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In My Kitchen, November 2014

Over the years I have gathered quite a collection of old kitchen implements.  Amazingly, I have not bought much of it.  Most of it has been scrounged or given…

• November 8, 2014
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Cold beer and frisky horses

Each October we have a busy schedule of weekend horse events.

It all kicks off in the tiny town of Pooncarie with their annual race meeting.  With a dirt racetrack…

• November 1, 2014
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Summer flowers and good bugs

 

With 40°C predicted for today it feels like summer is well and truly here, a full month early.

My garden is buzzing with bugs, beetles, wasps and bees which can…

• October 26, 2014
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Lately

Our eldest, Annabelle, celebrated her eighth birthday with a picnic in the bush.  Along with our neighbours and one set of grandparents we shared cake and a simple fire…

• October 9, 2014
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In My Kitchen, October 2014

Wild flowers from my love; all secretly picked in the paddock while he was out and about checking sheep and tanks.

I have found a shortcrust pastry recipe that has…

• October 2, 2014
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Shearing sheep

In September we shear our sheep in a flurry of mustering, red dust, extra workers, excited sheep dogs, sandwiches and thermoses.

Each shearing season brings a distinct buzz, excitement and…

• September 28, 2014
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