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Third week of October which in our family is affectionately known as "birthday week" Aimee and Sarahs birthdays are on the 16th and Megan and mine are on the 17th so lots of birthday love for us A highlight for me personally on the farm this week was John Blum coming to look at our heifers - hes been doing this for close to 30 years and helps choose the correct bull for them to be joined to for their next pregnancy and to hopefully correct any issues that they might have. Im blessed he is still coming to our farm to do this as he has retired and only visits a handful of farms now - one of which is ours. Ive learnt so much from him about cows and bulls! And then my birthday.....one memory that came up from two years ago was mum being determined to write herself on my birthday card even though she didnt have much sight - this is treasured by me and meant so much then as it does now - and I still miss her everyday She loved doing something for my birthday with me I treated m...

Im playing catch up a bit as Ive got behind (again) However in this week I finished probably the hardest colourwork item Ive ever knitted This is the Mammoth Cowl and yes it was a mammoth effort! Every row on the chart was different (except for the ribbing at the top and bottom) of it but I think its well worth the effort If I was to make it again I think I would go down a needle size - I was also scared I would run out of yarn but thankfully I had enough! I also finished the book "Birds of a Feather" by Tricia Stringer This is my first Tricia Stringer read - how can I have missed her in my reading life before now? I like to read and support my Aussie authors as much as I can, but this author has slipped through the cracks. But I am rectifying that now, Birds Of A Feather really does live up to that old adage that birds of a feather flock together. I enjoyed the small town coastal vibe of this town. I live in a small town myself, and understand the small town gossip, the...

Well nothing finished this week so instead Im going to share the fabulous time with my daughter Sarah and her family - Kris and Ollie visiting us It was Ollies first time on the farm and he had a lot to see! Hes a boy who loves to look at things with a "how does that work" look in his eye - probably because of his engineer dad! And then of course nanna had to take him to the park in cohuna while sarah was being spoilt! What a great park and area we have! And then of course all too soon they were on their way :( Thanks Sarah for milking and being you, thanks Kris for all those box thorns you pulled out and thanks Ollie you have our hearts

ANd just like that September is gone! On the farm calving is "almost" done - the last few always seem to take ages and we are irrigating and making silage I finished quite a few things too Firstly this zippered pouch - and if you know me you know I dont like zippers but I survived this one - and I just love the fabrics, it was a kit I really enjoyed the class at my art journalling session on a wednesday with Jenni Finn and some new friends. The grass at the bottom was such fun to do and its one of the weeks that I was really pleased with what I made! And finally I was happy to make these three small items that have been sitting around for quite some time (years in fact) a name badge, a bookmark and an embroidered box This is a book that will stay with me for a while I think! It starts out telling the story of a girl who goes on holiday to the Galapagos Islands while having to leave her Doctor partner at home in america as hes a doctor. That part of the story is about ...