Life at Fangorn – an excerpt from a letter
“Things are good here. Just when I get annoyed with the lack of space and close contact with everybody, we do a big tidy up as a family and things get better. I thought it’d be easier to keep a small space neat and tidy but it’s no different. Toys are everywhere, mostly, and my […]
To Grid or not to Grid
That is the question! We are having discussions at present about whether to connect to grid electricity. It is tempting, because then I could run a big washing machine at home… a $20,000 washing machine! It would cost $20k to connect to grid electricity. Then we would have to pay bills, despite being offset by […]
Agfest 08
Georgia posing with various machines that made even me want one! We had a great time at Agfest, in Carrick, this weekend. We drove up to Launceston and stayed with our friends, the Edrichs. It was wonderful to catch up again and the children played energetically until late at night. The adults stayed up late […]
Posts and Utes and Amazing Friends
Pulling out posts with ute and brute Some people who know me (especially the ones in Adelaide) might be surprised to see me revving the guts out of the ute in an attempt to pull posts out of the ground. My wonderful big spunky husband is at the post, ensuring that the heavy-duty wire sling […]
Spinny spin-spin
My first attempt at spinning – using a drop spindle made of myrtle. I keep this in my car for when I have some spare time to spin on the run! (not actually whilst driving) This week I went to the local spinners and weavers meeting. It was awesome! My mother-in-law gave me a spinning […]
Life going on
Pardon me for not blogging for a while (actually, I did blog, but I ‘saved’ my post rather than ‘publishing’ it). We have been terribly busy hanging out with our new friends! Plus, there are all these ruddy festivals every weekend, so we’ve been so busy socialising and going out that I haven’t been posting. […]
What we do when we have none
This has happened on several occasions. So I thought I would blog it. We ran out of battery power again. For some reason the cord from jenny wasn’t reaching the battery bank. Gradually, over three days (which isn’t that bad, really), the batteries went flat. It has taken two days with jenny running to get […]
Amanda’s visit
A very happy me with my friend Amanda Amanda came to visit recently. Thank God for Amanda. She and I met when we were pregnant with our daughters. Georgia and Frances were born a week apart, but were due on the same day (November 7th). We clicked straight away and have been close friends ever […]
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