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4th week of July 2025

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Well thats July done and dusted - some super cold mornings and evenings, some rain, some mud - but heck its winter! On the last day of July I went to the art journal class that Jenni Finn runs each week - its a super fun time when she explains to us how to do a style of painting, which we then all do while having an excellent chat, having a cuppa and enjoying the grazing platter made up for us by Jenn This week it was abstract painting which had been done several weeks ago, but I wasnt able to attend so I was glad she decided to revisit this. Ive really been enjoying doing boro stitching - actually I think I just really enjoy doing slow stitching! This time I made a table runner and a zippered purse using Japanese fabrics Oh and on the farming front - our first calf for the season has been born (well we have 7 now but this was the first one!!) A cute heifer whose sire is Latos so hopefully polled (no horns) On audio Ive finished book 4 in the Throne of Glass series - Queens of S...
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3rd week of July 2025

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Three weeks into july! Again another busy week but some fun things too! On Friday Megan and I went to the Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show which is an annual event held, yes, in Bendigo - its huge lots of vendors selling yarny type things and also some farming stuff too and LOTS of people We had a good look around which was fun and I bought a few things - this is probably the most restrained Ive ever been at the show and its not from lack of lovely things to buy, its just that I have so much here and it needs to be used or moved on The item on the left is a wood turned seam flattener for sewing - you roll it on the seams instead of using an iron - Ive never had one so thought it would be a fun thing to try, the dark green yarn (which is the one thing I had in mind I wanted to buy) is to make a pair of socks for me and the three lighter green skeins are a linen blend for a top for me. The black box at the top is a mystery gift for a friend so not showing that. I also bought some jerky and...
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2nd week of July 2025

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This week has been a busy one - I had a two day board meeting in Melbourne - decided not to drive in the city where I was staying but to leave my car at Aimees and get the train from Bendigo. It was lovely and relaxing and I would highly recommend - also its quite cheap too! I finished off a jumper for me (yep something Ive made just for me!!!) and Im so very happy with it - it fits perfectly! The pattern is Field Sweater and I used yarn from Skein Sisters called BC Garn Loch Lomond Its such a lovely warm jumper but light too! As far as reading goes - I finished (on my Kindle) Ruthless Fae by Caroline Peckham which is book two in the Zodiac Academy series I whole idea of this series is an interesting one - an academy for Fae to learn the skills they need to use their powers and they are sorted into different houses Theres love interests and hate also and I did enjoy it but it does waffle on a bit - I also get a bit confused which character is what at times Hence the 3 star rating My...
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1st week of July 2025

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Ok Im going to try and post weekly again as it keeps me on track so much better! When you run a farm (which is a business) the new financial year feels like new years day sometimes. Thoughts of which milk company to send your milk to - we supply ACM (Australian Consolidated Milk) do I need to change the ways I record things? What did I not do quite right last year and how can I improve etc etc with that in mind I was excited to find that my past self had purchased a set of monthly dividers for the folder I store my paper invoices in so that was a win so that folder is now set up and going. We are continuing to AI (artificial inseminate) our cows with 134 of the 160 eligible done - fingers crossed they dont "return" which means that the insemination didnt take so we will do again or Mr Bull might get lucky also. Craft wise I have finished a beautiful wall quilt - pattern by McKenna Ryan and I machine applique and threadworked it - something I havent done before and I love how ...
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June wrap up

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Its almost the second week of July, but heres my June wrap up! Last month of the end of the financial year - and can I say as a farm owner/manager Im proud to say I got all the superannuation, wages etc squared away by june 30 as well as zero (yep zero) emails in my inbox - sadly it doesnt look like that atm but it was for a short time! Farm wise the mornings have been often below zero, and drizzly rain - just enough to keep things muddy Im glad I dont milk very often anymore and virtually never in the mornings - just the cup of tea deliverer to Gary in the shed, but I do get up at 5am to do the bull selections for cows as we are currently AIing (not articificial intelligence - artificial insemination) This is a bit of a passion of mine, I dont want to breed show cows but nice looking cows that do all the right things - good temprement, milk well etc and if its a red and white holstein Im in heaven But enough of the farm stuff - Im sure you would like to know what I finished! Fistly a ...
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winter has arrived and several finishes too

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Well winter has well and truly arrived with some very cold mornings and plenty of fog too! We have, thankfully, had some rain which is needed - we are not as desperate as some for it but really welcome what we have got. Here's a pic of the cows and outside the dairy the other morning - it was super foggy, a real pea souper and the fog only lifted for about an hour in the afternoon and then it was back again. Tomorrow our heifer AI program starts (one of the most exciting things for me ) and fingers crossed they all get in calf. I spend quite some time choosing bulls for them with the aim of breeding great cows - Id love to have a whole herd of red and white holsteins but I doubt we will get any red ones this season as I havent chosen any red factor bulls - mainly because the black and white ones are just that bit better, so compromise! Ive also finished a table runner from left over quilt blocks and I think its turned out pretty good - this will probably go in my gift cupboard. Th...
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catch up!

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OK so Ive been a bit MIA on my blog but you know what - thats totally ok! This year I have been promising myself I wont be a slave to expectations, and as a people pleaser that is really hard but I can do hard things and do this sometimes - well hopefully more often than not. And just because I havent done updates on here doesnt mean I havent been busy! On the farm the calves are almost weaned so not as many to feed and given I only do the calf feeding every second weekend its awesome to see their progress - note Buster the supervisor in this pic! And AI (artificial insemination) time is almost upon us - this season we have a fancy auto draft now that will (apparently) draft out the cows that are on heat and needing to be AI'd Fingers crossed it works as well as its reported to however Im sure they will be teething issues. And yes its now winter so very cold (a couple of mornings have been minus degress so not fun) but we did manage to sneak up to Queensland for a few days to visi...
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