Our family, enjoying peaceful farm living, striving to raise our two girls to respect their planet, appreciate all living creatures and aiming for a sustainable lifestyle. Living on 6 acres situated in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia. Pottering around our 60 fruit tree orchard, giant vege patch, chookens and a few furry creatures to keep us company - one Archibald the Brave doggy, 4 pussy cats, a pony, a goat and some 'Pacas!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Operation Sick Roo.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The laundry.
R.I.P Lilly Rose.
The fur kids and their latest dramas!
Our newborn friend.
This tiny little gecko decided to pay us a visit today. Im guessing there are eggs somewhere as he was very newborn. He was climbing up our linen cupboard door! We left him be, to explore his new surroundings and find food. Glad i havent sprayed the spiders in all the corners lately (do geckos eats spiders? ....)
Tiles in the bathroom
We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo ...
The Invertebrate Collectors.
David at uni with his Invertebrate friends!
We survived the BIG storm of Perth, March 2010!
On the 23rd March 2010, Perth had the biggest storm in 50 years (or so they say!). We had little warning and fortunately i was at home that day as i was on night shift that night. I went to pick up Laura from day care at 4pm and at 4.30pm the skies looked very grey and the storm rolled in. We have very impressive views of storms coming in from our loungeroom window. These photos show before, during and after. It was all over by 7pm, but not without causing millions of dollars damage around Perth. We didnt recieve any damage and got off quite lightly - for once, the hills area didnt cop the full force. Nor did we lose power, some people are still without power even now, 4 days later. Below are some news links about the storm.
David was at work so missed it all! I went to work at 9pm that night, to King Eddies in "Code Yellow" meaning - Internal disaster!! Much of the hospital was flooded, the birthing centre roof collapsed and every pregnant woman in Perth went into labour that night - it made for an interesting and busy night shift!!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/23/2853848.htm
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wild-storm-throws-city-into-chaos/story-e6frg1rc-1225843883475