Frame
Building a house is exhausting! Add to the mix: raising a family, looking after animals and vegies, trying to improve the property, running a business and teaching, and you are wanting to go to bed at 7pm. Yesterday we finished the internal framing. This was a very exciting occasion. We can now walk around the […]
Cobb #3
Apologies again for the lateness of my post on the cobb oven! Whilst this has been a ‘feature’ of our little bit of cabin-site for some months now, I haven’t posted about it. Despite being incomplete, the cobb oven is very sturdy. To give you an idea how strong it is, Matthew can stand on […]
Ten Years
Monte and I got married ten years ago! Our wedding day: Feb 6 1999 Monte’s father wrote a beautiful poem for us, which left us both speechless! The Foundation – by Gordon Goulding The foundation is laid! Ten years of loving care Locked into place with steel Meshed with memories and ties Of firm and […]
A year in Review (Goulding Chronicle 2008)
Firstly, Happy Christmas and Happy New Year to you! What an amazing year. I could use the cliche and say that we can’t believe how fast the year has flown by. Except I won’t, because it hasn’t. Probably the most challenging and exciting year of our lives to date, this year has been wonderful. A […]
Cobb #2
Apologies for taking so long to write the second installment on the Cobb oven story. Life is so busy as it is, but with Christmas in the mix it is ludicrous! It was an almost-warm Sunday morning when we set outside to work on the cobb oven. Before sifting the dirt (in the old bed […]
Strange December
When doing the school/childcare drop offs today, I was reminded of what winter is like here. The scent of smoke from chimneys mixed with the smell of rain bathed in sunshine. Odd, to be wearing a skivvy in Summer. Odd, to be this cold. I have just finished reading a novel: “The Time Traveller’s Wife.” […]
When there’s ‘nothing to do’
Make a cobb oven! Georgia and Matty enjoyed watching the building of the cobb oven! It was a pleasant evening and we were playing outside before dinner. We decided to make a cobb oven (beautiful for pizzas, roasts, breads, cakes etc) – an outdoor dining experience sure to please! First, mark your site for the […]
Lovely day!
For a while now, I have been contemplating laying my blog to rest for a while so I can focus on some fictional writing. After hearing from my groupies, however, I have decided to keep writing posts, albeit, perhaps, less frequently. Today was a good day. Great in fact! Although we are sad to say […]
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