We made it to Scrub Stitching at Baradine and sewing has begun!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Day 99 of 2025
A surprise for the day was to suddenly be driving through cotton growing country.
Miles of it, just about ready to be picked.
Warren in New South Wales.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Day 98 of 2025
A big travel day for us today up into New South Wales. We were excited to see not one, not two, not three but four painted water tanks along the way! They were all beautiful!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Day 97 of 2025
It was a Bendigo day of trams, old buildings, woollen mills and a Frida Kahlo exhibition.
A great day!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Raewyn
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Day 95 of 2025
It feels like you can't get much more 'Australia' than this!
A Koala amongst the gum trees.
Arrived in one piece and straight into tourist mode at Ballarat.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Friday, April 4, 2025
Day 94 of 2025
This was the only view I had as I flew from Whangarei to Auckland. As we climbed, the rain clouds enveloped us.....but A) rain clouds mean rain (yaay) and B) they weren't bumpy clouds (double yaay).
See you tomorrow (from Australia)
Raewyn
Day 93 of 2025
We managed to secure grazing for 35 younger cows.
Which means no more milking for that mob, taking the pressure off them and the rest of the farm.
Luckily it's quite local but not close enough to walk to - these girls are waiting for their turn on the truck.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Day 92 of 2025
I thought I'd share how the farm is looking at the moment.
Pretty dry, with no real rain all year.
The bits of green look nice and hopeful, but kikuyu and paspalum do little more than entertain the cows.
Rain is coming soon- we hope!!!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Day 89 of 2025
Other people show lovely photos of their cats sleeping peacefully in their sewing rooms.
Not so Miss Tammy Cat!!!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Day 88 of 2025
Monthly Saturday Sew-Day at the shop.
Which would have been even better if I'd taken all the required fabric with me!!!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 87 of 2025
Not the clearest of photos, sorry.
Wee shop visitor today.
Legend says that a Fantail (Piwakawaka) inside a building can signify bad news in the form of a death....this one was in and out of the shop all day.
Over the years I have seen many fantail inside - thank goodness the legend appears to be just that.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Monday, March 31, 2025
Day 86 of 2025
School Triathlon.
Odie did very well, completing it with energy to burn!!
Two lengths of the pool; 6 laps of the quad on the bike and then a big run up the hill and around the top field to the finishing lane.
Makes me puff just thinking about it!!
The junior school each had a older school buddy who helped them remember the number of laps, change clothes and encouraged them. No parents allowed to help :-)
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Day 85 of 2025
I've seen some nice morning skies lately...it's much darker in the mornings - and if I want to walk before breakfast, I have to walk in that dark!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 84 of 2025
I loved this little scene, looking down on the wee Kauri tree grove (centre of photo).
The Kauri are getting taller (they're very slow growers) and this little bunch of them will look really magnificent one day!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 83 of 2025
This old girl has been in the Pullet Palace for some time - I thought she was on her last legs but have realised that she might have had Bumblefoot - an infection in her foot cause by a puncture wound (or something).
Online recommendations are for vet attention but the MOML didn't think much of that idea for an old chook.
She seems to be improving and actually has her head up - and not curled down under her and is walking around pecking at food again.
Fingers crossed.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Day 81 of 2025
Another day when I can't decide which photo to use so I'm sharing two!
Maunga Mayhem
Annual School fundraiser.
An epic adventure course on local farmland with water holes, monkey bars, water slides, walls, crawl tunnel, leaping from bale to bale, and much more!
Our kids competed in teams, the younger twins each paired with their parents (teams of two) - I love the look on Lily's face as her and her mum approach the finish line.
The older twins teamed up with two friends for their event. They kept together, helping each other through obstacles, and ran to the finish line holding hands. (Their team finished on the podium.)
So much fun!!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Friday, March 28, 2025
Day 78 of 2025
Nothing better than coming to Ganma's to play amongst the Feijoa trees and scoff to your heart's delight!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 77 of 2025
A bit of a spruce up and some fresh hay for my nesting boxes.
Hoping I'll be rewarded with plenty of eggs!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Day 76 of 2025
An early morning beach walk (Papamoa) before we head back home.
Mount Maunganui, which the ladies and I walked around on Saturday, is in the background.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 75 of 2025
A lunch get together to celebrate my aunties (twins) turning 70.
There were a lot of people here - and incredible to think that most people in the room (some were off getting food) were blood relations - or their spouses. And this was just some of them - many couldn't make it!
I remember teasing Nana and saying "You started it all!"
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 74 of 2025
Day 73 of 2025
Travel day today; including a detour via Te Aroha as someone needed to scour the second-hand bike shop for parts for his 'new' bikes.
Luckily Te Aroha also has a quilt shop :-)
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Day 72 of 2025
I got an early morning emergency call to get these two sorted and taken to school.
(Emergency in the form of ED's receptionist sick so she had to cover. The shift starts at 7am!)
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 71 of 2025
Autumn is on its way.
Some days it feels like autumn is here - other days feel like the height of summer!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Day 69 of 2025
A quick wander around the orchard found a good little box of fruit to take to ED's, along with her weekly eggs.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 68 of 2025
Rescue mission for the MOML.....his bike ran out of petrol while he was going down the road to collect the weekend papers.
No he did not have his phone on him (he hardly ever does) and Yes he did have to walk home to get my help (and more petrol).
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 67 of 2025
Cousin time - uncle taking the kids off for a farm adventure.
Note Emma dog going along for the ride!!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Monday, March 24, 2025
Day 66 of 2025
Weekly visit from these two as they walk home from school, while I'm at work.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 65 of 2025
I'm not big on kids having phones but if it's the best way to keep in touch with their father, that's not so bad.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 64 of 2025
A bit of work happening...it will eventually result in new yards and a new loading ramp for stock trucks.
We are tired of chasing bulls around who have jumped out of the current ones.
Watch this space!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Day 63 of 2025
I didn't know which photo to use, so there are two for today.
School swimming sports.
A fun morning (handy when 4 of the grandies all attend the same school!).
The girls (identical twins) had an interesting freestyle race - it truly was a photo finish, which happens so much with these two girls!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 62 of 2025
The herd got a bit stir crazy when we bought a load of bales that they didn't like.
Here I am rounding up a few that decided they would head up the back hills instead of the paddock they were supposed to be in.
See you tomorrow,
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 61 of 2025
Oh dear!!!
Remember the stirrer the MOML put into the effluent pond?
Hmmmm, it seems the vibrating of the tractor/stirrer had this effect!!!!
Footnote; (which you can do when you're behind with your blogging). Tractor pulled out, tractor OK and going; we thought we had a major clutch problem but an old-timer shared a trick to fix it; tractor was to be sold. Luckily it was fit for purpose and the buyer still wanted it - he was the one who helped pull it out of the pond!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 60 of 2025
I didn't get a good photo of the cakes so a group photo will have to do instead.
A nice gathering at YD's to celebrate a 16th birthday.
Gandad tagged along with a cake for his birthday too 😊
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Day 59 of 2025
Our annual herd test...collecting measured samples of milk for testing.
Among other things, we can find out who is in calf, for calving in the spring, and who isn't.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 58 of 2025
I was delighted to receive some hand woven tea towels in the mail!
Almost too nice to use... 😍
Thank you, Joanne!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 57 of 2025
A camping mattress with a slow leak makes an ideal pool 'toy'.
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 56 of 2025
It's always a tricky manoeuvre getting the stirrer to the effluent pond to stir it up so that we can pump/spray it out onto the paddocks.
Getting that long implement around trees and through gateways uses an extra set of skills!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Friday, March 21, 2025
Day 55 of 2025
Haha, the MOML is in love with his 'new' bike.
He's been wanting to get his hands on some of the bikes he had when he was a teen for quite a while - he finally had the opportunity!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Day 54 of 2025
A fabulous evening for sharing dinner on the deck.
Friends from the UK, who we hadn't seen for over 20 years!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Thursday, March 20, 2025
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