Run Ragged

We live past a track to a hill called Mt Ragged. The other morning (think early) an older man knocked at our door having run/walked ?30 or 40 kms. He and his brother had driven a 2 wheel drive car from South Australia, along probably one of the roughest 4 wheel drive tracks you could encounter. My husband offered him coffee and then spent the morning pulling the bogged car out. It would be funny if this only happened once per year, but I get the feeling living in our new place we will be meeting a lot more people like this. I guess it's a bar story for them, but really?! Moral: don't drive a car where the gravel ends. I still haven't found the cord for the camera, may have to resort to a new purchase. The unpacking continues.

On a whim

So it seems I am needing to write again, and on a whim have decided to revive the blog. I've just been reminded though of how frustrating technology can be - having lost the entire blog post I just wrote...A lot has happened since last post. Most recently we have just moved house again - into my husband's childhood home on the home farm. We will put some photos up when I find the cable to connect camera and computer! Today we made soup, played on the grass outside, hung washing and picked tomatoes. I am hoping to continue to unpack tomorrow, we'll see. So we're back, talk soon.

the eve

We are on the eve of moving back into our newly renovated home. It has been a long time coming and we are all excited about the next few days. Mostly I am! Photos to follow as we go. For now we are looking forward to days of cleaning and unpacking with more excitement than I thought possible.

Black tie

From a wedding we went to recently. Aren't they handsome!

curious george aka wilson

about a boy

wilson update

well this has turned into the most sporadic blog I've ever seen. So I'm starting again easy, and posting some pictures of the baby in our lives. We are still out of home but hopefully only for a few more days - can't wait!

Superwilson

Lasagne anyone?

We had lasagne last night. It only took me two days to make. That's a reflection of our life at the moment I think. Anyhow it was good, made with a new batch of minced cows that weren't quite good enought to sell.
Mother's Day has been underwhelming to say the least. I started out with high hopes but with seeding, I have ended up alone with Wilson all day and cooked tea for all and sundry. So no photos of me and he on our first mother's day, shall have to try a self portrait tomorrow.

...and some more

Farm family

Blessed

Finally - an introduction to the blog of Wilson, our farm child. Born 15th Feb, 6lb 11oz. Considerably larger now, and dozing in my arms. Lack of blogging due to the amazing changes he has bought into our lives. We are also living with the farmer's parents as our house is renovated, more on that later. Wilson is active and generally happy. Zero sewing happening at the moment. Will let pictures tell the rest of the story...

the bump

up and back

long time no blog

It's been a while. But determined to get back on this wagon. It is difficult to summarise the events of the past 3 months except to say that I am STILL pregnant and waiting for the arrival of the minifarmer or farm wife. 4 weeks to go now and so we are close. Harvest finished 2 weeks ago and so we have been tied up with all things that are involved with that. We've had a few weddings, some family visit from the UK and Christmas which didn't really feel like Christmas since everyone around here was still inthe middle of getting their crops off. I've done a small amount of sewing for baby, but really still have eyes bigger than my capability at this point. I am hoping once the baby's sex is revealed it might be easier to be inspired...we'll see.

Home renos have commenced and so it does feel like we are living in a dustbowl crossed with an insect zoo at the moment. Think biblical plague of grasshoppers, moths and frogs, mixed with dust. But I was brave and had friends to visit on the weekend, and they were very polite - their sons even used fly swats to kill as many grasshoppers as they could.

Have posted some photos to pictorially document the last little while - talk soon.

Things to come

Here is some of what we have been doing. This weekend Tim's twin nieces were christened in Esperance, and it was a bit of a taste of things to come.

Otherwise we have been enjoying the normalcy of the now, before harvest begins again for the year. Swathing should begin this week, and although every time I am sure harvest is embedded in my memory, somehow I can't remember how it goes or how I feel.

The babe is all going well, and while I'm sure my stomach can't be any more squashed, it seems we're only just over halfway.

Here it is

Baby yoga

We had our halfway ultrasound yesterday, which entailed a 3 hour round trip to town and a very full bladder...The baby's stats are all normal, so that is a big relief. While the baby has been very active recently, it got into something like a sun salutation (head between legs, hands behind head), and stayed there for the whole ultrasound. Needless to say it took the poor technician nearly 45 mins to find everything as the baby was so curled up. We also didn't get a good whole body picture, or see its face very clearly. But - just as we were finishing it moved! So we saw a bit of the face and legs. Otherwise had our first antenatal class last night, and should have some interesting topics of conversation for the drive home.

halfway there

This week marks halfway through the farm child's incubation period. So it's good in a way, and also reminds me how long there is to go! Life carries on as always - not much in the way of events or revelations to blog about. This morning I have prepared the vegetable beds for the spring plantings that I will put in late, this week. Corn, zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes, some more spinach and some other herbs and things hopefully. So now it's time to have an afternoon nap and think about what else there is to do in the next 20 weeks, before life changes in a big way.

...and this as well