Settling In

 

Today it is 4 weeks since we moved house and locality and it has been full on for us both. In that time I have had a milestone Birthday, entertained a number of visitors, welcomed 2 houseguests, Anne first and then Sue, I have started a new Volunteer position, we have unpacked more than 50 boxes, pressure cleaned all the pathways and driveway, cleaned up the garden, taken loads to the Op Shop and the Rubbish Tip and Alan and I have crossed off numerous items from our `To Do List’. Today we joined the library which was our last item on the list and it was great to borrow a book and know I will finally have time to read it. I have also learned that I can borrow an electronic book on- line and download it to my iPad without even visiting the library :)

In summary we love our new house and the location is perfect. In this photo above you can see my favourite part of the house – a reading corner which is also great for entertaining while I cook.

This is part of our leafy and private front yard.

We also love that we have not had to buy any new `stuff’. Except for 2 new red stools for the kitchen breakfast bar. Everything we have is arranged differently and is in different places, but it all fits so well. So……… its all good

Our Sea Change Begins

So the day after my last Blog Post we sold our house and just as we hoped we are moving to Noosaville. It has all happened so quickly it was obviously `meant to be’ and now after 5 years here and 15 years on country acreage we are taking a Sea Change and moving back to suburbia. We are excited and apprehensive all at once but we know we are making the right move at the right time. Everything has fallen so neatly into place and we have now sold our Shipping container, our tractor, 2 ride on mowers and a heap of other stuff after 2 garage sales. We settle on our new home on Monday August 22 just a few days before I turn 60 so it will be a great Birthday present for me!! Wish us luck :)

The beautiful collage background I have used here was done by an artist named Samantha Kira Harding so I hope she won't mind me using it here to illustrate my post - it just seemed to sum up our feelings at this time!

Gone Fishing

 

On Monday Alan and his brother Geoff decided to take out the boat on the Noosa River and go fishing. I thought a day off sounded good too so I grabbed a picnic, a thermos, some good  books and a chair and sat in the sun by the river while they fished.

Here they are heading out – we chose a perfect day for it!

And here is the result, a beautiful big fish.  We had enough for ourselves and we gave one large fillet to a neighbour. Last night we all enjoyed a yummy fish meal. So this is just one reason why we would like to move to Noosaville :)

And here is another – it was so relaxing and peaceful just sitting by the river reading and watching people doing all sorts of different activities on the river. All in all a perfect day and an ideal break for us from property beautification and maintenance.

We are on the Market :)

 

Once again we have placed our property on the market and this time we hope to succeed in selling. We have a different agent and a different sales programme that we know will work.  We have also been really busy spring cleaning, weeding, mulching, clearing out, giving away and generally sprucing everything up and we have been full on doing this for some weeks now. After our annual holiday in Noosaville in May we decided that is where we are going to live so our days of fishing and picnicking by our dam will be replaced with doing this same thing on the banks of the Noosa River :) Wish us luck!! By the way this photo will be one of our property photos on line.

Our New Boat

 

We have a new boat – nice and big with comfy bucket seats at the front and a bench seat at the back. Should be fun on the Noosa River and we are planning a couple of weeks there next month!

Sprout Harvest

 

I have just started sprouting my own healthy mixed sprouts and today I had my first harvest. To quote Leslie Kenton `these are delicious, inexpensive and contain extraordinary energy giving properties with vast amounts of essential nutrients’. They are also fun to grow. I bought a seed tray, lined it with kitchen paper towel, spread out the seeds and then squirted them with a mister spray a few times a day. Then today voila!! I have harvested them, washed and spun them in a salad spinner and packed them away in the fridge. Fresher and a fraction of the cost of store bought sprouts. We will try them today on out lunch wraps :)

4 Words I live by

 

I did this collage recently for an on line challenge.

Credits can be found here http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/photopost/art-journal-caravan-2011/p112469-four-words-i-live-by.html