Another Nowra Road Trip!!

Yesterday I travelled down to Nowra once again, quilts and ducks on board, as usual!!  Stayed with the lovely Shayne and Brad, which was excellent, as usual, and Shayne cooked another delicious dinner - prawns, salmon, wilted asian greens - to die for!!

It was lovely to see Tarquinn and Freddie again, they are looking very well and the grass!!  Positivily luminous!!  Unbelievable, inconceivable!!

Tarquinn is as inquisitive as ever!!

The old horse Gayle is looking after - over the back fence - is looking better, has gained some condition and a sheen to her coat - long way to go yet!!

As usual the brooders were full at Shayne's, chickens and ducklings thriving :)

 Managed to get 2 stainless steel laundry troughs at the Nowra buy back centre, these will make good water troughs in the Titanic and Corner paddocks.... all good.  Funny bit was meeting up with my old neighbour Gayle while I was there - just like the good ol' days!!  LOL!!

Nowra Trip and Catching up with Tarquinn and Freddie + new bug Wia

Newest arrival at Maison Mauve is Wia.  Freya thinks her name is pretty bad and has decided to 'apply' dyslexia to it and call her Mia!!  She's a lovely girl, unusual darker shade of Vicuna colouring.  Her eyes get as big as dinner plates when the Lavender Park girls walk straight up to me and eat from my hand - inconceivable!!

 I had a lovely trip to Nowra on the weekend, stayed with Shayne and Brad which is always a recipe for good times!!  Got to catch up with Freddie and Tarquinn :)

Shayne and Brad hosted the mega Oz Day gig, good food, good wine, good company :)

Liz and Tori setting up their eBay tent!!

Shayne and Kyles putting the world to rights!

And this morning, Jemma enjoying her brekky - as always!! and The Jester looking angelic!!

Nowra Road Trip

Went down to the coast yesterday, and back today, stayed with my good friends Shayne and Brad who invited old friend and new neighbours of Shayne and Brad, Gayle and Tony and across the road neighbours - insert names here!! -  for dinner last night.  Fab bash!!  Good food, good wine and much fun and laughter!!

On the way home I stopped to take these photos in Exeter where I'd seen this amazing rose hedge the day before - glorious!!

Nowra Road Trip and the Garden

On Wednesday I was off delivering ducks and quilts to Nowra and surrounds.  I stayed overnight with Shayne and Brad which was lovely - as always.

Got to play with Minto and Lily - who is a gorgeous puppy :)

Lily and Minto play a LOT!!

Minto - best kelpie - bar none!

Brad was busy with chores when I arrived, and is a man after my own heart - why wait till you've finished mowing to enjoy a cold beer, if you can combine the two!!  Way to go!!

More of Brad's handywork - he has been busy erecting fences to enclose Tarquinn and Freddie when they come to live at Cambewarra next month.

Also got to catch up with my friend Gayle and check out her almost complete new house!!  Very modern and very chic.

Here at Mt Tanga the garden keeps throwing up these amazing little finds, like this truly fantastic apricot iris - love it!!

And this almost sulphur yellow one - a perfect foil for the baby blue :)

The baby blue iris - several of these, very nice :)

And not far from the daphne there is this 'wanna-be' bush, clumps of tightly clustered flowers, no back petal colour and no scent, but very flashy :)