2024 - September 2 - September 8

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As the months fly by its now September! Weve had a few warmish days but also some cool ones (particularly in the mornings) and wind! Gosh its been windy - which is not good for the paddocks as it dries everything out and also not good for hay fever - theres been a bit of sneezing going on too. Calving continues along and we have a problem weve never had before - too many heifer calves! We very successfully used sexed semen and already have over 50 heifers in the first few weeks. So amazingly we are now selling any more that are born as we just dont need them. Ridiculous! Also amazingly Ive finished some things! Firstly, you might recall I made Ollie (Sarahs cute bub in queensland) a blue and white jumper and hat when he was first born. Sarah has loved him in it so much, she asked me to make him another set but in the bigger size - who am I to say no!
Ive also finished a quilt! Ive been getting the monthly sampler box from the Fat Quarter Shop in America. After chatting with some online friends I found one of them had the same kit so we challenged each other to make up the pattern and fabric in the box (hello Lamoraa!) and the result is this cute quilt called Peach Preserves. There were lots of seams and lots of working out what went where and this is the result which Im pretty happy with.
Its nice to get some things finished! On the reading front - I finished the physical book of Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross. This book was recommended via tiktok and I really enjoyed it After the last couple of books Ive read being tricky to get into this one was a great read right from the start. Its the story of two journalists who are linked not just by there employment, but by two typewriters that allow them to communicate with each other (sounds weird but its not) There is a war happening and things start to go south Romance is there - a slow burn but it gets there, as well as some not very nice gods messing up everything - and its five stars from me for this
So all in all a quite productive week!

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