BLESSED SPEEDY

I have been a bit productive while watching ignoring the flood waters around us. This is neap tide shawlette which I knitted as a test knit for a designer on ravelry. Quite gorgeous - knitted in three irish girls glenhaven cashmerino and the colour is sedona.  Knitting is a great distraction and calmer I can tell you! BTW we STILL have water entering that channel outside our home (50 metres away) but I am trying to ignore it, in the hope it will go away.

This morning at 7.30 am I was lucky enough to go up in a light plane and fly over the local flood affected areas. SO much water, destruction and heart ache to be seen, and its still going on. We now have water coming towards us from another direction, its swirling back on us, so we are by no means out of the woods yet. This photo is of our farm that is under water, and that is only a small portion of the huge amounts of water that are flooding our land at the moment.

Floods, floods, floods - we are sick and tired of them They are tiring, they are draining, they are extremely annoying and in our case they take a long, long time to come and go - not that I am asking for flash flooding, but I think you know what I mean. At this stage, our second farm (which is down the end of the road where our main farm is, around 2.5 kms) is completley under water.  Completely underwater means nearly 2 metres under water. The channel bank that is stopping that water from flowing down the hill to not just our farm and home but many others is still holding.  Some patching up has been done and the authorities have now changed their thoughts from evacuate! to cautiously optimistic. SO we are trying to be "normal" - well as normal as one can be a these times. Ive had my parents living here with me for the last week as they live in Kerang, which was evacuated and surrounded by water.  Today they are able to go home, which is fantastic for them. We w...

At the moment Australia is experiencing horrendous floods - and here in Victoria unfortunately we are not untouched.  We are on high alert for flooding here and its not looking good.  Today we spent the morning moving cattle for Gary's brother thru this water - chest height and scary stuff.  I am exhausted and just want to be "normal"

I've found a new thing that I like to knit! Dishcloths believe it or not Made from lovely cotton yarn - quick and easy to do with nice patterns to keep my ross river addled brain interested. Today I made three - one is for a swap the other two will be for me - or for presents - you never know you might receive one!

At the moment in our area we have a plague of mosquitos (this is following the plague of locusts - I definately think we are in the end times!) Mosquitos are nasty - they buzz around and they bite! And they also can give you Ross River Virus. I will give you 10 points if you can guess who has it? If you said "me" you are correct. Ive copied and pasted from the government website below - What is the Ross River fever? Ross River virus is one of a group of viruses called arboviruses (or arthropod-borne viruses), which are spread mainly by blood-sucking insects. Ross River virus is a germ that infects people, particularly in rural areas, sometimes causing a flu-like illness with joint pains, rash and fever. Ross River virus is not fatal. What are the symptoms? Many people who are infected with the virus will never develop symptoms. Some people will have flu-like symptoms that include fever, chills, headache and aches and pains in the muscles and joints. Some joi...

In an effort to get all my wips ( works in progress things started and then put aside) Ive been working on just ONE item until its finished.  Sometimes its hard but I AM trying hard to achieve this! Here is foreign correspondents scarf  knitted from fleece artist sea wool in the colour snow crocus. Looks pretty damm good I reckon!