tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post4259375297871243161..comments2024-03-26T00:26:19.756-07:00Comments on The Bluebirds are Nesting...: Feather your Nest Friday, 17th May, 2019.Annabelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-8999207189440823632019-05-23T21:08:05.498-07:002019-05-23T21:08:05.498-07:00Dear Jen, I am sorry with such a slow reply. You w...Dear Jen, I am sorry with such a slow reply. You will see why in the new Friday post! I really hope your daughter is ok and recovering well. These things are a fright and throw out everything so you probably felt stressed and upset too. <br />With houses it seems like there is a never ending list of maintenance and repairs. It is lovely to get things ticked off the list! <br />Oh the first birthday already! That went fast! <br />Jen your wool bargain is amazing. The price of wool I am guessing is as bad there as it is here. So expensive. Good buy! Yes you have to grab these kinds of things when you can!<br /> I actually think we might have that magnetic set. It sounds very familiar if so it is just lovely!<br />You sound very busy with lots of cooking! I hope this week went well for you. With much love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-60883383735893391202019-05-23T17:11:17.026-07:002019-05-23T17:11:17.026-07:00Dear Bridge, I am sorry to send late reply. The w...Dear Bridge, I am sorry to send late reply. The week was so busy as you will see when I post later today! I am so thrilled with you to have your Grandmother to stay!! That is very special. I bet she just loved it so much. I mailed you which I hope you got as the mail has been very slow. <br />It was a really good week and I hope you also had a great week. I heard this if someone says to you oh you have your hands full... reply "you should see my heart!" this is really true. Less isn't more. More is more! haha! And this week I got MORE lol! <br />With much love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-9069127044907378652019-05-23T17:06:32.553-07:002019-05-23T17:06:32.553-07:00Dear Kim, Thank you so much! I am so sorry to rep...Dear Kim, Thank you so much! I am so sorry to reply so slowly. When you read the Friday post (working on it) you will see why I have been behind on the blog. It was a big week again! Thank you so much for your kind comment! With love, Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-30386289624208143302019-05-23T17:05:18.981-07:002019-05-23T17:05:18.981-07:00Dear Cheryl, I have a good friend Glenda and I am ...Dear Cheryl, I have a good friend Glenda and I am not sure what she would think but the lady with the nickname Lattie apparently was thrilled about it (according to her husband) and she is coming to visit! Well the calf was up and down but she made it so far and this morning I was weekend to loud bellowing as she was wanting her breakfast. It is a wonder you didnt hear it from there!! I am sorry with slow reply. This week I am behind... wait until you see what happened next! I have never been so busy I dont think! With much love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-88016585769565110502019-05-23T17:02:29.734-07:002019-05-23T17:02:29.734-07:00Dear Vicky, I adored your tea pot. Just loved it....Dear Vicky, I adored your tea pot. Just loved it. What a find. Also heirloom! I am so glad for you knowing you wanted one. I cannot wait to see this quilt. Wha a story too with it. Please show me that. I know the design well and it is beautiful.<br />I hope you get a bit of a break and time to plant. That is leaping from being extremely busy to being extremely busy though! <br />I hope this week was equally lovely! With much love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-33003805406852207442019-05-23T16:58:35.837-07:002019-05-23T16:58:35.837-07:00Dear Lorna, I am sorry for such a slow reply. Whe...Dear Lorna, I am sorry for such a slow reply. When you see my new Friday report you will know why!<br />I love that your neighbour gave you the little apple trees! They will be lovely! And the cow manure! I compared all our free sheep manure to what it would cost to buy! Holy cow (or sheep!) what a gift and asset this all is!<br />Your garden beds are coming along so well. Getting the soil built up is a big investment in work/time but this is what will yield results down the track. I will be so excited to see as I remember well how your last garden looked... I am still in awe of that! I hope this week has been equally good. I find it so exciting to make progress and look back over the week. In the whirlwind this is very satisfying and good. With much love, Annabel.xxx<br />Annabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-3981824663720091532019-05-23T07:21:16.687-07:002019-05-23T07:21:16.687-07:00Dear Leslie, Thank you! My animal adventures just...Dear Leslie, Thank you! My animal adventures just continued all week. Both a handful and a joy! I like a spread out garden. I am not really a straight row person as much as I would like to be. I have stuff here and there... so we might be similar! I hope the tomatoes do amazing!! With love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-80081706679387720692019-05-21T12:43:57.095-07:002019-05-21T12:43:57.095-07:00So enjoy your animal adventures, lately. :) Happy ...So enjoy your animal adventures, lately. :) Happy Birthday to Harper!<br />Garden is in. And I potted all my tomatoes since the sunniest portion of our property is our front porch. Will let the Bluebirds know how that works out. My 2nd daughter says our garden is spread out all over our property like a puzzle in its box. :)<br />Blessings,<br />Leslie Leslie McKinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082544707682903607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-33925050830923738122019-05-21T08:25:43.864-07:002019-05-21T08:25:43.864-07:00Dear Annabel,
Your mum is so clever! That is the...Dear Annabel,<br /><br />Your mum is so clever! That is the best gift ever, the lamb in a bag. (Besides all the Cinderella swag!! :)) Your blanket is gorgeous, as are the photos of all those baked goodies! I hope the calf is doing okay, along with all the other critters that have been dropped off! I know it can be touch and go for animals that don't get off to a proper start, so hopefully all your loving care will do the trick!<br /><br />Rain, rain, and more rain here. I think we should try growing rice, because so far an actual garden is a pipe dream! It's always one extreme or the other with weather, it seems...too dry or too wet!!! <br /><br />Hope you are having a lovely week.<br /><br />xx Jen in NSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-88406739786916473142019-05-20T21:11:47.932-07:002019-05-20T21:11:47.932-07:00Just catching up...
What a gorgeous story of Latti...Just catching up...<br />What a gorgeous story of Lattie coming to you! Your dad is a bit of a character to send her as a surprise, but of course, he knows you very well! Having you as her 'mum' certainly stacks the odds in her favour xx<br />Love, Fiona xxSaw it, Pinned it, Did it! - Fionahttp://www.sawitdidit.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-39472589328989250212019-05-19T16:58:20.744-07:002019-05-19T16:58:20.744-07:00What a lovely tale. Lord bless you as you care for...What a lovely tale. Lord bless you as you care for one of His "cattle on a 1000 hills".<br /><br />Blessings,<br />LeslieLeslie McKinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082544707682903607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-55012967596283852582019-05-18T04:17:00.502-07:002019-05-18T04:17:00.502-07:00Lattie is beautiful!Lattie is beautiful!MamaHennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-42960954084597427122019-05-18T01:49:25.351-07:002019-05-18T01:49:25.351-07:00Annabel Lattie is so cute and we met another calf ...Annabel Lattie is so cute and we met another calf today called Angus who was so lovable at at friends farm. Your baking and crochet all look so appetising and pretty.<br /><br />Been a busy gardening week here this week tilling up the garden beds and getting amendments for the soil here for the raised garden beds.<br /><br />Our Vicky challenge added up to $374.47 in savings last week :).<br /><br />Internet listings -<br />- Listed 10 items on a free listing promotion saving $16.50 on usual listing fees.<br /><br />Purchases -<br />- Bought an RACQ e-gift card to cover fuel and groceries for the coming weeks saving 5% or $12.55 in total.<br /><br />In the kitchen -<br />- Made 3 loaves of bread in the bread making machine saving $10.47 over purchasing them in the stores.<br /><br />In the gardens -<br />- Our neighbour who is selling her property :( , gave us 4 dwarf apple trees in pots saving $128 over buying them.<br />- Picked up 3/4's of a cubic metre of cow manure from a friends farm free saving $ 206.95 over buying it in bags from the local hardware store.<br />- DH dug 3 garden beds with the rotary hoe and together we shovelled and removed lots of wheel barrows full of soil to add amendments to via wheel barrow. I cut and added weed mat and composted grass clippings to the bottom of two garden to prevent weeds.<br /><br />Hope everyone else had a wonderful week also.<br /><br />Sewingcreations15 (Lorna).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645978386606681617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-89825365453041907992019-05-17T20:36:12.078-07:002019-05-17T20:36:12.078-07:00Dear Nanna Chel, Thank you very much. This is hel...Dear Nanna Chel, Thank you very much. This is helpful information. Lattie is drinking well and settled in. She loves having her face rubbed. Feeding the lamb and calf and washing up the bottles and mixing formula and so on is sure adding to my day. I am getting more into the flow of it. It is a bit like having babies at the stage they drool and puke on you continually. haha Lattie thinks it is nice if she licks you, sign of affection apparently. Have a lovely weekend! With love, Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-42940796690492322382019-05-17T20:32:34.202-07:002019-05-17T20:32:34.202-07:00Dear Clare, I did think of your daughter with this...Dear Clare, I did think of your daughter with this lamb! I can see what she loves lambs!<br />You are doing a lot of beautiful cooking which I bet everyone is enjoying!<br />So good about the geraniums. They can be so pretty. I should try some here as they are quite hardy.<br />I think your sunflower seeds and dish cloths are great gifts! I have your sun flower seeds ready to go in as soon as spring comes, so does Mum. I am planing to put in so many! My sheep manure will help me grow bigger ones this year. Have a beautiful day with Nana and Great Nana. With much love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-3200448116916062042019-05-17T19:27:32.249-07:002019-05-17T19:27:32.249-07:00Annabel,
What a great gift from your dad! She is a...Annabel,<br />What a great gift from your dad! She is a beauty. I love your mum's gift to Harper that is so cute and clever both. I have been weeding my strawberry bed and several times we've had to chase the chickens out of them. They eat all of my blackberries too. They are giving us lots of fresh eggs so I forgive them Lol. I restrung my clothesline and the weather is getting warm now, but still odd one day really warm and the next we need a fire. I finally found a teapot yay! And it's a Royal Doulton in a rose pattern. It was a steal at $4. I have been babysitting and cleaning while I'm there. My youngest granddaughter said Grandma your always washing things. Kids are very observant. I have made banana cake, orange cleaner with peels and vinegar and work on my blanket every chance I get. I have a Sunbonnet Sue quilt that was made for me when my mum was pregnant with me, my great grandma was a midwife and insisted that mum was having a girl so great aunt's made the quilt from pieces of their old dresses and aprons. It got some kind of stain that I need to soak out and freshen it because I would like one of my granddaughters to have it. Nothing too exciting yet, but we are discussing the gardens and when we are going to till and plant. We tried today and it's still too wet. I hope everyone has a great weekend! <br />XOXO<br />VickyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-79249074213889145762019-05-17T07:59:19.429-07:002019-05-17T07:59:19.429-07:00In northern Michigan in the US pasty means about t...In northern Michigan in the US pasty means about the same as Annabel uses it. The typical pasty is made with chunks of raw meat, potatoes, onion and rutabaga and baked in a crust. The miners from Cornwall in the UK brought this meal over and wives made them to be eaten in the ore mines. Pasties are still a local favorite today in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-86302667453046330712019-05-17T06:10:33.638-07:002019-05-17T06:10:33.638-07:00Dear Pat, Oh dear well I am really tired. My probl...Dear Pat, Oh dear well I am really tired. My problem is boy lamb, girl calf! I am very happy the calf is a female as hopefully she will be easier to handle and a bull is huge in the end and even when hand raised you cant really trust them. But a cow should be ok! I hope you make your own lamb in a bag. We did joke that Lamb in a Bag sounds a bit like a recipe lol<br />Have a lovely weekend! A week can be a long time sometimes! I do need a quieter day tomorrow as today was another big day! With love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-6337892159929648852019-05-17T05:59:45.476-07:002019-05-17T05:59:45.476-07:00Hi Annabel. I love getting your Friday messages an...Hi Annabel. I love getting your Friday messages and am always amazed at how much you manage to fit into a mere 7 days. I'm assuming you were really tired by the time you posted this message because Lattie had a mysterious sex-change by the end of it. Hope she continues to do well and we can look forward to further reports of her ongoing antics. The Lamb in a Bag was so cute. I might have to make my own version now. Thanks. Pat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-39948906305509181732019-05-17T04:26:28.659-07:002019-05-17T04:26:28.659-07:00Dear Gail, I had to Google! WhenI did I just got ...Dear Gail, I had to Google! WhenI did I just got stuff in pastry like meat and veggies... so then I tried Googling Meaning of pasties in USA. Oh my happy Aunt that is so funny and I had no clue! hahaha! Now I will think of this and have a laugh. At least our version is something bigger lol With love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-74317136792660584942019-05-17T03:47:43.613-07:002019-05-17T03:47:43.613-07:00Hoping for the best for Lattie. You’re doing ever...Hoping for the best for Lattie. You’re doing everything possible <br /><br />In USA, “pasties” have a whole ‘nuther meaning so I got a chuckle about your working on them. GailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-56524643728877029872019-05-17T03:14:38.304-07:002019-05-17T03:14:38.304-07:00You sure did have a busy week! That is an amazing ...You sure did have a busy week! That is an amazing gift your Dad gave you, hope she remains healthy and sassy.tealadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233373939739704642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-18216095742787246882019-05-17T03:06:57.384-07:002019-05-17T03:06:57.384-07:00Annabel, your post reminded me of one that Sally f...Annabel, your post reminded me of one that Sally from Jembella Farm wrote a while ago so I did a search on her blog for 'cows' and several posts came up https://jembellafarm.blogspot.com/search?q=cows Sally recommends a book in one of her posts that might help and she talks about colostrum as well. She might have some hints that are helpful to you. She is in SA but I am not sure whereabouts. Nanna Chelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500527266771727074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-11604497744093068732019-05-17T01:40:29.224-07:002019-05-17T01:40:29.224-07:00Dear Annabel, Lattie is gorgeous, may she stay hea...Dear Annabel, Lattie is gorgeous, may she stay healthy and grow into a big cow. Please tell your Mum, the Lamb bag is so gorgeous, my daughter loves lambs and would have loved carting her stuffed lambs around like that when she was littler. This week I made a double batch of choc chip cookies, freezing some for later, some small sausage rolls and a birthday cake to take to my MIL tommorow. I also potted up 4 new/different geranium cuttings I was given. I love how easy they are to propagate and am getting a lovely collection of different ones. Nights have been cold here already and I am so grateful for our wood heater and a pile of wood we cut last season. It is really great to be able to "finish off" drying clothes in front of it. My tomatoes are still producing and tonight i have put a lot of them in a pot to simmer and will freeze for spag bol on other nights. Tonight we are having fish with mash potato with the last of our potatos that we found in the garden, we thought they were all gone a while ago so it was a nice surprise. I was also grateful for my sunflower seed gift envelopes and dish cloth stockpil as I had an unexpected celebration and those two items and card were very appropriate. Have a great weekend, we are looking forward to a big long day with Nana and Great Nana tommorow. 🌻 ClareAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-52387886052057765042019-05-17T01:34:34.556-07:002019-05-17T01:34:34.556-07:00What a lovely little farm you are building Annabel...What a lovely little farm you are building Annabel!<br /><br />I might have thought about calling that calf Glenda instead, I wonder what Lattie thinks about being named after a cow LOL...well at least it wasn't an old cow! 😂<br />I hope she makes it the poor little thing.<br /><br />Myself, I'm in a higelty, pigelty state this week. I seem to be taking one step forward and two back. I'm as busy as a bee, but I don't seem to be getting ahead at all! I think on the weekend I need to take stock, and sit down and plan, plan, plan the coming week, I just don't know where time goes {sigh}<br /><br />I hope you have a lovely weekend, and look forward to hearing all about your week next Friday.<br /><br />Cheers CherylCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07900993246451486017noreply@blogger.com