The Aussie Dunny!

Bit of a good score on the recycling front last week. An outside loo!!!  Not for us to USE as an outside loo of course.........the toilet and the basin will come out and it will make a very nice goose shed or tool shed somewhere on the property! It's from a block of land opposite us up on the road that has recently sold. The new owners are knocking down the old house (sadly) and building a nice shiny new one!! The old fashioned Dunny was definitely surplus to their requirements and they were more then happy for us to have it!! It weighs a ton so absolutely no idea how we are going to get it the short distance home but we will work it out somehow! l am happy it will be saved as well to live on in some shape or form and not be consigned to the scrap heap!! We should preserve and be proud of our unique Aussie Dunny!! 

The rest of my Tip Shop finds  this week  are rather unexciting and unimpressive in comparison!! Although this brass light fitting is quite lovely and its final resting place is yet to be decided. Tree or veranda???

This hilarious jumble of brass and glass is however already assigned to the goat shed as long as l can hang it high enough that they can't pull all the glass baubles off!

And an interesting pair of wrought iron candlesticks. Looking like pieces of car parts , they have settled down quite nicely under two young Silver Birches.

Oh and my little brass collection! $2 for the lot l couldn't resist! All very small l thought they were just gorgeous!

Especially this one. Not sure what it is. An incense holder maybe but the holes are rather large. l loved it until l saw the photo of it head on.......................

Staring at me.............................

With its silly little ears.......it's beady little eyes and big smiley grin.................

Now l can't look at it as anything else!!!!

 

 

Sheep Hut!

The sheep have been kept around the drive and yards these past few days. Mainly to keep them out of the worst of the wild weather and secondly to give their feet their regular check up and trim.  They ARE l must say a bit of a pain being so close to the house! They follow you everywhere!

They get IN to everything

Get stuck!!!

And eat lots of hay!!!

Saturday morning we did their feet then decided to build a small sheep shelter for them out in the big paddock.

We built it under virtually the only tree in the whole place! One lone Wattle!

Of course ,as usual the hut was to be constructed out of old apple crates, scavenged pallets and salvaged wood! Nothing too flash around here!

And their hay rack ingeniously constructed out of an old poster display rack found at yes, you guessed it..........The Tip Shop! Screw a piece of corrugated tin on the top for a roof and it's perfect!

First draft and yep, it looks pretty ramshackle and shabby!!!

But it's secure and stable which is a start!

We have some old fence paling which we will line it all with when they dry out so it becomes a total wind block and hides the horrible red paint of the pallets. It should then nestle into the hillside quite nicely. Now we just have to let the sheep know it's there!

Stay tuned for the next stage!

Winter in Autumn!

These last few days we have certainly been plunged into an early taste of Winter! An usually large dump of rain in the lowlands and snow in the highs these past few nights have left a beautiful Winter Wonderland on the surrounding hills of the Huon Valley and Hobart suburbs.

Taken by a lucky friend who DIDN'T have to work yesterday!

Photos from Clips' previous owner. He lives quite high up on the outskirts of Hobart as evident from these photos.

And Clips's old paddock...... l think he might be glad to live on the Lowlands now!

No wonder Lilli did her most pathetic shivery act and plonked herself in front of the fire.........on the cold hard hearth.............. 

 It worked!!! Geoff soon relented and gave her the prime spot on the footstool!

Happy little hot dog!

 

Honey Pots and Bulbs in Autumn!

Today l found some lovely yellow and green hanging honey pots at our local Op Shop! They are gorgeous!! No doubt if l tried hard enough l could find a way of inserting a candle in each one of them!! For the moment though they will do just as well swinging off the Walnut Tree!

Well not actually right now as we have a raging gale sweeping around Tasmania at the moment! l don't somehow think they would still be hanging in the morning if l had left them there!!

Due to our rather strange weather we have hyacinths flowering  right now which is odd as l was sort of expecting them in Spring not Autumn!!

 And these! (((((l know what they are........... I just cant remember!!!))))) We also have 3 inches of Daffodil stalks popping out of the ground as well. Most peculiar and l am hoping it doesn't mean we are heading for a rather bare Spring as some flowers will be well and truly spent by then!

So tonight during our wild weather, the sheep are tucked up in the lean to next to the barn. The horses are snug in their shelters as are the goats. The cows have been left out to battle the elements but l think they are fat and round enough to be able to cope with most things!!

After all, eating is terribly important and they do a lot of it!!

Heads down, it's serious business every morning!!

And Maxie agrees!

Misty May

May has begun with all the promises of Winter to come. Misty mornings, cold nights ,and now pouring rain! The common goal for all beasties, four legged and two is to keep warm!!

The sheep seem quite happy just to sit under the Plum Tree. No problems there with being cold!

 The Walnut Tree has started the Big Leaf Drop!! (groan!!!)

All hands on deck needed to keep them raked up!

 l just love Autumn.  My favourite Season without a doubt. I  love the colours

I love the richness of the leaves and the different layers the colours create

l love the fact that the garden is a jumbled  tangled mess of fallen leaves, bare stems and fading flower heads.

l love the mists...............

((((((((And Maxie loves the mud!!!!!!!!!!)))))))))))))

Love it all................