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Autumn is Coming
by Krista | Feb 23, 2017 | Summer
We're easing in to my favourite time of year in Southern Queensland: Autumn. I feel it in the mornings as I wake and reach for a pashmina to pull close around my shoulders until the sun comes up, and at night when I climb into bed and actually want the covers snug...
Celebrating with Bear
by Krista | Feb 19, 2017 | Summer
It's my favourite kind of Sunday morning. Quiet, dark, and cool with gentle rain falling. It rained all through the night and our parched farm is soaking up every drop. I was up late working when the first drops began to fall, and when I finally crawled into bed I...
Sparkles in the Grass
by Krista | Feb 15, 2017 | Summer
I'm writing by lamplight tonight, windows flung open to welcome rain-washed breezes. Rain finally came today. Not a lot. Just enough to clean the air and release the scent of damp earth, but we treasure it all the same. Our poor sun-baked ground is covered in massive...
Healing Places
by Krista | Feb 2, 2017 | Summer
Early morning is my favorite when the last month of Summer tries to knock us flat with one searing heat wave after another. For those few short hours our little world is cool and fresh and I can't wait to go outside. On such days I need my gardens. I need to see...
A Time for Ramblings
by Krista | Jan 28, 2017 | Summer
I can do hard things. It's what I tell myself on a daily basis. It's my sometimes hourly shot of courage that keeps me taking one more step, tackling one more task, pushing through until "it" is done. I've done things I never thought I could just by repeating that...
Rough Spots and Pickled Cherries
by Krista | Jan 19, 2017 | Summer
Several months ago Bear quadruple tore his gluteous maximus. To say he was in pain is putting it mildly, but thankfully, with a couple of months of chiropractic, physical therapy, and lots of rest, he was doing heaps better. Until this week, that is. Then, thanks to...
Summer Storms and Pickled Cucumbers
by Krista | Jan 16, 2017 | Summer
It's beautifully cloudy and cool this morning, such a gift after a horrendous heatwave that sapped us of every ounce of energy and left us feeling sick and lethargic. I've experienced plenty of hot summer days in Queensland, but never this hot and this humid so often...
Bush Rambles and Pickled Beans
by Krista | Jan 8, 2017 | Summer
It's a gorgeous morning, quiet and still, the rising sun setting the grass heads aglow. The sky is clear after a week of heavy clouds, wild winds, and the occasional drop or two of rain. Our world is vibrant green again and I love it. Earlier this week our dear friend...
A Time for Rest
by Krista | Jan 4, 2017 | Summer
The sun has just sunk down behind the trees after a glow-y, dazzling display of light shimmering through trees and illuminating the newly sprouted grass that arrived yesterday after bounteous rain. Our lambs are particularly frisky tonight, leaping and bouncing madly...
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