The circus moves on and so do I, time flies like the birds, and slides with the snails but time never stops as life goes on. Performances start and finish, they flash by like lightning and they drift on like the clouds but time never stops as life goes on. As the day comes to [...]
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Life Goes On
Posted in Musings on August 14, 2010 | 28 Comments »
Free Range Chicken
Posted in Food & Friends, Frugal Living, Musings, tagged free range chicken, free range chickens in Australia, FREPA on August 6, 2010 | 29 Comments »
Now that we have our own chickens, it’s suddenly become more important to me that the chickens we buy for meat have had a reasonable quality of life. They’re such interesting, intelligent birds, and while our girls haven’t quite made a vegetarian out of me yet, I am now looking more closely at the meat [...]
Profiling Chickens
Posted in Frugal Living, Musings, tagged backyard chickens, naming chickens on July 25, 2010 | 26 Comments »
Am I boring you yet with all these chicken posts? Just one more to complete the set – I thought those of you who were following their antics might like to know what we eventually named them all. . . . . . Top of the pecking order is Queenie, full working title “Queenie the [...]
Tim Conway’s Elephant Story
Posted in Food & Friends, Musings on July 24, 2010 | 10 Comments »
If I’m ever feeling weary or blue, I watch this clip. It always makes me laugh, no matter how many times I’ve seen it before. It’s an out-take from the Carol Burnett Show of the 1970s, with Tim Conway reducing his colleagues to hysterical tears with his completely ad-libbed lines. I’m posting it here so [...]
Organic Honey
Posted in Food & Friends, Musings, tagged bees, colony collapse disorder, Ligurian honey, organic honey, threat to bees, Varroa destructor mites on July 19, 2010 | 39 Comments »
I’m worried about bees. They’re such an important part of our existence – without them to pollinate our crops, we’d all be up a creek without a paddle. And they’re under serious threat – many of the world’s bee colonies are infected with dangerous parasites that are killing honeybees at an alarming rate, possibly also [...]
More Than Bread
Posted in Musings on July 14, 2010 | 14 Comments »
When I got home I heard John Barbirolli conducting Beethoven’s ‘Seventh Symphony’, over the air. What was agriculture for, it seemed to me, except that such a thing as that symphony and the playing of it should be made possible? To make bread so that it shall be possible for mankind to have more than [...]
A Poem for Pete
Posted in Musings on May 15, 2010 | 14 Comments »
© BryPix.com A Poem for Pete Beloved, it isn’t always easy Life continues to throw Obstacles in our path But I wouldn’t trade a day, an hour, a minute Of the time that we’ve had together Not for the riches of this world Not for an easier, simpler existence Not for perfect health, nor freedom [...]
Collecting
Posted in Musings, tagged beading, collecting, cowboy boots, fossils, Muppets, Somerville Collection, Swarovski crystal on May 3, 2010 | 34 Comments »
I collect… …secondhand cowboy boots. I now own five pairs! My black lizard Noconas with embroidered tops were just $28; Pete’s Tony Lama kickers a mere $12. I have truly appalling fashion sense, but these always make me feel dressed up… I collect… …Swarovski crystal beads. I adore the sharpness of their facets and the [...]
Sharing
Posted in Musings on April 24, 2010 | 7 Comments »
. . . . . If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way. – Buddha . . . . .
It’s not about me…
Posted in Musings on April 8, 2010 | 20 Comments »
© BryPix.com I used to be one of those people who blamed themselves when bad things happened. If one of the kids got sick, if someone was unhappy, my first thought used to be, “maybe it’s my fault”. It’s certainly not a pleasant way to live life, but I clung on to the thinking for [...]
Giving Thanks
Posted in Musings, tagged giving thanks on March 21, 2010 | 25 Comments »
© BryPix.com It’s been one of those weeks. Small Man has a bad bout of the flu, I’m teetering on the edge of getting it and I’m exhausted from getting up at night and fretting over him. It’s at times like these that I need to take stock and remember how blessed my life really [...]
Parenting
Posted in Musings on March 7, 2010 | 23 Comments »
When Big Boy was just a Little Boy (from memory, he was ten at the time), I used to drop him off at the school bus. Every morning, in the car, I’d drill him. “What are the two things you need to remember today?” He would roll his eyes, sigh, and reply. “Life doesn’t owe [...]
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Friday, 8.40pm
This made me cry...
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Friday, 6am
One of the nicest things about sourdough is how well it fits into our lifestyle. I fed my starter up last night, and have just kneaded up a 3kg batch of 50:50 bakers flour:wholemeal spelt dough. I'll leave it alone now until late afternoon, when I'll shape and bake rolls and loaves for the weekend and next week's school lunches. The boys are eating a loaf a day on top of what they take to school, so thank goodness the breadmaking process is simple!
Chickens
Our hen Bertha is the wild woman of the chicken coop. She's a bit lopsided, with a bent comb and a puffy chest - Steve the vet once described her as "matronly". She's always dishevelled, with her breast feathers poking out at funny angles and she'll happily walk around covered in bits of food and dirt. She's certainly no show chicken, but she lays big eggs, and she's whippet fast and very smart. She's also downright ornery. :)
PS. Click on the photos for a better look at Bertie! :)
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