All over for another year.

Yes, it’s all over. Two full days sitting behind this table chatting to people from all over and signing books. Three nights camping in the freezing cold, thank goodness for eletric blankets! And most of all thank goodness for mum who came along to help. Bringing regular hot cuppa’s and watching the stall while I
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Lucky chooks

Here is whats left of my hen’s feathers. The rest have blown away in the wind. My poor chooks are the delight for my neighbours dog. When my son went in to collect the eggs the dog pushed past and went after the chooks. I heard my son screaming from the house and thought he’d
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Day Job

Two days a week I work at the local shop, Pingaring Agsolutions. We have everything a small town may need, groceries, alcohol, hardware, post, chemical, etc etc… And if i’m lucky i get to deliver chemical around seeding time, which means getting out an about. On Thursday I headed out to some local farmers, my
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Woolorama!

Well we had two wonderful days in Wagin for the Woolorama. We met with the GWN crew for an interview on Thursday before we set up and then headed back to my cousins place to camp the night. We set out early the next morning along a back gravel road to cut across to Wagin…then
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Work

Okay, for those of you who are wondering what i’ve been up to since finishing the first draft on Sarah’s Journey…well work! I’ve taken two weeks off work…shop work, not mum or author work….and managed to sand back and re-varnish our front doors and re-oil the deck. Yes, my back is soooo sore but it
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Friends

We were lucky enough to spend Christmas and New Year on the coast. Nearly ten days of bliss where we got to escape the heat and hot winds back home. From the tiny caravan kitchen we managed to prepare a roast dinner fit for a king. Although it was lost on my daughter who is
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Xmas

On Saturday we had a visit from Santa and the whole town and more rocked up to watch the kids get their presents. Can you believe there are just over fifty presents under the tree!!! We were most upset to find the mice had a munch on the red velvet on Santa’s chair but we
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Christmas

This was my car Sunday arvo, looking like Santa’s sleigh. Filled to the brim with pressents. My mate Lea and myself headed to Perth for the yearly shop. Our numbers have dropped this year to 50 kids. Big kids moving on and not many little ones being born. So we didn’t have to find as
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Weekend

On the weekend the kids and I went for another ride in the truck. This time out to Mr Mitchell’s. I love riding in the truck with my dad, as it ends up being around an hour I get to spend with him. Yes, I’m a daddy’s girl. And the kids love being with their
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Harvest

This Saturday the kids were bored so we jumped in Pop’s truck and headed out the road to pick up Mr Varone’s load of wheat. He’d stopped for the day as most area’s had a harvest ban on. You’d be mad to harvest when its stinking hot and the wind is blowing. If a fire
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