More little hearts

I am absolutely well I am so tired I dont know what I am. We had a pony show today for our Welsh Pony youngstock and although it was a fairly hot day and we did very well what has killed me is that I spent all day nursing one 4 month old baby boy, my great grandson as his mother and grand mother were showing and looking after Millie. Mason was grumpy as he was out of a routine and Millie was gorgeous but wanting to be with every one and in to every thing. I took my camera, could have taken some gorgeous shots but did I get a chance to use it? NO!
So now my back and neck feel as if they have been totally thrown out of alignment and I dont feel madly happy.
The hearts are an on going project.
More on everything tomorrow.

Ratty Tatty papers

I am doing Dale Rollerson's on line course and this was one of the first exercises, great fun to do and so easy, she is very clever in the things she thinks up.
I had a very early electrician today to connect up the new air con so we were both up early.
I have done some weed pulling as it is relatively cool today and the fire near us yesterday sent a few alarm bells out we have a bit too much dry grass around. Thankfully Mr Snake was not around.
I have made bread, made some soup stock and done two lots of stewed apricots from off the tree. I love years like this when the birds have so much nectar from the gum blossoms they dont bother us.

Maggie Grey workshop

I have been slowly doing the free workshop Maggie Grey had for those of us who have purchased her textured surfaces book. we are now on I think lesson three but then again it may be 2 I cant remember and we are playing with coverings for books made out of boxes and then the books themselves, this one is made of shrink plastic which is a beast of a thing if you need a correct size as it shrinks unpredictably.
Any way I have been fiddling with these.
today we had a fellow who arrived early to re do our airconditioner.
I did arrange to collect Millie from Tabby who had to go to the dentist and also collect Gaby and Mason, so Gaby, Millie and Mason and I went to the art show for a look, not that easy with pushers but we managed it.
As I came into Victor I met the fire truck who was rushing out to Waitpinga hill to a fire, looked quite nasty but was soon put out thank goodness as it was heading in aproximately our direction.
Any way a lovely morning but a tiring afternoon with bangs and crashes. All we need now is for the electrician to come and connect us all up.

Today and last night

We survived the 42 degrees of heat we had yesterday and thank goodness the much cooler change today, even if we were in Adelaide which was hotter than down here.
No fires here but we worry about friends who live in the Pt Lincoln area and who have had another disastrous fire hit the area.
Yesterday Wendy came and we rusted papers using caustic soda and Ferrous sulphate, the papers came out well and I will photograph some later but we also tried using cloth, not hugely successful although some nice colours with the threads we tried. Poly cotton didnt do much at all although pure cotton came out slightly better. Time will tell how durable these fabrics will be.
Last night we went into Victor Harbor for dinner with friends who have a lovely house right on the esplanade and although it was still pretty hot as the cool change didnt come in until well after 10.30 the sunset, was a bit spectacular and with the palms and Norfolk Island pines we could have been in a totally different country.
Sometimes you have magic nights like this right in your own back yard.
Today was Adelaide and we had our hair cuts, saw my mother, who was tired and after about 1/2 an hour I crept away as she was in bed snoring!!
So we headed home sooner than usual and got a Hungry Jacks near Hallett Cove and ate it overlooking O'Sullivans Beach looking one way towards the now defunt refinery and the other towards the boat launching fascility ( the first photos), a lovely spot and we may go there again.
On a very sad note one of our very good but getting old Section A stallions, Rivington Hyder died quietly today of a heart attack, his mother is still alive, he was by Fairway Bryn and out of Imperial Heulwen, a lovely little stallion who did well in his day and we are glad we have a few daughters and a stallion and a colt to pass on his genes.
We have had a terrible year with the ponies, I know a lot are getting old but that is the 4th in a few weeks that we have lost and a very dear and valuable one.

Cool Cat Oscar

Oscar had his nose put out of joint a bit while Will was here as Will wanted him to play and it is beneath Oscar's dignity to do that. So poor Oscar moved chairs and beds, any thing to not be near.
Now he is king of his castle again and was posing very nonchalently last night back in HIS chair.
He also likes to sit at the table on his other chair and be there while we eat, he never attempts to get on the table but occasionally if he thinks there could be something absolutely delicious a paw comes out and pats John's hand.
Strange animals cats, Oscar does not purr, I have never had a cat that didnt purr he smooches now he is 9 but you still have to be careful that he doesnt whack you if you take too many liberties with him. He is not happy about not having his half hour or so outside at the moment but with a tiger snake around I dont want to take the risk.

A magic morning

As it was still relatively cool John and I went over to Parson's Beach this morning to walk. It was a very low tide and absolutely magic.
The air was so clear we could see all the way across to Kangaroo Island. There were a few surfers on the beach and in the water and the water looked terribly inviting, even though I know it is cold.
The last photo was taken from the car park, there is quite a long and difficult walk down and then acres of this glorious sand.
There is a bit of a downside to this beach, gutters, rips and occasionally some one gets a bit taken out of them by a shark, it is great white territory.
So that was the morning.
The rest of the day has not been quite so good, I am desperately trying to lose some weight and my stomach keeps on growling at me. Not fun.
I am also on the last stages of getting together my embellished piece for Dale of The Thread Studio's connections challenge. It has taken me forever to get my head around it but finally I think I have almost finished it. Has to be there by the end of January.
Wendy and I are going to rust papers I hope on Tuesday and I couldnt find my rusting recipe and then I wasnt sure where all the ingredients were but I have now got it all together.
Supposed to be 41 degrees in Adelaide then so I hope it isnt too hot down here.

A busy couple of days

I am afraid I am still on photos as what I am working on at the moment is not for publication.
Last night we went to the Victor Harbor Rotary Art show and then to dinner at the Beach Hut so the forst photo is of the rather nice wooden whales on the walls of the Beach Hut, they have Indian food but their pizza's are the best any where, usually we get take away but felt like a bit of an indulgence last night.
The second photo is of the interior of a small part of the huge tent which holds the paintings, John and I actually bought one, after a lot of standing around and waiting. More expensive than I usually buy.
Then this morning I was up early and in to the Farmers Market and bought what I wanted and then collected the papers and went for a walk on the beach. Came back to see if the shop I wanted to get a punch from was open and went back into the Market just as our Mayor was opening it, so I actually got to see the official opening. She was followed by some girls who did a great drumming display in the band stand and then a shot of the flower stall.
I have actually become a member as I can get 10% off and I think I will be a regular as more and more good stalls are opening.
Oh dear my photos have gone up in all sorts of order, any way if you click on them to enlarge you will more or less work it out!