Chook house additions

We put the chook net up today. No chookies flying our and no minor birds flying in and stealing the food! The girl's were very curious about what we were up too and came out to peck and scratch around our feet whilst we worked.

The door needed a bit of strengthening and we added a handle to open and close the top door easier.

We had to cut the net to fit around the Macadamia tree then just cabled tied it together. The net's attached to the fence on bits of timber with hooks screwed in to hook the net onto. I think the orange tree in the foreground will have to come out eventually, it's not going to fruit there while I keep chopping it down to stay under the net.

Master s and a request

Master S Asked me if I could make him a bag to store his marbles.
I had some 8 ply army variegated acrylic, so I found a pattern and gave it a go.

It's a bit bigger than he needs, but he LOVED it, the grin on his face was the best thank you I could have gotten. There is something really special about making things for your own children.

Father's day

Father's day is coming up and the kids always buy things for their Dad from the stall at school, this year is special because they are lucky enough to have an almost Stepdad to buy for whom they love and adore also and have asked me if it's okay they get him a present too which is so lovely.
I made the army hat and this Grey scarf to donate to the stall.

Miss S blanket

I thought it would be nice to make a really big blanket for Miss S bed. It's gong to take sooooo long though.
I decided on the  Granny stripe blanket and I LOVE it. Miss S picked the colours, pink of course! Now Miss E wants the same one too!

It's a great blanket to just sit and veg with, no thinking just trebling along!

It work's up very fast so hopefully sometime soon it will be all done :)

Tough hat!

Originally started making this hat for my lovely man. But he has the tiniest head! he Say's it's lack of hair ;)
This is my best tough face, scary hey!

Crochet - tiny projects

During my regular day with little Miss S I can't really do much of anything too big of a project. Miss S wants me to play make believe games, something I really truly suck at BIG time. I beg and plead with her to play colouring in, playdough or build blocks, brush dolls hair. She likes all those things yes, and so do I! But make believe, mums and dads, moshie monsters, doggie game, are by far her favourites.
So I have decided I'm gong to try and do mini crochet projects on our days together so I can still have something for me, something challenging and fun and creative whilst still being there for whatever Miss S needs me for.
Today I made a crochet love heart and also a radiant flower. They took about 10 mins each in total and I attached one to a head band.

I'm thinking of pairing them up with a matching tutu I make and selling a few. The girls will benefit from all these pretty's anyways!

The veggie patch

I love planting veggies, we're not always successful but watching the plants grow and change and waiting for that first taste of scrummy yummy freshness is just the best.

The patch is out the front, there is just not enough sun in our backyard with a HUGE liquid amber shading it for the better part of the day in Spring, Summer and most of Autumn. Also my lovely black lab Poppi cannot help but bounce all over the garden and tends to squish things very easily!
Today the kids helped me plant some seeds. We have butternut pumpkin, telephone peas and cherry tomatoes. The tomatoes will grow from the pots up a trellis in the backyard, the pumpkin........actually I have no idea where I will put this wandering curly wurly vine but I know I'll find somewhere!

We already have Garlic, Pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, spring onion, cabbage, rhubarb (that's not going very well but not dead) baby spinach and normal spinach and various herbs (the parsley is going mental!).

A few Pansy's here and there to attract the bee's and hmmmm I think that's it. I planted carrot too but it withered. I have no idea why, but I really cannot grow carrot, I have tried so many times from seed and seedling but the most I have every gotten is nice little leafy trees!

I'd really like a bigger patch, but really, with the kidiliwinks and all my lovely pets, this is probably as much as I have time for right now.

Baby cocoon

Chook run and bunny fun

Our chook run is ready! Now we just have to wait for all the girls to be old enough to go in.
The girls finally all have names - we have -

Jet & Picaso (Picaso is just here for a month, no roosters for this house!)

Goldie

VJ

Donut (yep, Siennas chookie and just like her mummy she never shuts up chirping! ;)

We also got a new Mini lop rabbit we named Jazz.

We will breed her with Lucas (Lucy, is not a girl! so we changed her name!) sometimes late oct and sell or trade the babies or kittens as they are called.