Beautiful things

 My Dad has been very busy this morning baking beautiful biscuits, he is such a good Dad.

 Im starting to fill my dresser with beautiful things that have been tucked away, this trio which I have 6 of was my late Mothers it was given to her as a wedding present from my Fathers Mothers as Dad said that back in those days every woman had to have a lovely  tea set. It is Royal Albert, maybe we can have some high tea`s next year.

 This cute little cup, saucer and plate was my Fathers when he was a little boy it was by Peggy Gisbourne.

 This beautiful book I bought for my eldest daughter when she was little , I fell in love with the illustrations, she used to sit for hours and copy the pictures.

I have been at my place of employment 20 years this year and they gave me a voucher and this is what I bought, just in time for Xmas festivities. My eldest daughter assembled this for me today she did a fantastic job and it was much appreciated.

Tuesdays pictures

 Loganberries are plentiful

 Red Hot pokers make a nice bright show

 My Mother and daughter rose I planted on Mothers Day the year after Mum passed away.

 Kangaroo paw

 Mixture of roses out the front I cant remember their names

 Yummy blueberries not quite ripe

 Oh look see, my one and only tomato so far

 Pumpkins shooting through. I must have finally planted in a good spot this year, fingers crossed

 Comfrey in abundance

 Ive always called these puppy dogs we used to play with them as kids and squeeze them to pretend they were barking ..... the things that amused us

 1958 brochure ..... things look so perfect. Dad found this for me and left it on my bench

It would be nice if supermarkets were still like this

What Ive been doing

Well once again its been a busy busy week.

 For some people anyway, while Im busy mopping the floor she just stares at me as if to say hurry up.

 I love picking different blooms from the garden

 Every year we get these, I dont really plan on in but its a habit that my son has I swear he will still want them when he is 20

 My early Christmas present, Dad gave me a Bunnings gift voucher, I have never had one of these before, hence today I have sore arms, as I had a carnival with this yesterday.

 Tibetan prayer flags blowing in the wind.

 Loganberries going crazy I have two containers in freezer already, next year I will plant out strawberry runners in this garden as well.

 Just a couple of blooms from the garden

 Fire pit is no more, I decided I didnt like where it was so I moved all the bricks to the berry garden with some left over for another project.

 I love this guy, his name is Sammy he free ranges around the yard and as soon as he sees me coming he runs as fast as his little legs carry him { chooks look so funny when they run } staright up to me to pick him up for his pats. He has started crowing , so far so good.

 Kat likes to keep a close eye on him.

 Nasturtiums growing nicely, great for the chookys.

 My left over brick pile for my next little project.

 Apart from being busy around the house my pocket has been busy dishing out cash. Firstly my car and a flat battery twice in the one week so hence I had to get a new one.
Then I came out to the carport to find this water laying around near my hot water service

 Hmmm its not looking good

 Definitely not looking good , look closely the tank is bending aaaaagh, so tommorow its being replaced from electric to gas hot water, this was on my to do list for next year as I knew it was on its way out as I have had it fixed twice this year and I wanted to change to gas hot water anyway { just not 2 weeks before Christmas}

 Another of my sons traditions is the Christmas gingerbread house , we made it today, the last 2 years I made chocolate and he wasnt that impressed as he loves gingerbread and I must say this gingerbread is pretty yummy.

 TAAAA DAAAA  look whats finished isnt it beautiful I was wrapped, Gaz did a awesome job of this and put so much time into it, so much better than what I would of done. I cant wait to pop everything inside
Thanks Gaz

Last but not least my eldest daughter is home again and Im giving her jobs to do , today was bath and trim the dogs eeeeeek little gizzi is sure trimmed up for the summer, her little tail looks like a little pigs tail. Im not complaining its one less job for me.

Simple things and

The not so simple things.

Well all I can say is how do people find time to blog regularly . Time has just gone so fast this year and this time of year seems to be busy. 

I'm trying to stay sane in a insane world.

The things that keep me grounded are the simple things

Like walking down the back and picking these. 

Also these girls running to the gate to greet me , they know I have treats . 

Hmmmm I seen this little quote and I quite like it. I must say I'm not overly fussed in my place of work at the moment , unfortunately I have a mortgage and bills that need to be paid. 

It is that time of year when booklists and uniform lists come in and I spend a great deal of time hunting for secondhand items . Oh how homeschool is so much more appealing but since I have to work that is out of the question so hunting for these items I must. 

It's a sad year my baby finished primary school boo hoo

I know I'm going to shed tears and sure to embarrass him .

My daughter finishes year 7 and has fitted in quite nicely 

This child is an old soul she is the sensible one of the family .

My eldest daughter definately makes my stress levels rise. ( boyfriend woes) 

The simple things and the not so simple things certainly make life interesting and keep me on my toes. 

I'm certainly grateful for my little family.

I'm nearly on top of the booklists and can start organizing Christmas .

Yay xx