Beach Weekend: Snapshots #3 (Violet)
Our weekend beach getaway was a loud, hectic, busy, fun affair. I unpacked, made nachos, poured chadonnays and gossiped with friends. And slept in until 7am. Bliss! Mr Incredible did the same (without the unpacking and food preparation) He supervised…
Gymkhana Joyride
I know, I know… I have been sadly neglectful of my blog this week. Has anyone noticed? Never mind, don’t answer that (the echoing silence might depress me!)… I have NOT been sulking that Roger Federer lost the final of…
A tale of two pony-clubbers
This weekend our little local town is holding a gymkhana – the very first one our kids have ever been to. And seeing as how we have only actually attended Pony Club itself three times in total with them, our…
Kitchen help…
So, I made some mud-cake muffins…Can you tell who helped clean the bowl and beaters? Don’t be fooled… he did too!!Just washed evidence from his mug pre-photo(not that he poses… much!)NB The scratch is Axel-induced. Silly pooch thinks my kids…
Swing high, sweet chariot!
Mr Incredible had a bit of a construction frenzy on the weekend. We have been so busy with Beef Week and then weaning all the calves here that there has been no time for ‘around the house’ stuff. It’s the…
Goodwill and the Girl
A quickie tonight… The Goodwill Games were held at Dash’s tiny one-teacher school on Saturday. The school’s P&C were uber busy (hence BB was kinda flat strap!) getting ready to cater and help generally prepare for the event. The weather…
Her eyes…
I often imagine she has old eyes… whatever that means… Perhaps it means that they seem knowing and watchful and hard to fool? Because sometimes they look clean through you, and sometimes they are afire with brimstone and wrath, other…
The Cook and the Chef…
My kids love cooking. Love getting up their elbows in the kitchen. Love making messes. And while I do encourage their enthusiasm for ‘making, baking, cooking all the while’ it has recently become clear that perhaps I haven’t been truly…
Violet and her (furry) boys
This slideshow shows a series of shots taken this week when Violet tried to take our (non) adventurous Great Dane puppy Axel to meet Rob Roy, the (non) enormous equine terrorising our houseyard boundaries! … Firstly, Axel sat in our…
Chaos, cows and you little beauty!
As I trawl through the hundreds of photos I snapped during our week in Rockhampton for Beef Australia, I am hit once again at what an incredible feat of organisation and enthusiasm this event takes. … Not only are thousands…