Sunday, September 15, 2013

September

Time for a change of photo on this blog.
Peaceful setting, disturbed only by the birdsong.
"Down the farm"
See you another day,
Raewyn.

Sunday, June 30, 2013

June Day 22

Landscape
A frosty landscape this morning.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Saturday, June 29, 2013

June Day 27

My weakness
Say no more...
(Only 1 block of chocolate was harmed in the taking of this picture).
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

June Day 25

Citrus
This year's fruit - and next year's!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

June Days 23 - 24

Black and White
 Love
When you are a dog, Love and Companionship are pretty closely related.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.


Saturday, June 22, 2013

June Day 21

Micro (up close)
Ok... so who spilt the sugar?
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Friday, June 21, 2013

June Day 20

Water
When the water is where it usually isn't, there are lots of interesting things to see and smell.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

June Day 19

Wintertime
Signs of winter..wild winds and the power is out.
A tad chilly too.
[Cold tea tonight; the real tea was still cooking when the power went LOL]
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

June Day 17

Bokeh
I hope this is it, ladies! I'm with Sharon, a technique I would like to explore some more :-)
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Monday, June 17, 2013

June Days 11-13-14-16

Silhouette
Yaay the sun came out - photo time!
Reminds me of Childhood
Sally. She's had a long hard life :-)
She was my main doll of childhood and loved by my children as well.
Someone I Love
Cheating I know. I obviously did not take this photo.
Scratching for a photo for this topic today.
Out to tea with my girls on the 10th.
Mason jar/Jelly jar
So much fruit is in the freezer, but this lot made it into jars!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

June Day 15

(oops out of order)

Action
Still trying to capture the elusive fantail photo.
However, this one made a good action shot!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

June Day 10

Animal
I've shown you the dogs, cats, chooks, cows, horses, sheep and pig.
Here is the Bull.
Rising 2 year old Angus.
After being away for a few days, I will try and catch up tomorrow!!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn 

Monday, June 10, 2013

June Day 9

Fresh Fruit
Cant get much fresher than this!!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Sunday, June 9, 2013

June Days 7 and 8

Attempting to catch up with my days - 
High Angle
Very interesting trying to find a photo and I finally managed this one.
Standing on the bridge throwing rocks into the water.
Low Angle
Just because.
 Sunset
Too busy down the farm throwing rocks into the river; wasn't up on the deck at the house to capture the sunset.
This will do though.
The sunset setting on the camera really helps to highlight the red light.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Farm photos

....interrupting the June series....
(Day 6 is the post prior to this!)

I had my camera with me when we took the cows 'out the back' the other day.
This is an area of land bordered by river and bush and quite inaccessible except via the track we use. It was cleared inadvertedly years ago by a fire that got out of control, and has been 'attached' to the main farm ever since.
Doniene and Mike, and anyone else, I thought you may be interested to see them :-)
The 90 cows we were able to keep milking during the drought are about to start their annual 3 km walk...
(The rest of the herd are grazing on other properties around the place).

....Crossing the road....
Weekends are a good time to put the herd across the road as there is little traffic.

..starting the trek up the first hill...
These paddocks are grazed during the milking season as they are relatively close to the cowshed.

No fences needed on the track as the bush is quite dense on both sides.
(The track can get quite muddy at times - click here!)
Ahh here at last. We need a feed after all that exercise!
Same mob of cows - looking the opposite way, and showing the lay of the land.

Then it was off to shift the calves. They are pretty happy too.
The calves are about 9-10 months old now.
Looking from the centre track back down at the calves.
The centre track is like a spine with the paddocks falling away down to the river/bush on the sides and the bottom.

No power out there so we use petrol to run the waterpump and have solar panels to run the electric fencing system.
This dam is one of 3. During the drought the main dam got a bit low so we switched to this one, and haven't changed back yet.
(Previous photo was taken from the top right of this picture, looking down over this dam.)
 Thanks for reading along :-) Congratulations to you non-farmy people who got to the end.
I'll be back with Day 7 tomorrow!
Raewyn.

June Day 6

Books
Ohh too many choices!
Do I bake healthy or do I bake for my sweet tooth?!
[Obviously quilting books aren't the only ones I collect!]
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Friday, June 7, 2013

June Day 5

Breakfast Today
This is my standard, most favourite breakfast; fresh fruit, yoghurt and a nut mix.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Thursday, June 6, 2013

June Day 4

Clouds
I took this about 7 am in case there weren't many clouds today. Luckily I did, as I didn't see many more!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

June Day 3

Hands
Just me and him at home tonight and him not being particularly co-operative!!
Battered Farmer's Hands!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

June Day 2

My Favourite Shoes
Current favourites; worn every day on my holiday and didn't miss a beat!
(First pair of coloured shoes for years and I love them!)
Don't forget to visit Sharon and Rachel too!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Monday, June 3, 2013

Reactivation

I had a great time with this 365 day blog (May 1st 2012 to April 30th 2013 (approx). I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of taking the photos - trying to keep my photos relatively fresh and seeing those wow moments in each day - and making the not-so-wow moments interesting and photographable :-)
So when two of my 365-day buddies recently started another photography project, I thought "Why not jump in too!"
For the month of June (OK I'm a little late!) a photo a day from a predetermined list (found here).
First up is a self portrait...oh dear.... Sharon and Rachel have shown beautiful mirror photos but mine is an arm's length sort of photo while doing stock work.
I had just got the giggles at myself after taking goofy-face photos!
Feel free to join us in this adventure :-)
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Day 368 -369 - 370 - 371 of 365 - and signing off.

Day 368 - TEXAS - here I come...!
Where real cowboys live
Day 369 - 
Milking time - but not as I know it!!
Day 370
Mountain climbing on horseback.
Day 371
Kidding time in Texas.
OK!!! I've done it - I've mangaed 365 days of photographs - and a few more (yes, I am a sucker for punishment!). I am at an airport on my way back home so I think it is a fitting time to sign off this blog.
Thank you so much for playing along with me. I have thoroughly enjoyed this experience and treasure the friendships that have come from it, including those of Sharon and Doniene whom I have been lucky to spend time with recently. I have enjoyed all your comments, questions and feedback.
Take care, y'awl.
Thank you again.
Raewyn.





Thursday, May 2, 2013

Day 367 of 365

Well I didn't get to Memphis but I did get to see Elvis!
Last night in Nashville - downtown!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Day 366 of 365

 Nashville City
The view from my brother's office.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Day 365 of 365

Belle Meade Plantation
"Come on in, y'all"
A Southern Belle. Mansion tour - fascinating.
See you tomorrow
[yes, you will see me tomorrow, I have decided to continue on for a few more days :-)]
[I am having too much fun!]
Raewyn.

Monday, April 29, 2013

Day 364 of 365

Recovery day!!!!!
10.41 pm and this is what my bed looks like - where will I sleep tonight??!!
A quiet day spent catching our breath after living on adrenaline and fibre (hehe) alone for the last 5 days. I was still in my nightie at 2pm this afternoon, however that was 8am NZ time so I hope I am forgiven!!!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Day 363 of 365

Walking about in Paducah
Whilst out shopping in the beautiful town of Paducah, we walked the length of the mural wall which edges the river. It protects the town from serious flooding (hopefully only 1 in 100 year ones). Each section of the wall was painted with a relevant picture...very beautiful and interesting.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Day 362 of 365

Workshopping at Paducah
Feathers with Sue Nickels - lucky me, fabulous tutor.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Friday, April 26, 2013

Day 361 of 365

Paducah
Beautiful day at Paducah quilt week...lunchtime...
a gaggle of quilters?
a stash of quilters?
(help me out here!!)
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Day 360 of 365

Grand opening ceremony of Quilt week at Paducah
Ever seen a brass band and a flash mob at a quilt show before?
I have!!!!!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Day 359 of 365

Hitting Paducah!!
wowowowowowowow - Hancocks - biggest quilt shop I have ever seen!!!
I was lost for words, didn't know where to start!!
Just about to get some practise in!!
There are cute little trolleys to fill with bolts of fabric :-)
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Day 358 of 365

Had to visit this yummy smelling shop!
(Kerryn, I was thinking of you in here!)
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.