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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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Botanical art in the outback

It is quite rare for me to receive an invitation, from an artist, to attend the opening of an exhibition.  Also, art exhibitions are not particularly frequent in the…

• September 23, 2014
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