We are in need of a quilt to comfort
a very dear friend...
We are in need of a quilt to comfort
a very dear friend...
Back in the fall of 2022, I woke up one morning to a website that was no longer there. It was completely and utterly gone.
I didn’t panic at first, because there is always a backup. Right? Always a backup. Except when there isn’t.
I reachout out to my provider and was informed that my “basic” package did not include automatic backups and how lucky I was that it took 12 years to crash and burn. Somehow I didn’t feel so lucky.
My blog was more like a memory keeper for me, so I wasn’t really ...
read moreElsa the Frozen Calf...
24 Leaf Blocks have been pieced...
Over 40 calves on the ground so far...
I ...
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When you step out our front door...
this is the view:
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This is one of our newborn bull calves...
This picture was taken just across the river
from our home place...
You can see our red barn in the distance.
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Here she is...
our little frozen calf
I have been itching to do some
Name Pillows...
They live with our herd bulls
and are just as big if not bigger than the bulls!
They are ...
read moreLast weekend was spent with fellow caravan club members at a Park over Property (Pop) on a farm just north of Feilding. This is where owners make their properties available to NZMCA members for a small fee, offering somewhere safe to park up, quite often a grassed or shingle area. The owners of these properties are also members of NZMCA (NZ Motor Caravan Association).
Early arrivals
There is a toilet available for the use of the campers, and the farmer obviously has a sense of humour. The attached sign reads “Last Dunny for 240kms”.
This way to the loo
Staying ...
read moreLook what we found this morning when
we went across the river
to check on the mama cows:
a blocky little bull calf
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Our very first calf of the year...
born on Valentines Day!
middle of a snow storm this morning...
He is a week early, but nobody told him that !
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I started this quilt in November...
2022...Highlights
January 2022
Cleaning out the Thread Shed....CLICK HERE
Elk Calf Story and Video.....CLICK HERE
February 2022
Calf Video....CLICK HERE
Watch me Finish this quilt....CLICK HERE
March....2022
Edith has Twins !
Lots of Baby Calves to see.....CLICK HERE
Floral Monet.....CLICK HERE
April.....2022
Quilt & Story......CLICK HERE
May.....2022
We are still here !
I've spent a little time on my first Noah’s Ark Stitchery, and finished one. It’s only small, but after all, every little bit helps. I had to go shopping the other day to buy some black Perle no.5 thread as I had run out.
Two rabbits, done
So where have we been on our South Island trip these last few days? St Arnaud was on my wish list for this trip. I remember travelling through this tiny alpine village back in 2018 and remarking that I would like to stay here for a night or two ...
read moreThis was a big weekend for us, it was Robin’s first time towing the caravan since his knee replacement. We weren't going too far for the weekend, about 60km or so each . He managed very well, of course, as well as driving, there was the hooking up to do, the legs to wind down, a bit difficult with his knee not bending very well. He was on his feet quite a bit for this first trip away and was quite sore and achy when we returned home. The Red Barn was a “new to us” venue, camping available ...
read moreThis is Black Beauty #4
She says....oooh that feels so good !
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We have a a few more cow and calf pairs
rounded up...
just up the hill and through the gate...
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Do you remember these two little guys?
7pm....the sun is setting
it is cooling off
time to drive the cows up river to new pasture:
Sunset....on our way home
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