this morning I was up before 5.00 am) as it is the best time to get the work done and exercise.

A Special Day at R.D.A.

On Saturday our Riding for Disabled Centre held its Annual Riding and Carriage Driving competition. We had a really great turnout of riders, drivers, volunteers, friends and family, all there to cheer everyone along. It was a tiring but really special day full of magic moments which remind us why we enjoy volunteering at RDA so much. In these photos you can see Alan doing the Dressage Competition with 2 of our Drivers. Jason in the bottom photo was the winner.

An Arty Morning

Every Wednesday morning I head off to our local Art Gallery to meet with other Art society members to create Art, talk about Art and once a month to listen to a lunchtime lecture on a variety of different themes. Yesterday was a treat as talented artist Kym Barrett spoke to us about the theme of her current exhibition: `In search of the Golden Thread'. You can see some of her Art in the background. Her work is really special and we all learnt a lot from her talk.

Here I am at work on our current project which is decorating palm fronds. This is a great example of re-cycling as these `supports' are free. You do have to live in area which grows palm trees to find them though. I plan to use mine to hold small bowls of snacks at barbecues etc. I really enjoy Art Society as it always fun and inspiring and because we meet at the Gallery there is always additional inspiration to be gained from the current exhibitions

Here is another one painted by Ros, one of our members. Her effort is really colourful - gold on the inside. She painted the outside in bright colours and adhered small mirrors with liquid nails. Ros plans to hang hers on her verandah on a swivel.

Be The Change

I had a lot of fun with this one this afternoon (credits can be found here http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=44085&cat=503&limit=recent)

Midnight Fairy

I haven't done anything creative for quite a few weeks but a kit called `Midnight' by PST Designs at PBP has inspired me :) The book was downloaded from Stock Exchange and the Font is a favourite of mine called Jane Austin.

Home from Holidays

We arrived home from our great holiday on Saturday, feeling a bit down when we saw all the yard work that had to be done, but it was still good to be home. We had a wonderful relaxing holiday and even better neither of us put on any weight :) I took my bike and did quite a bit of cycling which was fun. On Saturday night we were invited to a neighbourhood barbecue and bonfire which was great, and then yesterday we spent all day washing, weeding, trimming and mowing. Now we are feeling full of energy we will be tackling the overgrown kitchen garden. I was able read some good books while I was away, I really enjoyed `The House at Salvation Creek', Susan Duncan's sequel to Salvation Creek which I loved. I also read `The Heart Garden', Janine Burke's fascinating story about Sunday Reed and Heide. I bought a Yoga DVD as well so I am looking forward to starting some `at home Yoga' soon. Alan didn't catch very many fish but had a lot of fun trying. We had take away fish and chips instead :)

Holidays Yay

I won't be posting for a couple of weeks as we are going on a much needed holiday. We are taking 2 weeks off in our Caravan at our favourite spot at Noosa on the river. I don't have a laptop so I have a screen free holiday, although we do take some DVD's to watch. I also have a heap of good books, Alan has his boat and fishing gear so we are all set. This photo is me at this time last year on the little beach adjacent to the van park. This is where we watch the sun go down with a glass of wine and some nibblies most evenings :) See you on our return.