A drive up one of the valleys back roads

It has rained off and on all day, wet and cold for the start of spring. I had gone into the market but it was pouring so no walk. Instead this afternoon we drove up one of the back roads on the other side of the valley. Photos looking across to our place, trees and blackboys on the side of the road and home to Mr Peacock and his mate and offspring. Nice to get out as although I made biscuits and did a few odds and ends not a lot was really done today. We did plant between showers some plants in pots by the clothes line, a sheltered bit of ground for rosemary and sage and a few other odds and ends, now to keep them watered through the dry time. Off to get a rolled pork roast on for dinner and to have sandwiches for next week, beef has got so expensive that pork is the most reasonable roast to do at the moment, even though lamb is actually my favorite.

Stitches

I have just had a nasty taken off my wrist. At least it is my left hand BUT I was going to do some weeding and I must not get it wet or dirty. A good walk tomorrow I hope.

A fuzzy looking rat

Actually he is supposed to be a mouse. I have had fun with this,another good pattern from Jill Maas.

Small stitchery and morning walk

I have been working on this small stitchery for months, all hand done, even the squares. It was my go to when I didnt feel like doing anything else. Bits of old linen towel, running stitched to the backing and then free done embroidery stitches on top. Great fun to do, think I might start another as I always like to have something easy to take places to stitch. We had a short walk on the cliffs between Petrel's and Depp's. sand being washed in and out, a bit more on the beach. A lovely morning for walking, we left home in sun with very few clouds and came home in rain. One of those days. I washed and it has alternately been blown almost dry and then dripped on.

I knitted a lamb, George on a chair and photos of this mornings walk

My leg is still playing up and a long walk was not possible but I rather liked this short one we did along the edge of the Inman River to the mouth. I knitted this little lamb from a free pattern by Frankie Browne, easy and cute, there may be more. George was looking a bit scruffled on the chair but I havent taken his photo for a while and thought I should as he is heading for 1 year old. The weather was wet and damp this morning, low cloud on the hills and ducks flying low over the road. They are looking for nesting places and we dont want to kill one. Spine bills by the back door this morning looking for nesting materials, pinching bits from my hanging baskets, I tried for a photo but they flew off when I moved. I feel a bit annoyed as walking is so painful and there are things I want to do, perhaps tomorrow will be better.

Wet in the garden

It rained in the night, my leg is still painful so no real walk although I did go between showers and took a couple of photos, the winter buddlea is flowering, and perfuming the garden. I think this osteospermum is called black widow, interesting colour and shape of flowers and the little pink azalea I bought from Woolies last year is flowering well by the path to the back door. I have been re potting a heap of succulents and moving some indoors as it is still so wet outside. I am dying to get out and plant a few plants I have in pots in a new piece of bed I want something in near the clothes line I hope we get a bit more sun soon but I really dont min d the rain. We dont want it to stop early and go into summer heat yet. Almost September, I do not look forward to summer much these days, if only we had mild damp winters and mild warm with some rain summers. I am dreaming.

Parson's and Waitpinga beaches this morning

I seem to have pulled a tendon or something on the back of my leg and am having problems walking distances so this morning we went over to look at Parson's beach, it had altered quite considerably since the last time we were here, the stron g winter storms have exposed rocks on the beach where I have never seen them before and the waves were coming right up to the for dunes. The same thing had happened at the western end of Waitpinga, although there are always a few rocks there. All quite interesting, Parsons is the first couple of sea photos and waitpinga the last. We walked along the cliff a bit and some of the coastal eucalypt is flowering well and on another bush was a lovely golden bee, if you can see him/her. We looked it up and its seems its common name is teddy bear bee, looked rather a lovely golden lion colour to me.They are a native, solitary and dig burrows. When I came home I picked a piece of brown boronia which is by the back door and is smelling absolutely gorgeous and put it in with the yellow freesia on the kitchen table. So apart from not being able to walk far a good morning.