tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91238398403887052302012-01-26T11:56:37.750+10:00Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.comBlogger3241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-22791849641880418782012-01-25T15:20:00.005+10:002012-01-26T07:41:43.820+10:00

Last night I went outside at about 7.30pm. In the north and east the skies were rumbling and there was a brilliant lightning display! I will admit that I was quietly happy it was over there and not here.At about 9.30pm we could hear a storm rolling in from the west. We whizzed around disconnecting everything plugged into electricity...just incase. The rain began just after 10pm. Along with it

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Schools opened their doors in Queensland for all students yesterday.I now have a big Year 3 boy in the schoolroom. His teacher is new to the central west as well as distance education. We actually started school last week, as all going well, we'll be away next week.The new C2C National curriculum begins this year too and this has seen many changes for classrooms across the country. For distance

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I made this hairclip board as part of a baby gift for a precious little girl. She may be only 10 days old but she has a head full of long black hair.Hair clips and bands tends to get lost easily or tangled in a big mess in a drawer so I made this board not only to be useful but pretty enough to hang on the wall. To hold little head bands, the rows with the bows open up under the bow (there's

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We were watching a good storm build up this afternoon. Martin was in the process of trucking home 10 bulls and when he arrived back in town for his second load, I told him to stay there.We measured 130pts, 184pts at Koondoo (our neighbour to the south) and 80pts at Mt Calder (our neighbour to the west).After last weekend's heat, it will be a welcome boost to the paddocks.Thanks for looking,

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Tonight we are going out to dinner to celebrate a friend's 30th birthday. We couldn't go empty handed so I have organized a voucher for him and made this holder to pop it in.As you may have guessed Luke is very keen on horses.....Thanks for looking,

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Today I thought I'd share a few photos of my garden, while it's freshly mown and manicured. Most of it is less than 12 months old. We may as well start the tour at the front gate....This is the only garden outside the fence. Martin found these big rocks down near our house dam. He suggested planting 3 bougainvilleas there and I decided to add 3 palms as well. Unfortunately the cattle pulled out 2

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Yesterday Nathan painted some new canvases to hang in our schoolroom. He's really not into art and painting but was very keen to paint these.Would you have picked this as being a spitfire? I certainly didn't but should have realized the red dots were the bullets being fired from the guns. I love the way he has painted the fumes coming from the back of the jet.This pirate has just fired a sot from

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Gail from Greatest View is making these totally gorgeous fabric flowers...aren't they just stunning! They are a sneak peak for her first bi-monthly product release.Would you like to win a $25 voucher to spend at the release? Gail's going to give three away and to be in the running, she needs our help to spread the word! Become a follower of her blog and post the details of the giveaway on your

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The heat we have been experiencing the last few days has been terrible but it was nothing like last Saturday. On that day it was 43 C in the waterbag in the shade AND to top it off we didn't have any electricity from 8.10am to 6.05pm!! At one stage Nathan became very distressed, not helped by the fact that he had a temperature. He was sent off for a cool shower and then we found some shade in the

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On New Year's Day friends came out for the day and we had a lovely time socializing and relaxing.We took them down to our favourite waterhole. It's a magical spot, and I'm sure you can see why.Nathan is always fascinated by the stone crossing built by the Chinese. When there is not so much grass, you can really see the full extent of their work...they must have carted rocks for miles!Usually we

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2011 was a mixed year on so many levels. Here's praying that 2012 is kinder to us all!

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Christmas is over for yet another year and hope you had a really lovely day. We most certainly did. This year I did a baked ham, a first for me, and we'll be doing it every year. It was absolutely scrumptious! I baked it Christmas morning, but in future will probably do it the afternoon before. Between opening gifts and calling or receiving calls from family and friends, I was having trouble

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-47201793572130995952011-12-23T08:07:00.003+10:002011-12-23T10:03:25.059+10:00

Last night we attended our road party. It was nice and close for us...about 10km. Early in the evening we were all watching a big storm build up and making a mental note of where our chairs and eskies were in case we all had to make a quick getaway. The all of a sudden the storm was gone and everyone was more relaxed. With all the rain we've been having added to us being near a creek, the mossies

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Yesterday Nathan and I ducked into town to do the last of our Christmas shopping while we had the chance and the weather was fine.We have a really lovely little shop called Daisy Cottage and I can never come away from there empty handed (Martin can confirm that!). They had some really lovely Christmas decorations in stock and I like to buy one or two new ones every year. So I just had to drop in

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Martin had discovered that our big 40ft auger had also been blown over down the back.Luckily it hadn't hit either of the silos and didn't look to have sustained too much damage. But how to get it upright was quite a challenge.No, this way won't work...we need to tackle this from the other side.All in all it was really quite elegantly done! Yay!! And what's more, there was only a small amount of

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Our wet carpets have now been removed. We have to keep them until the assessor has been out. In one bedroom we found the ugliest lino...a brown with a crocodile skin style pattern and it was GLUED to a gray painted floor!!! OMG... what awful taste! Our bedroom has plain floor boards that have never been varnished or painted. We want to polish them instead of re-carpeting as no doubt the rain will

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This morning started off like any other day. Rain was forecast for this evening but a storm was already brewing way out to the west. Martin called me on the radio to see what it was doing on the radar and at that stage the storm was heading in our direction but about 1/2 an hour away. I went outside and made sure any that should be was put away, Alastair's car windows were up etc. This is what

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Today we finally got to doing our road decoration. It has been delayed by all the wet weather we've been having...a good excuse, look how green it is! My Mr Bah Humbug (not Martin) would have been happy not to have it at all, but I insisted....I think this will be the last year for this Santa suit. I think this is it's 4/5 year and it sits for about a month in all kinds of weather! It's done

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-30002748450897878382011-12-11T17:09:00.004+10:002011-12-11T17:23:03.610+10:00

well not stars but flowers! I bought a length beautiful of flower lights at Floriade in Canberra a few months ago.They are absolutely stunning. Anyway I decided to have a go at making some myself using skeleton leaves.If you don't know, skeleton leaves are real leaves that have been specially processed to remove the fleshy parts and leaving the rib and vein structure of the leaves. They are

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With all the wet weather and yesterday no electricity, I decided the most productive way to spend my time was making Christmas cards....yes they should have already been made!I've never made an easel card before and found them quick and easy to make and they look so effective. Here are several I've made:This last one is going to a very dear friend in Canada, who is having a really hard time. She

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I have been busy creating some new Christmas decorations to sell at our Christmas markets in a few weeks.This next photo features the stars bunting I've made.And finally a new Christmas card made with free stamps. This is called a step card and in real life is just gorgeous!We've had some wonderful falls of rain recently and our country is greening up beautifully. What a way to start the summer!

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Nathan and I learnt how to make vokis today. They are cool fun. Press the play button and see what he has to say....

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I have been constantly told what a bad blogger I have become....sorry about that.Recently I made some Christmas cards for teachers. Each was made with a particular person in mind. Here they are:I had must admit that I had a lovely time creating them. Aren't Magnolia stamps gorgeous? I've even ordered some of the new Sweet Christmas Dreams collection.I have not done any scrapbooking this year. I

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Meet little Archie! He already has a new home to go to when he's more grown up and I know he'll be very well looked after and loved. This is the princess of the family. She's slightly smaller than her brothers and is a very quiet little girl, at this stage. I hope she develops more of her mother's personality. This is Archie's brother. I will admit he's a little complainer. We have learnt to

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I made this card for my friend Joy. I have used the same techniques as with Martin's card. If you look closely at the background, you will see that I've used a doiley stamp dusted with perfect pearls. Making a card for Joy is a challenge because she makes the most gorgeous cards.

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Yep this morning I woke to find I was married to a 50 year old...bit scary! (Don't let on that I said that please!)Here's the birthday boy... His cake contained a little surprise. All in all, it was very colourful and YUMMO!!!! I had fun playing with inks, stamps, and perfect pearls to make Martin's card. Don't you love the result? He does and that's what important. I also have another card to

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I am constantly reminded at how slack a blogger I have become! (Thanks Joy!) So here is our March to date:A couple of weeks ago I celebrated my birthday...yep I'm NOT telling you how many years but suffice to say that next year I will reach a significant milestone. Martin and Nathan made me a cake covered with hot pink icing. Thank goodness there were only 6 candles...more than enough! On

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Where has this month gone? I can't believe February has almost gone for 2011...and boy hasn't it been a busy month! We went up to our school for Open Day and the swimming carnival, only to have it rain the night before! Open Day went ahead and it was great to meet my little Dude's teacher. The swimming carnival was postponed as so many families were unable to get in because of the wet weather AND

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Yesterday my baby celebrated his birthday...now he's a BIG 7 and according to him...all grown up.He was thrilled to receive so many phone calls, from family and friends... after all it was his day! Nathan's birthday cake was an obvious choice. The cake is chocolate (the 'through all the ingredients into the bowl and mix type') and is was absolutely scrummy. I used the same recipe to make a batch

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Nathan has his birthday in a fortnight. The heat has been terrible and forecast to be much hotter, when an idea struck and I went searching on ebay. Well his gift arrived last Wednesday when we were in town. Nathan didn't take any notice of the big box on the back of the Nissan, and we didn't mention it...that was until late Thursday afternoon. Now it's set up for us all to enjoy.We spent about

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-87925342164936178232011-01-16T15:42:00.002+10:002011-01-16T15:56:21.811+10:00

These two decided to give each other a haircut this morning...thank goodness it will grow!

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Ever seen a garden shed heading off down the road? That's exactly what ours did!After 2 years we finally got around to moving it, only because I'd had enough of the mess of plant pots that were breeding under our tank stand. When originally assembled, Martin bolted the garden shed on to bore casing for added strength and also so that it wouldn't blow away in a storm, as they have a tendency to do

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-7922930873074644222011-01-13T19:03:00.005+10:002011-01-14T07:07:36.742+10:00

As we watch in horror, we cannot believe the devastation we are seeing in the so many flooded areas of our beautiful state. To have a single town or city flooded is bad enough but for it to continue on and on and almost wiping out some towns is beyond belief. Our hearts go out to all especially those who have lost family and friends in this horror. We are constantly referring to our QBD to see

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The heat is terrible today...well it's probably not too bad, we've just become soft this summer! I will admit we haven't turned the air-cons on. Anyway, it's been a good excuse to stay indoors and out of the heat and well....a girl has to do something!So here's a layout share:andNow Joy challenged me to scrap this photo of the 2 of us....but I'm yet to see her layout anywhere! C'mon girl...get

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My Mum celebrated her 70th birthday at the large dam near her home town with family and friends yesterday. We weren't able to get there because of all the flooding that has been happening in our Sunshine State. Her birthday isn't until this Friday, but she will be on the western side of the continent by then.Wendy did a brilliant job icing the cake and make the roses that adorn it. I'm sure the

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I hope you all found a way to welcome in 2011! We had a lovely evening with friends but left way too late...or early depending on how to care to look at it and the drive home was veeeerrrryyyy long. Nathan is a night owl and was still going strong at 1.30am...seems his parents are the party poopers. We've all been very slow today....well it is the weekend, after all.Nathan was absolutely

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-10800127727720106132010-12-31T16:47:00.004+10:002011-01-02T14:20:41.012+10:00

Well hasn't this year flown by. My littlest man has no sooner started Year 1 and is soon 7 years old and a big Year 2 boy. Today he lost yet another baby tooth...we have warned him that the Tooth Fairy may do some partying tonight so if she doesn't come tonight, don't worry.....we're sure she'll remember tomorrow night (fingers crossed!)We'r enot going to break our rainfall record this yeah...

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The sun is shining brightly and there's a lovely breeze blowing....doesn't it feel great! We are over the musty smell in the house and everything feeling so damp, even the carpet. Yesterday I had several fans on for the day in an effort to dry things out.This afternoon I made a few cards in preparation for those with birthdays coming up in the next few weeks. I cannot take credit for these; they

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Nathan has spent some time this morning catching small fish in puddles on the road by the house as well as puddling in the mud...fully clothed of course. One of the fish jumped out of the bucket and into his pool! Apparently they are both starving so Nathan has headed out with some breadcrumbs for them. I wonder how long they will survive?

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on that 1950 rainfall record! On Christmas night we had 85pts and today another 197pts. The ground cannot take any more, so it's just running off. We spent some time this afternoon pumping out the water from under the house. December is now our wettest month for the year.We had a lovely relaxing Christmas Day. Nathan was thrilled with each and every one of his presents. His gift from Santa has

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I would like to wish all my friends and followers a very Merry Christmas and may 2011 be all you wish for.

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Yesterday we ducked in to town as we knew the creek was down and that the river was going down and crossable. We had to take two 44 gallon drums with us to get fuel, as well as an empty gas cylinder to exchange. The journey in was uneventful, but we did come across some showers at the end of the bitumen. By the time we arrived in town, it was pouring!! We whizzed around and did our jobs getting

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For the road party we were able to turn on a beautiful sunset, a lunar eclipse, no mozzies, no storms and a cool evening! It was so relaxing and we enjoyed wonderful company. As one guest said "This may not be the biggest road party we've been to, but it's by far the most relaxing."I've been receiving Day of Christmas Giveaways emails daily from Bluedog Photography for the last 10 days. Each day

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-34907347891848294452010-12-21T13:14:00.003+10:002010-12-21T13:22:24.116+10:00

The river in town is up (it was 1.7m over the bridge at 3am) and one creek on our road was at 0.9m at about 8am this morning but going down and more rain is forecast from tomorrow......so we are having the road party tonight. YAY!!! I have been busy cooking and Martin has dragged an old grid up and smoothed down the area. He's currently up there sorting out lights, generators, tables

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-77191772669265448372010-12-20T16:08:00.004+10:002010-12-20T16:14:08.721+10:00

Today we have glorious sunshine and a very pleasant temperature. The river in town is on the rise again after very heavy rains towards the head of the river...it was already over the bridge this morning.I spotted a gorgeous Christmas tree ornament on the net recently and was really keen to make one.Isn't it just so beautiful? If it wasn't for my Cuttlebug and the Shapeabilities, I wouldn't have

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After a few days of lovely sunshine, the clouds have built up and then opened up on us again. Last night we had almost 2 inches of rain, but there was more rain closer to town. Nathan has had a wonderful time playing in the mud and consequently going through several changes of clothes...thank goodness for clothes dryers!In 1950, 52 inches of rain was measured on our property....we are getting oh

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I received some lovely stamps in the mail recently and couldn't resist having a little fun with them. I coloured the images with twinkling h2os and am slowly learning how to blend colours. I'm very pleased with the way this jolly old fellow turned out.

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Yesterday a lad and I got in and prepared our road decoration for our turn-off. We should have done it a couple of weeks ago but hey...it's been raining!! Santa looks a cool dude lounging in the pool don't you think?? Totally relaxed and enjoying the sun....he just needs a bottle of wine or a beer!Yesterday afternoon we went drive about again to check a couple of dams....BAD idea!!! We didn't

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-42384862274963179992010-12-15T15:40:00.003+10:002010-12-15T15:46:14.588+10:00

On the weekend I took part in the Twiddleybitz blog hop! It was absolutely brilliant and the design team members were just so inspiring. There were also good laughs along the way. The blog hop began with Ann-Marie Cox, so if you care to check it out and leave some love, I'm sure they'd all love to hear from you.Straight after the hop I went in search for and bought some gorgeous TWBZ yumminess.

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This afternoon we went drive about, figuring it was possibly dry enough. We headed off to check out one dam that we were worried about as last time we'd had big rain part of one bank washed away. Sure enough there was more damage, with a big hole in one bank and we could also see where the backwater had washed over the bank and into the dam, causing more damage. This dam really needs all four

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The river yesterday was 1 metre over the bridge when we were in town. This morning it is 1.59m!The creek between us and town is now down and crossable. I can imagine that the road is very badly washed out after all this rain.

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Today we decided to duck in to town and grab some more supplies, before the next wet change...forecast for Thursday. We knew that although one creek on our road was very high still, we could cross it on another road as it was only 0.4m deep.Nathan was really excited about this trip as he knew the only way to cross the river on the edge of our town was by boat.....The ripple in this photo is the

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Imagine....a party on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. That's what we do every year when a family from a property on our road hosts the road party and we have put our hands up this year.I often wonder what passersby think as they see us partying away!I wrote a little verse for our invitation:Driving through the bushIn a muddy 4WDDown the road we goDodging kangaroosThe night is

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the sun shines, in comes more rain! Last night we measured 87pts (21.75mm) and we have learnt of heavier rain (up to 6 inches - 150mm) towards the head of our local river...no wonder the water is already over the bridge in town!!We had hoped to go to town this morning to replenish supplies and be ready for the next onslaught, but the rain beat us to it. Two creeks between us and town have been

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I've had the time for a little play...On the Mud Monster layout, you are unable to see the areas of blanket stitch I did of the edge of the base paper.Nathan is happy with his layouts, so what more could I want!?

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We had just over 3 inches of rain on Tuesday night. The ground is soggy like you wouldn't believe! In town there was 5 inches in 4 hours and the new Landmark building was flooded.This morning Nathan went outside. Later I found....Who'd claim this mud monster...and where is my son??

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Our Twilight Markets went very well last night. First thing yesterday morning we made a decision to change the venue as there had been 2 inches of rain in town on Thursday night and more storms were forecast. While some weren't happy about it, it proved worthwhile as there was a gale force wind during the evening as well as some rain.All stall holders were very happy with their sales for the

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I have made these favour boxes for the markets tonight and have filled them with rum balls. Hopefully they will sell.

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Jodi gave me the chippie and it made the perfect title. Thanks Jodi!

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Today we were drafting sheep in readiness for a few days of shearing. I couldn't help but marvel at the contrast from 12 months ago. Then, we were drafting at night because of the heat, the yards needed to be hosed to keep the dust down and we were feeding sheep in the holding paddocks because they were so bare. Today, we were slopping around in the mud (bet you didn't know sheep hate walking in

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I bought a PSX stamp on ebay recently and received in the mail on Friday. I was telling Joy about it....and was given a challenge...to whip up a little something with it by 7.13pm tonight.Here goes:Just when you think the sun is shining brightly, the rain clouds are back! This morning we measured a neat inch of rain with almost 3 inches in town! This month is now our wettest for the year, with

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In October Craig and Kathryn crossed Boree Creek in a boat in order to get to town. This time, however, it's considerably higher and wider! The Barcoo River, which went over the bridge this morning, will be holding this creek up.In the distance there is a homestead and shearing shed.I'm pleased not to be staring out on flood waters like that.

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get a man a buggy and he thinks he can go ploughing everywhere in the mud!He's going to have fun cleaning it all off!

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We had 2 inches of rain on Sunday night and another 130pts last night. One neighbour had almost 4 inches last night!There are three creek crossings on the main road down near our shearing shed. They don't know often run to any great extent. Have a look at them today:This is the middle and deepest crossing ( at about 0.5m) coming from one of our paddocksand into another on the opposite side of the

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It's too wet outside to venture far and do too much in the garden, so it's been the perfect time to make Christmas cards. I used scraps of Christmas themed papers to make these cards. You may recognize them as Kaisercraft Belle and Delish Designs.Nathan decided that for teacher's gifts this year, he'd decorate some baubles. Here's the end result:They were coloured with twinklings H2O and then had

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We had a good storm brewing this afternoon...we were out in the garden watching it come closer and closer. This was to the south...and this snuck in from the west...No...that's not dust. The storm was between us and the sunset. Can't believe we only got 30 pts out of this, but with the weather of late, it's very wet!

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On ABC Radio Craig Zonca is calling for listeners to send he and his producer Rob Christmas cards, with the promise that they will send one in return. If you'd like to send the fellas a card, their address is:ABC RadioPO Box 358TOOWOOMBA 4350I found a cute stamped image in my collection and thought it would make a gorgeous Christmas card. With our summer Christmases, I am not 'into' snow and

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My little Dude decided that he wanted a haircut from the hairdresser recently. If I got to go to the hair salon, then why couldn't he? He's been looking rather like a shaggy dog of late, so as we were going to town, I made him an appointment for yesterday morning. He asked me to take the camera and get some photos.He chose the hairstyle....blended in and not clippers (he gets that all the time

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-20735810801805899492010-11-12T10:56:00.006+10:002010-11-12T15:29:50.995+10:00

I recently won 2 layout auctions at Scrap with V as part of a fundraising venture for Be Uplifted. I was not able to participate in the Pink cybercrop, but felt that by placing bids at the auction was allowing me to do my little bit towards the fundraising.I am now the proud owner of this gorgeous Jodi original:I love Jodi's style and the way her layouts have some much texture and dimension. She

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Goodness gracious...November already?! Where is the year going? I will be very pleased to finish school in a few weeks. Nathan has really and truly had enough, and every day has become quite a battle...only one unit to go. He has a 2 day swim camp next week, which will be a lovely change of pace and environment for him.I had a little play this afternoon. These photos were taken at Airlie Beach in

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Yesterday I was given these gorgeous roses by my lovely neighbour.Their perfume is intoxicating and has spread through every room in the house.I have been making Christmas bunting to sell at our cultural association's Gallery Day next weekend and the Christmas Twilight Markets in early December.Unfortunately this photo doesn't do it justice. They are 3 metres long and made from a variety of

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Last weekend I attended the Scrapbooking Premiere retreat in Mackay with my sisters Lea and Wendy, lovely friend Shaz and 32 other keen scrapbookers. We had a wonderful weekend, with so much fun and laughter...not forgetting learning new techniques.Not a bad loooking lot are we?Michelle taught us how to make our own embellishments from clay doing both free hand and using moulds. She even showed

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This afternoon I finished off the Christmas baubles I have made....and thanks to the hot glue, a couple of my fingers are rather tender!As you can see I have quite an array of colours (this is not all of them) and every bauble has either gold or silver,4 short strings of pearl like beads, and a gold or silver cord with which to hang the ornaments.As well as the 75mm round baubles, I have also

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This afternoon I got a call on the 2way..." Put your camera in a plastic bag and I'll be there in a few minutes to pick you up!" As I headed out the back gate, I heard Nathan call "Better buckle up Mum 'cos I'm driving!" Nah.....didn't need my seatbelt but I know why the camera needed to be in a plastic bag...mud was sent flying in all directions!First we headed to the house damand its

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Would you believe we've had more rain?? We measured just over 2 inches this morning....add that on to the 3 inches we had last week! It's wet like you wouldn't believe! Nathan is having a wonderful time playing in the mud.What an incredible year it has been....the rain that began in January has hardly let up! Our annual average is 19 1/2 inches (500mm). We are already up to 30 1/2 inches (775mm)

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-7649342329249909532010-10-13T14:54:00.003+10:002010-10-13T15:02:16.043+10:00

Did you know it's World Teachers Day on October 29? Nathan was asked to make a card for his teacher on behalf of all of his classmates. While at it, we made some more for other staff members who play a vital in our school and Nathan's education.

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These photos are of our flooded Barcoo River yesterday. In the first photo you can see where the bridge is situated and how close the waters got to the main street.This view is from a little further downstreamThe golf course.This morning the water level was 1.37m over the bridge and still rising.A lovely lady by the name of Helen took these photos.

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We have been busy with lambmarking this week. By the end of Thursday all sheep were back in their paddocks. Martin had intended mustering the wether weaners so they were closer for shearing but Mother Nature had other ideas. On Wednesday night we measure 58pts, 130pts on Thursday night and and other inch on Friday.Craig and Kathryn have been out here lending a hand and had planned to go back to

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-78216930684764529982010-10-05T18:14:00.005+10:002010-10-05T18:36:02.095+10:00

One day we decided to go for a drive up on the Tablelands. We called into the Visitor Information Centre at Mareeba and found it also incorporated a Heritage Museum...it was just amazing! If you ever get the opportunity, it's well worth the visit.From Mareeba, we then drove to Mt Molloy, Port Douglas and Mossman. Of course no visit to Mossman is complete without going to the Mossman Gorge. It was

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I have a little boy who's not feeling too flash today. He's come home with a horrible cold, so I think it will be a slow day at school if we do any at all.While at Innisfail, we drove up to Millaa Millaa and Ravenshoe. We saw the most beautiful waterfalls (Ellinjaa, Millaa Millaa, Zillie and Millstream Falls) in that area and of course the wind farm at Ravenshoe.Initially the wind turbines were

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For our holidays, we decided to head to north Queensland. It had been over 27 years since we had been up there.We arrived in Charters Towers and wandered the main street looking at the beautiful buildings and reading many of the plaques that dot the footpath. We discovered the Miners' Museum and Nathan had fun panning for gold. The fellow there recommended we travel to Townsville via Ravenswood,

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On Friday afternoon, we returned home from a wonderful camping holiday. We had a few days of rain with the worst of it while we were at Innisfail.I will tell you more about it as soon as I can; we are doing catchup from being away, lambmarking this week, AND of course school starts again tomorrow.

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This morning we woke to a phone that wasn't working. Apparently Martin decided there were people he needed to call at 6.30am so......(it was too early to report telephone problems)....the only way we get mobile phone access here!This tank stand is about 25ft high and stores water from our house dam. From here, it provides water for our house and 3 paddocks.

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All of our puppies have found new homes. Best of all, they will be well loved!

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Today I stumbled across this great little tutorial.Rolled Fabric Flower Tutorial from Rhonna Farrer on Vimeo.Last week I received a photo for a photo swap at Scrapbooking Premiere. These gorgeous flowers could be perfect for the layout. Next month, my sisters and I are attending their retreat and I am sooo excited about it. We'll be learning some new techniques which will be wonderful and might

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Yesterday the youngest of our older boys turned 21! Congratulations and happy birthday Adam. Craig and Kathryn planned a surprise party for him for last night.He has also completed his apprenticeship and is now a fully qualified auto electrician. We are very proud of him and his achievements.

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We have three little mini foxie pups in our house that are now 4 weeks old. It was quite an experience for Nathan and I to see them bring born and grow so quickly. They are all boys...as if we'd have anything else in this house! One is a tricolour (black, tan and white) with a natural bobtail, a tan natural bobtail and a brown long tail. This has come about as their mother has a long tail and

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What do you think of this?The bauble is 75mm in diameter, decorated with ribbon and topped with wire edged ribbon and a pearl chain. They are made in a variety of colours with either gold or silver. It makes a beautiful Christmas tree decoration.I am making these to sell, and I would appreciate your honest opinion.

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I have been a very bad blogger....and I must admit it began with having trouble accessing the internet and then not being able to get any connection at all for 3 weeks. During that time I just got out of the habit.I promise to be better...

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In the weekend I took part in the inaugural cybercrop over at Papercraft Addictions. The girls posed some great challenges that were really inspiring. I still have two to complete and hope to do them this week. Caz gave us a Scraplift Challenge...this gorgeous layout was created by Sam Hauzer And this is my layout: Julz's posed a "Something Old, Something New Challenge". We had to use old

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-30565337311858804012010-06-22T14:35:00.007+10:002010-06-24T10:49:14.885+10:00

Last week Nathan and I were in Longreach for his Year one minischool......and boy did the kids have awonderful week! The theme for the week was Community Helpers and with the help of Boris Bear (a big teddy) the kids had quite a number of excursions. Boris has been clowning around on the bunk beds when he had a tumbled and was taken to hospital by ambulance. The kids went to visit him at the

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-22903419038418846302010-06-07T15:57:00.005+10:002010-06-07T18:04:49.506+10:00

I saw a gorgeous sketch recently and it inspired me to get in and create this layout. In the end, this layout is nothing like the sketch ...funny how these things happened. It did give my mojo a desperately needed kick start though.The clouds were an idea of the lovely Taryn and I found a tutorial she shared on making them.I had borrowed some seashells stamps from Joy, but I just couldn't create

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-80425622648729511192010-05-17T15:06:00.003+10:002010-05-17T15:13:05.813+10:00

I had a little play on the weekend, for the first time since I don't remember when.My youngest niece celebrates her birthday tomorrow and so I made this cute little card for her. As you can guess, her favourite colour is purple.Then I had a little play with Glimmer mist. I have so much to learn about using this wonderful product, and my lovely friend Taryn has given me a few pointers since I did

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-66495613934510469262010-05-11T17:08:00.003+10:002010-05-16T11:09:53.333+10:00

My 6 year old son is keen to take part in the MS Readathon this year for the very first time. He is a very keen reader and already reads daily and keeps a reading diary. He has already registered is set to collect some sponsorship. Nathan is planning to read at least 50 books within a 30 day period.He's also doing the Premier's Reading Challenge which started on Monday....he already has 7

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-86029819303059207562010-05-08T10:40:00.007+10:002010-05-08T11:05:59.359+10:00

Yesterday, I was reminded that I hadn't posted on my blog for a little while...thanks Mum!Our local show was held last weekend. Nathan had a very successful show, winning 5 trophies in the pavilion and $38 in prizemoney...an absolute fortune to a 6 year old. His trophies were the aggregate for his age group in photography, horticulture, cooking and handicrafts as well as attaining the highest

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-11928457378775281252010-04-25T08:53:00.003+10:002010-04-25T08:59:47.672+10:00

Sir - would it help if I shed a tear I swear it’s the first time since this time last year My spine is a tingle - my throat is all dry As I stand to attention for all those who died I watch the flag dancing half way down the pole That damn bugle player sends chills to my soul I feel the pride and the sorrow - there’s nothing the same As standing to attention on ANZAC Day So Sir - on behalf

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-15925954879343126032010-04-15T14:22:00.004+10:002010-04-16T17:01:57.957+10:00

Now for a quick game of tag. I was tagged by my gorgeous friend, Taryn (I would love to meet this gorgeous lady one day), and now it's my turn...I have to list 10 things that make me happy, 5 pieces of trivia about myself, and then pass this award along to 5 other bloggers I love...so here goesTHINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY...1 My 4 gorgeous babies2 Having a husband who loves me and whom I love3

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-64733893334026937202010-04-15T12:44:00.006+10:002010-04-15T14:42:17.110+10:00

We recently had a week away spending time in Mackay and Airlie Beach with family. After a few days of rain, we were lucky enough to have glorious sunshine. It was lovely to catch up with close family and for Nathan to spend time with his cousins.This was the first beach holiday he'll remember as he was only 14 months old when we went to Broome. While he loved playing on the beach and making

Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346206405546016552noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123839840388705230.post-46231505272467413922010-03-31T16:44:00.002+10:002010-03-31T16:47:22.393+10:00

Here's one of the bunny cards Nathan had made for a teacher but I'd missed photographing.Isn't it cute?...See Joy, I didn't forget!

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