Four windows and tops on poles

 7 o'clock this morning.
They came by the carload ready for a huge day.

The windows had arrived and were ready to go in.

The shed men wanted to put some tops on the poles from yesterday (wouldn't have a clue about the correct shed speak for all that ).

And the spouting men wanted to finish all the spouting.

They stopped for morning tea.
It was Mitch's birthday today so we threw up a streamer, blew up a balloon and put some candles on the cake I made last night. 

But then the rain squalls came......and after four times of stopping and starting they all decided to go home.

 But, we have four windows in.....

....and some tops on those poles....

.....and half the house has new spouting.

Bill's rubble pile is going to take a bit of sorting out now that the boys have thrown the old spouting on there!

The pesky rabbits are starting to burrow into the mulch pile.

I am loving this white geranium. Thank you Denise. 

And I am loving this little chocolate-y boy!

We are going to look for door handles/knobs/locks for the french doors tomorrow. That shouldn't be too hard, surely to goodness.....

Inside day post

 It was freezing here today so we've hardly poked our noses out the door. 
13mm of rain last night has meant that the spoonbill has spent the day with his "nose" in the water snuffling around. He's probably eaten all our tadpoles.

13mms of rain has also meant that our spouting workers weren't here either.
However, our project manager had a meeting with the shed builders this morning and they will be back tomorrow. We hope the clay has dried up a bit by then.


Peanut rolled over and out again yesterday!!
We found him in the middle lane. Not sure how long he had been there. 

We managed to get him back in through the gate to Mum......

....and his friends, who look like they're saying Where the heck have you been?

Bill zoomed in on our willy wagtail still sitting patiently while his/her mate keeps all other birds at bay..... very aggressively at times.
Don't want to contemplate what will happen when the spouting men get to that part of the house!

I have been baking scones for our workers on most mornings when they are here. Sometimes with jam and cream and sometimes date scones. 

But I think I might try something else.

It has to be something quick and easy. 
These sound pretty good.

Today was a sewing day. I have started quilting my granny squares quilt.

I was going to try some straight line quilting but I couldn't get it straight enough ( that's because all the blocks are a bit different and don't match up properly). 
After unpicking three rows, I have decided to use a wonky line so it's not so obvious!

On my bedside table at the moment.....

And the view from our bathroom window this morning ....

Hope we get some outdoor photos tomorrow even thought the rain has been wonderful I must say.
 I just feel sorry for those poor little foals out there and wish I could bring them inside by the fire!

The roof is on

We have a roof !

Oooo....it all looks a bit wonky in this photo! I must have been on a lean.

Our roof men worked all weekend. They will be back tomorrow to do the rest of the spouting.

We sat under the roof  alfresco style this afternoon  just to get the feel of it!

I was so tempted to sit in this daisy patch too and make a daisy chain.

Bill reminded me that they are a weed called capeweed. 

 Last week in the Weekly Times, Peter Cundall said that great domes of yellow daisies clearly indicated marvellously fertile soil perfect for growing his spud crop. 

I'm still calling them daisies. They really do look very pretty at this time of the year.

I can remember as a little girl, plucking out the petals one by one while saying......he loves me,  he loves me not.

And flicking the flower off under someone's chin to see if they liked butter!!!!

 .......*sigh*

Our ornamental grapevine is looking so fresh and healthy. It is on the eastern side of the house.

These are the cuttings I took months ago.

We discovered  buds on our weeping elm and couldn't be more excited. We don't expect all the branches to survive but this is a great start.

It is such an unusual tree with it's gnarly, weeping branches and it makes a perfect cubby house for kids.

Bill spotted this tiny seedling where the vegie patch  used to be.

So he went out and did this.....

The poor shed builders will have to work around it now!!They'll be thinking what the heck???

I think it may be an ornamental gourd that I planted there last year.

Some horse love on Friday night ......

I finished another Miss Kate cushion.

( to go with the Summery quilts !)

The rubbish pile is getting bigger.

Bill sees something there every day that he thinks might be handy.

.....still no sheds....yet.