DAY SEVEN

 

 

 

I work in a bakery so thought I would take some photo’s at work.  I was really hoping the baker had made his beautiful mud cakes but it was not to be, maybe tomorrow.

DAY SIX

I was hoping that sometime over the weekend I would be able to get a couple of photos of Tess and Lucy together.  I havent  taken a photo of the both of them for a long time.  Tess was out all day yesterday, then Lucy left just after Tess got home last night to spend the night at a friends place and is still not back.  The light has gone now so I had to nag Tess to let me take some photo’s of her.  She really didn't want her photo taken so smiles were kept to a minimum

 

 

DAY FIVE

I didn't take any photo’s today, well I took one tonight of the chicken soup that I lovingly made and it didn't look very nice , actually it looked really gross lol.  Yeah I know I still should have used that photo.  Then in desperation I took a photo of the TV that showed the cricket and in the small square on the bottom the Rugby union the Wallabies playing the Spring box I was watching both while I did the ironing last night but that photo didn't really work either. 

Then when Tony came home from Toogoolawah this afternoon he gave me a disc of racing photo’s that a friend of ours Steve Hilton had taken.  Steve takes photo’s for the American Magazine Dusty Times.  I mentioned to him when we were in Alice Springs that in all the years I've known him I had never seen any of the photo’s he has taken.  So now I have lol. So my photo for today is actually Steve’s photo’s of Tony racing at Mildura a couple of weeks ago.  Tony came second in his class and ninth outright.

 

Day Four

I live at one end of the Blackall Range in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast.  My eldest goes to school about 30kms away at the southern point of the range.  You can see the majority of the Sunshine coast from here and on a fine day all the way to Brisbane.  I'm finding myself driving there several times a week and  I never tire of the view.  These photo’s aren't the best as it was 12pm and it was a bit hazy.

 That’s Mooloolaba you can see in the distance.

The view toward Caloundra.

On the other side of the range you can see farms and Baroon Pocket Dam.

Of a morning and night this bit of road and over the dam are often covered in fog.

I didn't have a very productive day today.  Went to work and when I finished at 9.30 Tony picked me up, we popped home so he could do something mechanical and have a cuppa.  We then drove to Maleny as Tony’s truck had broken down there the night before and he had driven to Brisbane to pick up a compressor so needed me to stay there with him until it was fixed just in case he couldn't fix it.  So I spent an hour and a half here.

I guess there are worse places you could be stuck at lol.

Thought this looked funny it’s petals weren't quite open yet.

Until tomorrow

Bye for now

Day Three

 

 

The trunk of my crepe myrtle.

 

The other side.

I only saw the little worm like thing when I loaded the photo’s on my computer I will have to check it out in the morning but I'm wondering if it’s some sort of pest that has caused the bark to do this.  There were a few remnants of these things over the trunk.

A Photo a Day- August

Megan from The Byron Life has issued a challenge of taking a photo everyday for the month of August.  I had challenged myself at the beginning of the year to take a photo everyday this year, I did alright for the first few months but have failed dismally the last few months so I thought I would join in to get myself back on track.

I have missed the first few days so I started yesterday.

DAY ONE

Pineapple Sage, I love this plant it has flowered a bit late this year and not well for some reason.

 

DAY TWO

One of my favourite plants, Jasmine.  The bush which is my neighbours which fortunately hangs more over my fence than hers ,has just started to flower I love when it’s in full flower.

 

 I'm sitting at my desk watching the whip birds foraging around in the garden I'm so glad they have returned I haven't seen them around for a few months.  I love hearing them call each other.  The weather is glorious at them moment I love winter, beautiful sunny days and crisp nights, not as cold as I would like but you cant have everything.  I've actually got just a Tshirt on today and 3/4 pants.   I guess it lulling us into a false sense of security and the cool days will hit  us again before spring finally gets here. 

I haven't blogged in ages it’s not that I haven't wanted to I just haven't done anything exciting lately lol  The girls and I have been fighting the flu so far Tony has managed to avoid it, lucky him.  I missed two days of work and went back on Tuesday I feel really tired today but thankfully I have tomorrow off and hopefully I will be right after that.

Finally enrolled in a beginners class for patchwork.  It was a three lesson class spread over six weeks.  I did it at the

Patchwork Angel at Forest Glen.  I really enjoyed it except I missed the middle lesson when I went to Alice Springs I was able to make up the lesson I still haven't finished the quilt cover but  hope to soon.  I noticed they were having a quilting class for beginners which I really want to do but I'm going to be away so it will have to wait.  I will do the rotary cutter lesson as I was a bit rough with my measuring lol and that just wont do lol.My new sewing machine got a workout and I am really enjoying learning a new skill.

I get really frustrated when I don't do anything crafty for a while and I haven't done anything since the middle of June.  I have so many stitcheries and patterns I just want to get started on something.

I turned 43 on the 22nd of June and had a lovely birthday.  We went to dinner at  The Pennyfarthings Inn at Montville I really enjoy eating there it’s like an English pub and it really cosy in winter.

My mum, dad and grandma sent me a gift voucher from House I have been after a really good stock pot for some time I have two one is too small and the other way too large and both aren't good quality.  I scored ,I got a fantastic Baccarat stock pot on sale it was $200 reduced to  $110 I'm so happy with it and have made heaps of soups this winter.

Tony asked me what I wanted, I really really  wanted a new oven I had a great stove and when we renovated our kitchen I was talked into getting rid of it, Tony went to a job where a builder was renovating his kitchen (which was only two years old) he told Tony if he wanted the kitchen it was his so we weren't about to knock back a free kitchen it came with a convection oven and to get some more cupboard space I stupidly let them remove my stove.  Needless to say I hate what I have now it burns everything and is really difficult to use.  I love cooking and haven't really done much since then which I'm thinking is probably about 2 years  I've only made one batch of biscuits and Tess has cooked two cakes. I miss not baking so I thought it was time we replaced the old one.  I would like this one.

Rofl I was going to put a picture of the Smeg oven I wanted but when I googled it I found the choice report so I went and read that and the Smeg didn't fair as well as some of the other brands I looked at so back to the drawing board.   One brand I dismissed because I haven't heard of it did really well so it looks like I'm going to have to have a rethink and one good thing it’s cheaper.

Tess had her athletics carnival recently and did really well.  When she was in primary school she could sprint and throw.  In grade seven she won the age championship and broke the record for the shotput (or it may have been the javelin)when she got to high school it all stopped.  She didn't want to compete just in case she came last.

So this year I did something terrible I bribed her to compete lol and I'm glad I did I didn't care where she came as long as she had a go.  The poor thing she had the flu and really struggled to run but she did.  She hasn't run or thrown anything for three years, she came fourth in the discus and shotput.  First in the 100 metres, third in the 400 metres, this race she just jogged around the oval and really didn't stretch herself and still managed 3rd.  She was leading in the relay but slipped over (she was running in stockings, Why? I have no idea lol)and managed third place. 

Her reaction was Gee that was fun I might do some training for next year,  I bet she doesn't I hope she proves me wrong.

This is what she ran in, she’s always ran bare footed and realised stockings weren't the best.

 

I haven't taken any photo’s of Lucy lately as she is so uncooperative   she stuffs around, wont smile and whinges.  This is the best I could come up with and I took well over 50 photos lol she used to love the camera but no more.

She hates her “puffy” hair lol.

yes I did ask her to smile.

and this was the closest I got.

I had better finish up I've got to be out the door in half an hour and I haven't had lunch yet.

Bye for now

FINALLY

WE WON