Chances are it’ll be a bit longer.
Not sure.
I’ll let you know.
I promise that if I decide to stop blogging I’ll post to say goodbye.
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This is the creek, still running madly. It’ll be days before the flow slows down even if it stops raining now. You can see where its been overflowing.
When we first moved here we spent time and $$$ fixing up the ford, putting in a huge pipe so that the creek could run through under the road.
That was money well spent!
The chickens are enjoying the muddy ground. They’re out scratching for worms happily. We have 3 chickens now and two roosters. The smaller rooster on the left is our original rooster, the huge one in the forground is a home bred boy, born last year. We had 2 x 3 eggs hatch but only have 2 survivors out of the 6 chicks. This big boy and one black hen.
The poodles keep a watchful eye on everything… note the dirty legs. Eh. They had fun.
Since I’m on a roll blog-wise (and I don’t want to let down my fans – heheh) I thought I’d share another work project which was HUGELY successful.
These kids party cake stands were made in my Thursday group. We spent time collecting, begging, stealing and borrowing old/broken toys from anywhere we could find them. I spent ages asking for things on FB and at work via our newsletter and noticeboards.
We also took a few trips to the tip shop to find some wooden or plastic platters and lamp bases to build them with.
The tall one that looks black in the photos is actually a very dark blue. It began life as a tall metal lamp base which was covered in toy animals using liquid nails, then sprayed what we thought was bright orange. Unfortunately the orange sucked big time, so we tried a couple of other colours, ending up with dark blue for the best coverage.
Warning: if you plan to do this at home, beware. Not all spray paint is created equal. And not all of it matches the lid colour…
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We’re really getting sick of fixing our driveway down at the gate. We just spent money on that at the end of summer, filling in the ruts and putting in a new culvert. That all washed away today.
The worst of it is that the water doesn’t even go under the bridge where its meant to, it comes out onto the road, washing away huge chunks of it…
Then it rushes down to a low spot and crosses the road. I had trouble crossing that section of road this afternoon, same as at our driveway.
I spoke to a few neighbours on the road and have decided its time to get the council to be more proactive in this. They were out today digging up blocked culverts but its not enough. They need to do more to sort this problem out. Its not just a property owners problem, its a council problem cause it affects roads and infrastructure.
Anyway. I say we have nothing to lose by getting a mob group together to speak to the council.
I’m a mover and shaker.
Wayne will say I’m a troublemaker.
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These sculptures are more along the lines of ART than the animals. I wanted them to look like an unfinished work.
Unfortunately the wire nose ring burned off in the second firing. I’ll try to replace it but the bit remaining is in really firmly. I also need to make earrings to go in the holes I made in the ear.
So there you go. Another completely different thing.
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This is the Fashion Queen Barbie. Early 60s.
Needless to say I bought her!
But it got me thinking about my first (and only) Barbie. My mom gave her and all my other dolls away. No going back for me.
I began to feel nostalgic. Why is it that the older I get, the more I want stuff from my childhood?
Whatever.
I began to research Barbies. I learned about the different early models, the dates, the markings on their butts.
What I really wanted was to find, and buy, the same Barbie as the one I had when I was a kid. This is what I had: a blonde bubble cut Barbie.
And badly patched.
There were quite a few shelves to take down. What I imagined would be a quick job was a monster. Some of the screws were so hard to remove I ended up breaking the plaster and prying one of the suckers off.
Since I’d already pulled out a section of plaster I thought, what the hell… I’ll pull it all off and pine line the entire room. Fresh start. All nice and clean…
Surely that won’t be so hard, right? I mean, how hard can it be? First I’ll have to dig out my drop saw which is buried under garage sale items, then move the bench (which is darn heavy) to a spot where I can actually use it… then I’ll have to measure (not my best skill), cut and nail the pine to the wall. I have a nail gun. Surely I can do that.
Right?
Anyway, when I pulled off the plaster on the wall leading to my workshop, which is lined in timber, I found this gorgeous moth eaten wallpaper. I wish it had been in better condition. I’d have kept it!
And yes, thats a hole in the outside wall you see there. With years of old bird nests in the wall beneath it. Triple eek.
Mouse droppings, rat droppings, dead spiders (no live ones thankfully), tons of bird dust… thankfully I was prepared for all eventualities.
I’ve organised an electrician to come give me a quote and tell me when he can rewire the room. I need more power points and I want fluoro lights. Sure hope he can do it soon.
Tomorrow I’ll go buy the timber lining I need. I’ll buy seconds quality pine so that shouldn’t be expensive…
First job is to empty the room of all the old plaster – that in itself will be a big task and will necessitate a trip to the tip.
I can’t do all the walls till the electrician has done the wiring but I can start. I can also replace the outside door. I’m considering cutting the inner door in half to create a barn door so I can keep dogs in the room but still have circulating air.
I plan to put some vinyl on the floor to make it easier to clean and better to stand on.
I now have to add “replace the rotten bits of wood on the outside wall” to the To Do List. I never planned to do that. Maybe I’ll just replace the worst ones…
I always under-estimate the time a job will take, or even how hard it will be. Hopefully once the messy stuff is done the rest will flow easier.
I can dream, can’t I?
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Pretty darn cool!
And then there’s the couch… its almost the same as the couch I almost bought. Love the industrial coffee table.
What about the pallet couch and the spool coffee table? How can you not love it?
Love the mix of styles – retro, deco, 60’s, rustic. Somehow it works.
You know I have been busy lately. Not an excuse, just a fact. Somehow, among the many busy things I’ve been busy with, I’ve managed to do a few small projects.
Like this cute enamelware caddy.
So, what’s it made of you ask? Well, an enamel bowl, an enamel dish and a wooden salt grinder.
Yep. A salt grinder.
I sprayed the grinder black, drilled a hole into the bowl and there was a convenient hole in the top of the grinder to join them together. The bottom was glued onto the dish.
Its now a handy spot for keeping stuff. Whatever stuff you have that you have need of a spot to keep it in. A desk tidy to hold office stuff. A bathroom tidy to hold bathroom stuff. A kitchen tidy to hold kitchen stuff.
You’re limited only by your imagination (and the size of your stuff).
This is one of the items I’ll be selling at my garage sale on the Garage Sale Trail on October 22.
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