I don't have any photography skills, i just point and shoot. I have lusted after a DSLR for a few years but can't see the point in having one if i don't know the ins and outs of photography. The camera i have is a good one, i can't complain. Sometimes it amazes me how well a photo turns out.

The following photos took a lot of time and patience, i'm lucky the creatures involved were oblivious to my pointing and shooting lol

I'm rather proud of my efforts :)

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I've been in a bloggy funk. I've tried many times to write something but the words haven't flowed. I feel i haven't really done anything worthwhile to blog about. My days seem to be rollng into one another with no direction or fun. I'll get there, i just need to find the good in everything i do :)

Anyways, i have a small update on the church renovations. The man of the house had some time to spare and B2's bedroom has now grown in length. Her floor is the ceiling of B3's future bedroom which at the moment is the kitchen. She has so much room up there she doesn't know what to do with it. Some new furniture is on the list. She can now have a proper bed as there is height now she isn't stuck under the corner of the roof. We still haven't decided on a set of stairs. I have a few more ideas but need to discuss them with my builder and interior designer (ma and pa lol)

We've also aquired another 1/4 acre vacant block of land. It's not a fantastic piece of land but it's alongside our other block so we can either fence it as a half acre block or use it as a place to park the truck for now. I do have 3 vegie beds there that are doing well.

We've another addition to the family who came to us on 26th September. A boar by the name of Porky. He's not a permanent family member. We purchased him to service Pigsy. I'm 99% certain he's done his job, if so we should be welcoming some little squealers on the 17th January 2013. Porky will then be sold on. He's not the handsomest of creatures. He was quite mangy and sunburnt when we got him but we've fed him good wholesome food, given him loads of tlc and he's looking better than what he was, still not pretty but bareable lol.

 

That's all for now.

 

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We went on a train ride on the weekend. From Melbourne to Castlemaine, changed trains then onto Maldon for lunch and a walk aorund.

Our train was 2 beautiful old steam engines with 11 carriages behind them. The scenery was pretty in places. It was a long day. Longer for B1 as she worked in the buffet car.

Now i don't usually give a company a plug on my blog, but i will for Steamrail and not just becasue my good friend works there lol.

If you want to experience all that a steam train has to offer head to www.steamrail.com.au They are nothing like Puffing Billy. They run packaged trips often and for the price of them, they are well worth it. The amount of time, effort and sometimes hair pulling out moments the workers and volunteers go to behind the scenes to make the trips run smoothly, is something you need to see for yourself to appreciate it all.

The photo below was taken by a 14 year old lad. He was one of the many photographers dotted along the line trying to get that special shot. Actually, we saw him scampering all over the place between Melbourne and Maldon. Enthusiastic! We were in the 3rd carriage ;)

Photo credit - Henry Owen

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B2 celebrated her 11th birthday on Saturday and again on Monday.

Lots of presents, loads of fun and best of all was the family and friends who helped her celebrate.

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We've more new additions to our animal family.

1 is for the freezer, yum! The other we're still debating wether to keep her or pop her in the freezer too. I'm leaning towards the freezer as i know how big she'll get and we don't really have the room for her when she's a grown adult although it would be nice to keep her. Either way, i have around 5 months to make my mind up lol

Met the new girls, Jap (just a pig) and Sulky. Sulky earnt her name because she got the sads on when we put her in the trailer. She kept side glancing at us as if to say 'why have you taken me away from my siblings?' She's still doing it lol. Jap got her name because any animal we have who is destined for the freezer has to have a suitable dinner name so the kids know not to get too attatched. We tossed around some other names such as pork chop, spare rib, yumyum but decided Roasted Just a Pig will go nicely with Roasted Just a Pumpkin lol

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B2 is in her element now we have brought her pony home from the farm. We're 'agisting' it in a vacant paddock next to our home. I didn't want him in the backyard lol

I haven't seen Spirit the pony for nearly 2 years. He's been at the farm with the other horses and being looked after by the various tenants. The last time i seen him he was a little jittery and really wouldn't come when called unless there was a treat on offer. Now it's like he's a totally different pony and i owe my thanks to the lovely young lass who's been caring for him for the past 12 months. He comes when called. Doesn't flinch at loud noises. Is rideable with a lead rope, although he was always rideable but had a tendancy to be a bit wild.

B2 hasn't left Spirit's side much over the weekend. She quickly does her chores, feeds and has a brief chat with the other animals then she's out in the paddock playing with Spirit 'til it's dark. She even shares a carrot or apple with him! She's always been a horsey lover. Using anything and everything she could to put her saddle on and pretend she was riding lol

We took B2 and Spirit for a walk yesterday. Will be good to see her riding him on her own when both horse and rider have confidence with each other.

Looks like Spirit is smiling in this one :)

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I cleaned out the fish tank (the water was used on the garden) and then arranged the pebbles nicely on the tank floor. Some would say i was bored, other's, just being fancy lol Either way the fish are happy.

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