Maas Journal

The Gift

2012-02-14T05:08:00.002+11:00

Jim and Margaret visited on Sunday with a lovely gift from their last trip to Fiji. Two mugs and a teapot,hand painted hibiscus on each item. The colours are so uplifting. Lovely way to start the day with you cup of tea. Thank you both for the great day we had together. Maa

Heart in Mouth

2012-02-13T19:07:00.000+11:00

Have you ever had that feeling of 'heart in mouth'? Late last night I had a phone call from my daughter in law, Nic to let me know that John had been involved in a motor bike accident. Instantly I felt a wave of nausea come over me and I felt afraid of hearing the rest of what she was going to tell me. ( It brought back memories of burying my eldest son three years ago.) He'd had micro

Stop - thief!

2012-02-11T07:57:00.001+11:00

I had my purse lifted yesterday. Right in front of me - would you belive! Put it on the counter at Woolies, a lady on my left spoke to me and as I turned my head, someone must have snatched it up. In the time I looked for it, thinking it must have fallen on the floor, someone had handed it in to the last checkout. The notes had been taken and nothing else was touched. I'd just been to the

Oh-what a day

2012-02-10T07:56:00.003+11:00

Firstly, I'd like to thank you all for your comments lately and you good wishes for my birthday.I love to read your comments and it just 'tickles me pink' to see you return when I post. Thank you .....thank you. Gloria ( who lives about 200klms from me) asked me to meet her half way in the village of Ardlethan about 100 klms away. This town was is where the Australian Kelpie was born. We

My Birthday today.

2012-02-09T21:15:00.000+11:00

More tomorrow night. Maa

Look out-a Hawk

2012-02-07T19:12:00.000+11:00

Sitting at my dining table enjoying my dinner -fresh (frozen) fish, oven chips and home grown veges, I heard an almighty 'bang' on the side of the house. Looking out of the sunroom window I found this hawk getting it's dinner too. I crept out to the front patio to take a picture. Thought it was a good shot and wanted to share. Maa

Whoppers

2012-02-07T08:18:00.001+11:00

Wandered down to my vege garden this morning and look what I found!The biggest are the Beefsteak and each weighs in at 500g (one pound)The smaller ones are called Health Kick and they don't have a lot of seeds, are nice and firm and taste ...well ...like tomatoes. The beefsteak only gave me four huge tomatoes, although there are plenty of flowers on the vine, I don't think I'll get much more

Can you find the cat?

2012-02-06T07:25:00.003+11:00

A quick hello.

2012-02-01T20:48:00.001+11:00

The back garden is finished. See how the 'mess' has disappeared in the background.There's been no sign of anymore snakes and it's a pleasure to walk around in the garden once more.The flowers are finally showing around the birdbath. All the seeds I planted didn't germinate. I think it was too hot. The daisies are loving the postition. That's what gardening is all about .... trial and error.

Another week off.

2012-01-31T08:31:00.001+11:00

I've been waking up to this every morning. I can see the days are getting shorter again because it's dark when I wake now and I've been watching the leaves start to fall from the trees in the garden. Autumn ( fall- for my northern friends) is just around the corner. I've been trying to take advantage of the mornings to get a few things done while it's cool. Sunday I had a little accident

Gardening

2012-01-29T19:42:00.001+11:00

Remember this shot - the snakes hideout? Jo spent a day with me- gardening. Lopping and trimming, making sure we can see under everything. Well it's now all gone. If it decides to visit again ....it will be very disappointed. I feel better that it's gone as I've been worried about that area for quite a while. All the shrubbery behind this area is all gone. The 'bottle brushes' now look

The rainbow ...peace at last!

2012-01-26T17:56:00.000+11:00

The snake has gone! I was up all night-shining the torch on it, making lots of noise and annoying it as much as I dared. I'd say it got fed up with being disturbed and by the early hours of the morning ..., when I finally fell into bed, exhausted ...it must have slinked away to find a more suitable place to rest. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for any signs of it somewhere else and Lucy has

Info on Snakes

2012-01-25T20:46:00.002+11:00

Snakes Australia's snake varietyAustralia has some 140 species of land snake, and around 32 species of sea snakes have been recorded in Australian waters. Some 100 Australian snakes are venomous, although only 12 are likely to inflict a wound that could kill you. The most dangerous snakes belong to the front-fanged group, which in NSW include the tiger snake, brown snake, death

A peek at the snake

2012-01-24T22:47:00.001+11:00

Taken through the fly screen in our sunroom. We have a huge snake ( in the center of the pic) residing under the Jasmine creeper in the back yard. UGH! Sorry ...you'll have to click on the pic to get a better look at it. Even copy it to your computer to enlarge will help. I tried to get closer for a good picture, but it moved further under the shrub. Lucy hasn't seen it yet and I'm keeping her

Stone cold

2012-01-17T08:59:00.001+11:00

I haven't felt like blogging lately and I've been keeping busy in the garden, hard at it so that I don't have to 'think' about things too much. A lot and nothing is going on at the moment. P came home for a night and left again the next afternoon. He seemed cool and aloof so I just rolled with the flow and kept things 'normal'. He'd called me to tell me that he was on his way home and would

Do you use one of these?

2012-01-13T12:01:00.004+11:00

This is a 'floogal' ( I call everything a 'floogal when I can't think of the name of something) I use to scrub ...ah! that's it...a scrub, mmm..where was I ? It's a scrub I use in the shower to wash myself with. Have you seen them?Now ... I would like to warn you that if do, make sure you buy a good quality one. Make sure the edges a not' raw' - in other words, one layer Get one where the

Carrots...yeah!

2012-01-12T06:56:00.001+11:00

I've got my first lot of carrots. The first ones I've ever been able to grow.I don't know what I do wrong and I keep persevering .... but I haven't ever had any luck.So today I'm very proud to announce that I have my first lot of carrots.They're not the best looking carrots, but I can tell you that they actually smell and taste like real carrots. I love this vegetable gardening!! My flowers

Up to speed

2012-01-11T09:09:00.000+11:00

roses from Jo's garden I'm back up to speed again and today I'm able to get back to my blog .... ahh! The vegetable garden is growing out of control lately. What with the rain one day then some beautiful warm sunny days in succession, it grows in leaps and bounds. fresh from the garden The other day, I decided to pull some of my excess cucumber plants out as they were choking up other plants

Slow going

2012-01-06T08:15:00.001+11:00

My internet has been slowed to a snails pace, so I'd like to apologise for not posting or visiting your blogs. It taking forever just to open a page, let alone try to download a picture. Because of that, I'll be away from blogging for a week until I get my speed back. At the moment I'm quietly working at home. I've harvested some yummy fresh vegetables , keeping the place tidy, including

Liebster award

2012-01-03T10:05:00.000+11:00

Thank you ......... I feel priviliged to have been passed on the Liebster Blog award from SFT sft and the 101challenge. Go check out her wonderful blog. Join the sealed pot challenge and go on holiday with Mr and Mrs SFT. You won't regret the visit. I have to nominate five other blogs now ....I find it so difficult as there are so many worthy of this award. I'm resticted to nominating

Summer is here!

2012-01-02T18:44:00.002+11:00

Hot-hot-hot! That's how the weather is at the moment! The summer has finally arrived and I'm enjoying every moment of it. 'P' has gone back to work with a smile on his face. I think he was missing his time on the road. I've got a smile on my face and Ive had a lovely quiet day at home, back into my routine. It's been one of those georgeous hot days with a slight breeze to stop it from getting

After the storm.

2011-12-28T06:06:00.008+11:00

Looking north. Looking west Our guttering looks blue - a reflection of the north sky.(Normally lemon in colour) Looking north west Later looking west. Beautiful ......... Maa

Another day.

2011-12-27T12:04:00.002+11:00

A typical Christmas day in Australia. The fly spray is out while we enjoy the day, outdoors at my sisters home. Slither has left her calling card! Boxing day, it rained so Petal spent time in his shed working on the crate he's making for the trailer.The 4ft snake skin was laying just behind the big shed near the pool yard. In the morning while having our cuppa, we heard the magpies making

Ho Ho Ho !

2011-12-23T06:12:00.003+11:00

To wish you all a wonderful joyous Christmas. May 2012 bring you all you wish for and more. See you all in the new year. Maa, Petal and Lucy. xoxoxoxo

My Nobody.

2011-12-22T16:16:00.000+11:00

Oops ! I did it, didn't I? I didn't know it wasn't a ball. I'll just sit here and pretend Mr Nobody did it. Do you think she'll work it out? La...la...la...la Merry Christmas all. Love Lucy xoxo