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Silver Linings & Love
What we’ve managed to accomplish this week: (other than those pesky ‘paid’ jobs that one is required to attend to…lol) The timber for the next row of the kitchen shelves has been acquired, and is ready to slot into place. We’ve also found a new cheaper source for the termiflor that we’ll be using for the internal walls – and they’ve quoted that they’ll only charge us $15 delivery! Wheeheee! The shed has arrived ready for us to build it, so that we can get the ride-on mower out from where our bed is waiting to go. Well – that’s not strictly accurate. Box 2 of 2 has arrived. Where…
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Power & Our Passions
We’ve got the kitchen to the point where we are just about ready to put the benchtops on and have now ‘measured twice and cut once’ the timber (chisseling doesnt count thankyou very much!) so now the first row of shelving is installed and stained right the way along the full length of the kitchen wall. We’ve built another raised garden bed – this one is quite a large one, that will be used as a ’round-about’ of sorts, in our front yard, and will have a huge water-gum planted in it – whom we’ve named Horatio – as well as some flowers and herbs. We’ve also finally got the…
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Unseen Changes
Its been a bit of a slack week of blogging – not because we’ve been lying on the couch eating bonbons – but because we’ve been caught up with a myriad of things… Last weekend, we spent most of our time out at the Farm, and did a lot – but it was one of those times when what we did wasn’t making much of a visible change about the place. Suzey was working on the kitchen – Sarah was working out in the yard. The kitchen was a time of: one step forward and two steps back last weekend – with us deciding that the way we had the…
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Prep time
Getting some strawberries prepped for our next canning session. This lot will be strawberry jam! 🍓🍓
