I made these little outfits for the kiddies, from vintage pattterns I got from the op shop.I have to say I am so very proud of them!
remember i sell everything I sew!
Our garden part 2 13/11/2009
So now we have a huge garden bed full of freshness just waiting to be big enough for us to gobble up! Down the end of the garden bed is where the chickens will be, if the rain ever stops and allows up to dig the last hole!
In our garden we have corn, carrots, beetroot, brocolli, peas, rockmelon, strawberries, tomotoes, chives, sage, celery, zucchini, lettuce and cucumber. I just can’t wait till it all gets to the point of eating!
tomotoes
Zahara’s flowers are thriving with all the rain and it’s so cheery to see the look on her face as she counts all the new flowers, sometimes a few times a day.
Sunflowers
Some sort of little flower, thanks to Granny and her treats for Zahara, we can come home from a day out and find new seedlings under the tap, it’s so cute!
And one of my favourite flowers, we had at our wedding, frangapani……
Hopefully soon I can show you the chickens and maybe a bunny rabbit!!
Our Garden transformation 12/11/2009
I have been meaning to update you on our garden for some time now……we just love our garden, or more so its potential. We have a huge block of land with fertile ground just wanting to produce.
Firstly we had to remove a number of smaller bushy shrubs to let the light stream through and help our vegies grow. Poppy has a backhoe, job much easier!!
We also has to demolish the ‘car port’ that didn’t even fit a car in it!
and we were left with this
but then the boys just HAD to mow the lawn!
The story behind the mower is that Dh’s motto in life is “if it’s worth having, it will be found on the side of the road”
And that is where he got this mower. For $100 on the side of the road. He brought it home, tinkered with it and has it going like a charm. as soon as the kids hear it start up they are running out to the shed and fighting over a turn.
Zahara loves the freedom of steering it by herself.
I will get some updated shots of the vegie patch and the flowers we have growing! So very exciting and rewarding
The first fruit of our labours! 04/11/2009
We have been working very hard on our garden, and more so our vegie patch and getting a coup ready for the chickens.
Here is the first fruit picked, a strawberry!
I am now mature and sensible…REALLY??? How boring! 01/11/2009
Well our holiday was cut short by my dear Husband, much to my dissappointment, but he said it was not open for discussion and I had to trust him…and I did!
I woke Thrusday morning ( I am not a morning person) to the demands ” you have 20 mins to pack your bag and we are leaving!”
OHHHHHH!!!! I was so excited, 20 mins! I can’t get it all done by then….little did I know that after I fell asleep the night before Dh packed everything, kids clothes, food and all!! oh, and the surf board! of course!!!
I was SUPER impressed when the family birthday banner was remembered by DH!!
Then we packed the belongings and the bikes and he typed into my new GPS (present from my MIL and FIL) Alexandra Heads…I was so excited, a beach escape for my 30th!
The resort was so beautiful, family friendly and central to everything. Zahara took us to the shops as she had chosen a birthday present for me, pearl earrings! I was so stoked, and she was so very excited.
I should mention I got my big present from Dh a few days earlier…..a beautiful ceremic water purifier, something I have been requesting for years now. And the water tastes so pure.
On the day of my actual birthday Dh took us all up to Montville, in the mountains where we wondered through the unique shops and had yummy lunch.
The next day while Jarrahson was asleep and Dh was swimming with Hara I was relaxing on the balcony eating some yummo chocolate when I saw my most beautiful friend come around the corner…..I was crying, tears of joy and thankfullness, I am a lucky girl!!
I still can not believe that Dh organised for my beautiful friends to come the 3 hr treck, and that my beautiful friends came all that way to share my birthday! I am so very lucky and feel so fortunate to have them in our lives, they are priceless and I love them to bits xxxxx after my friend arrived we went for a day of op shopping….now I mean these op shops were HUGE. I suffered nervous sweat and E suffered butterflies, we were so very overwhelmed, but it was all worth it in the end when we arrived home to show our Husbands our fantastic finds!
Overall I had a great 30th and although I was not too keen on turning 30 it is really just a number and I have to say this is the happiest birthday i have ever celebrated, and that’s a BIG call as all my birthdays have been memoriable. TO be surrounded by my wonderful husband, 2 precious children and my bestest friend in the world!
