I’ve been out getting some photos to put together for a collage/ composite image for Green Valley, but it’s taking me quite a long time and I keep finding new things that I want to add.
I may have some budding photographers in my midst.
St. Bobby
I love these guys, they are so pretty.
Trying to race me home. Our swamp is getting a bit low for my fat ass to be kayaking, I kept getting stuck.
Was mucking around trying to sort some out of focus parts on this macro shot and stumbled upon this creation. I’m not sure if I like it or not.
Seems I have a fascination with old broke down cars.
Posers
Springtime of course brings the flowers into bloom.
School holidays feel like forever ago but they have been and gone and we had the pleasure of having my two nieces come to stay for the week.
Posing runs in the family ey!
How did I get such a photogenic daughter!
I don’t know why but I love this tree.
I’ve always thought that ICM or intentional camera movement was just a bullshit genre that someone thought up because they stuffed a photo. I did a couple here though and I quite liked them.
I wish I was better at carpentry I think these are so cool.
Having been so busy lately the only rest we’ve had was a weekend where we took a trip to my in-laws for missy’s birthday. Was the best weekend! I got to read most of my book and take some photos.
Bit high key but I like it.
Yep I definitely have a thing for old cars.
From My Phone
And to mix it up again we are going in chronological order this time.
We had some free time at the end of our classes last term so kaka and I did some painting. G man started one too but his patience wouldn’t last to the end, so maybe this term we will get it done.
Kakas garden growing more.
She’s a unit
G man is becoming quite the piklet maker.
G man finally riding by himself but since then he has decided that he doesn’t want to because I told him that he would eventually fall off.
Missy taking my photo.
True love is when your husband brings you home rocks.
More growth
Family mustering
G man got to be the flag bearer at Blackwater gymkhana. I think he was pleased with himself, especially when they won.
Kaka found this little dude and he stuck with her for ages.
Miss brought home another swag of ribbons and won her age group.
G man rode hard and fast so he either won or got disqualified. And rider class and presentation are not really our strong suit. He still managed to win his age group!
And job DONE.
Catching up at KFC
I almost forgot storeyfest, the kids got to go and catch up with some of their school friends and meet some authors.
Some days I want to be this cat.
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned before but we are receiving some mentoring through the northern breeders group and we hosted a pasture day here on Green Valley with the rest of the group.
And after a long day hosting the pasture day I got to celebrate my birthday with a ginger mule.
Bit of an amusing story the following day. We are down the paddock mustering some cattle and miss needs to go to the toilet. So we wait! When she's done she goes, "I think you need to see this". Anyhow, I'll spare you the graphics, but it was the kinda thing that make a mother nurse think "omg, my daughter, who has been complaining of intermittent abdominal pain for the past 6 weeks, is bleeding internally and going to die". So now, I'm trying to get cattle to the yards and plan my attack of how we are going to get her to the doctor and whether I should attempt to go back down the paddock to obtain a sample of the specimen. While we drive along G-man opts to hop out for a bit and walk. So Kaka and I yard up the cattle before I go back to get him. When I pick him up he goes, "mine is the same as kaka"......... WHAT? I've got to see this! So here we are driving down the laneway searching for another specimen. And sure enough, it's the same as hers.... if not worse..... Sooooo now, I'm completely relieved because clearly it's not bowel cancer, but I'm raking my brain trying to work out what it is they have eaten!!!
Rewind to my birthday and my darling friend Sheree had bought me a cake for my birthday...... a red velvet cake!!!! Took me ages to realise that's what it was! The amount of red dye that must go into those things! OMG talk about heart starter! Anyhow. Rather amusing in hindsight.
Checking fences on our Agistment paddock.
Lunch time catch up with my other mumsy.
Max tolerating pats from Justin….
She would be mortified if she knew that I shared this, but if I had a butt like hers I would do this on purpose.
Do you need an excuse for a sponge cake? No, but I did make it for our swap day and it all disappeared. I also took my coffee machine and it was the biggest turn out we’ve had since I’ve been here, so I spent a lot of time making coffees which I loved.
Also we have a sacred garlic pear here. Which I believe is useful for nothing unless your feng shui is right.
Some blooms from kakas garden
School holidays and cousin catch ups.
“Welcome to Green Valley”
Was a bit of effort to sort 6 horses and saddles and gear, but we managed and it was a lot of fun. Lots of trail rides.
Poor Grandma got stuck riding Schultz and he decided to be his typical idiot self. I think he gave grandma sore feet.
These two crazies eating frozen peas.
Emma did so well, going from not having ridden before to trotting on her own in just 5 days. She did amazing!
Lunch time at the swamp.
First calf for the season from the wags. They have loads of calves now! They have all just done a huge drop together.
It’s a wild child.
Got to remind myself to take photos of the dry times cause otherwise you have nothing to compare it too.
Mustering team.
Despite being bagged down significantly with a bag of cans AND having it tied to her before, when I put it behind the saddle a bit, she decided she didn’t like it so much and took a heap of skin across her head. Luckily for grandma suggesting to use fixomul, it came up good as new.
How gorgeous is this sweet pea from kakas garden.
We would pick a huge bunch of flowers every morning and they smelt Devine.
Little madame also had a birthday. Was so funny, I had already decided to make her this cake and I asked her what sort of cake she would like, she goes “a cow cake”. What are the chances?
I really like how it turned out.
Was nice to be able to have a relaxing day with Nanna and Poppy.
All the orchids are flowering everywhere.
Clouds have been amazing. Photo doesn’t do them justice.
Another drive home from pony club. This time was Alpha. Going up an age group, I warned both kids that they might not do so well against some older kids, but they both got third in very big classes, so I was pretty proud of them.
Cactus are in flower, prickly pear is in flower, harrisia have flower buds, poinciana tree is starting to flower…… emu had 9 chicks the other day……. It’s coming!!!!!!
Oh and I never thought I would be so excited about some dirt! Can’t wait to have some grass!
Miss has decided that she doesn’t smile now! How cool are the prizes, they both got Yeti cups. We are off to Springsure this weekend, but miss will go into Garrett's age group, so she will be one of the youngest. I don't think she will care though, she has so much fun!
Finally got to finish my chair project so I have somewhere to sit and drink cups of tea.
Grandma bought kaka a heap of new flowers out this weekend for her to plant, as all hers had reached their end. So hopefully these will be ok over the summer months. It's starting to warm up now.
With a few hay bales not making the cut, I picked up some mulch hay.
All our pegs are cracking out so we made some new bases.
Ventured over to Capella on the weekend to weigh our wagyu steers that are there. They did fairly well which was a relief. We were worried they wouldn't be heavy enough for the grid.
Got all the crew helping.
Grandma and G.... he's nearly as big as her. Poppy had come along earlier and took the kids for a ride around the paddock too which I think they loved.
Kaka scanning and learning how to mouth them.
Such beautiful country at Capella.
Our swamp is getting quite low. This is lower than it was last year. Surely it won't be long now.
Can't wait till be have these paddocks fenced up a bit more so that we can ease the grazing pressure on some of these spots. The application is in progress now to hopefully get some funding, so fingers crossed that come through for us and we will be able to make a start before xmas.
And that brings us to the end.
I just read "Goldminers Sister" and I can't recall who wrote it. But it was an alright tale. Not a real page turner, but it was a pleasant storyline.
Below is a few video snippets of whats been going on around the Valley.
