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Christine

Queensland country.

Currently a daughter, sister, wife, mum, nan, cousin, niece and friend

Interests: Family, home, cattle, horses, sewing, cooking, gardening, the welfare of little children all over the world - lots of interests not necessarily in this order.

Recent Activity

Red, Yellow and sometimes Pink...

Summer flowers are coming to an end, but the butterflies still love them, and so do I Red zinnias and yellow marigolds are favourites of mine and of the butterflies. This lady was very happy to pose for a few pictures before flying to try her luck elsewhere. There have... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at There comes a time ...

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...My busy crochet hook...

I've been to many flea markets, garage sales and closing down sales in my time. I can't resist beautiful wools, threads and laces so I collect them until I have "enough". Most often, a plan will come to mind, as one has with these lovely tapestry wools. I have a... Continue reading

Posted Mar 10, 2013 at There comes a time ...

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It's getting to that time of year when an extra layer is welcome at 2 o'clock in the morning! Over the years, I've finished many sewing and stitching projects, keeping the leftover pieces of fabrics I particularly love. In recent years, I've discovered that squares (with their variations) put together... Continue reading

Posted Feb 10, 2013 at There comes a time ...

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...back to the sewing room...

Dear DIL asked for a special needle-keep for her birthday, so I happily obliged by putting her favourite colours together... ...to make this to hold her cross-stitch needles... ...with a personal touch. Continue reading

Posted Jan 7, 2013 at There comes a time ...

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...'twas the week before Christmas...

As our children gather their own children, inlaws and outlaws, it becomes more and more difficult to gather as one big family, around one Christmas Tree. Because we are a family of families, we decided quite early in the latter half of the year that we would all (well, as... Continue reading

Posted Dec 30, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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It's the little things.....

Our American cousins celebrated Thankgiving last week with roast turkey and trimmings. They gave thanks for what they have and truly appreciate within the realm of today's economic climate. Apart from the family that I dearly love, my own good health and that of my family, and my beautiful happy... Continue reading

Posted Nov 24, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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...the dairy herd...

Much to the astonishment of many country people around us, we still milk a cow (sometimes cows) for our household needs. We once separated the milk and made butter from the cream, and I would love to get back into that, but that's another story. There is a management issue... Continue reading

Posted Oct 28, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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...of Pentas and Pumpkins...

I love October. It brings the promise of rain and early storms and there is a definite change in the seasons all over the world. I love to walk around the garden early in the morning, probably because the flowers are at their best and I will make discoveries, good... Continue reading

Posted Oct 10, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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...Spring promise...

Each October I look forward to hippeastrums popping up in my garden. Mum always called them October lilies and they largely looked after themselves in her garden. Nobody used sprinklers on country gardens back then. I am the daughter of a dairy farmer. We considered the water intake of our... Continue reading

Posted Oct 8, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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Gymkhana Fun...

The fun began when Nan and Pa, with horses already loaded on the truck, drove off into the early morning light. Excited children greeted us at the venue, and so the primping and shining began in preparation for the march past... checkerboard rumps ...and... ... shiny hooves for everyone ...... Continue reading

Posted Sep 2, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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Happy Birthday Grannie...

Today is my Grannie's birthday. She would have been 129 years old. I always remember her on her birthday because it was something we always did as children, living on the farm.....We remembered our Grannie who lived many miles away, sometimes arriving on the train with Grandad to visit us... Continue reading

Posted Aug 23, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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Christmas in July

Each year Sarah from Quilt Fabric Delights runs an online Christmas in July. What fun it is for we stitchers and sewers. Besides the fun, I use it as a spring-board into my Christmas gift giving stash. Rachel Measham Pywell designed these little gift bags, and these are my version.... Continue reading

Posted Aug 2, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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Life's Snippets...

Bits and pieces of everything are woven together as threads of our lives... ...pansies soaking up the rain... ... the need for a new compost heap... ... aided by our friendly kookie... ...manuring and mulching the fruit trees... ...educating a very green pony... ...sewing Christmas in July projects with my... Continue reading

Posted Jul 16, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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Celebration of an Inspirational Life...

Twelve days ago our family and friends said our goodbyes to Bunny, my husband's mother. It was truly a lavender day, her favourite colour. Her ninety-one years were celebrated for one who loved life, her family,the bush, dancing, mustering cattle, eating ginger, whistling tunes and helping others. Sadly missed. Continue reading

Posted Jul 15, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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I love to travel. Travel expands my knowledge of...

I love to travel. Travel expands my knowledge of farming, food/fibre production and animal husbandry. It makes sense that I love stitching, knitting, cooking and gardening, and that I was organic before the rise in popularity of that word! People the world over have the same needs and want the... Continue reading

Posted Jun 8, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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...of knitters and knitting...

Grandfather Thomas was a carpet weaver in Kidderminster, Worcestershire England before he sailed to Australia and became a dairy farmer. Grandmother Elizabeth knitted all manner of garments for her large family and others. Elizabeth would knit at night while waiting for the bread to prove. I didn't know her but... Continue reading

Posted Jun 4, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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Our family loves Rosella Jam. I will admit to having to throw jam out in the past, for two reasons. We had some left from the previous year and it had discoloured - which is normal for rosella jam over time. The other reason is, I was multi-tasking ( show... Continue reading

Posted Jun 1, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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The fruits of our labour...

Apart from cold toes and frozen noses, winter weather provides us with ripened fruit free from bugs and pesky insects. Our trees look very colourful with ripening fruit but it's either feast or famine! Some years provide with abundance and others ..... well... enough said. This year is a year... Continue reading

Posted May 27, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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...a little potty...

My potting equipment is recycled to say the least! I have an old ironing board minus its padding and cover as my potting bench. Any extra potting mix can simply fall through the holes, I can adjust the height and it can be set up right where I need it.... Continue reading

Posted May 18, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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...From Hay Shed to Feeder...

I love the old corrugated iron cottage that is our hay shed. From a distance, I get a feeling about the people who went before us - not an eerie feeling but a warm and welcoming one. It has its own outhouse, tank on tankstand, bathroom and other "comforts" of... Continue reading

Posted May 13, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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We are very privileged to have our old mate. He is an old grey gelding, VL (Vee Ell) foaled on September 14th 1978. Born brown as most grey horses are, he quickly became a blue grey then a lighter grey as he got older. VL is pictured here with his... Continue reading

Posted May 4, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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Just checking.....

Every now and then, bulls have a scrap, the weaners rush, weaner mothers push more than gently on gates and so on it goes! In this case, the weaner mothers were on the move to reclaim their babies from the yards where they are learning their manners, being drafted into... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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Soap Jelly.....tried and true

Sorry I haven't been here for a few weeks. Sometimes life gets in the way of good intentions, and John Lennon 's quote, "Life is what happens when you're busy planning other things", is very true of our lives here at There Comes a Time..., just lately. I have decided... Continue reading

Posted Mar 11, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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The heat of summer.....

Heat and humidity were the reason for no Sunday sleep-in at our place this Sunday morning. The early morning light was beautiful though. A family of whistlers visits us every morning but they didn't want their picture taken! Some of my plants don't mind the heat so I snapped their... Continue reading

Posted Feb 5, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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.....and so to sew.....

A Christmas gift from my family included a revamp and repaint of my sewing room. The men in my life made a doorway between two rooms downstairs. One room is my original sewing room and the other was a spare bedroom. Now it is all one workable space and wonderful... Continue reading

Posted Jan 25, 2012 at There comes a time ...

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