here and there

Hello and welcome everyone.

We had a busy week last week with a trip to the city to take the 4wd down to have some work done on her.  We headed off in the early hours of Wednesday morning and it was pouring rain. I was a little disappointed to have missed out on seeing it fall and flood our road. I couldn't take photos to show you other than these two...

Although blurry, you can see how much water was around. This was the road as we left home.

Here we are on the highway. It rained all the way to Port Wakefield and was quite heavy at times. You can see hubby driving in front of me. The sky was very dark.

Once we dropped the vehicle off, our friend picked us up and we went out to lunch {Tania doesnt drive in the city}, then he took us back to where our other car was parked.  

The next day we did some shopping and took advantage of the cheaper prices while in Adelaide.

This was the veggie haul we brought home. We found a couple of cheap green grocers so stocked up on veggies. The pre-bagged items like cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, were $1.00 a bag. Packham pears were .49c a kilo! These vegetables aren't the perfect size or quality for the supermarket, but they are perfect for me. I don't care what they look like so long as they taste good.

We purchased jars for our new venture into vegetable fermention.

Another thing I bought in Adelaide was a hotel for our native bees. I will locate this out in the orchard in Spring. I hope to make my own one of these soon.

Someone is enjoying the warmth of the sun...

Look what the rain did!  Aren't they cute?

This pretty tiny native daisy is flowering, it comes back year after year.

Out back the clean up has begun...

This is the site where the new greenhouses are going to be.

 
Wood has been chopped and the bushes burned.

Then the digger was brought in to level off. 

And now it is almost ready for the building to commence.

Chrysanthemum bloom...

Sunrise...

The water is back in the lake.

Just sitting here with my coffee...

Taking it all in...

   
Work is happening on the caravan. Hubby is wiring up for our solar panel.

 
He found this flame gadget very helpful. I think it is called a hot devil torch?  We have holidays coming up at the end of July, so soon we will be preparing for travel once again.

These drone photos were taken by hubby on Sunday.  

The magnificently painted Wirrabara silos! 

Aerial shot of the Wirrabara markets. 

While at the markets, it was lovely to meet Jo, a regular reader here. She recognised my face and introduced herself. Hi Jo!

The hills above Horrocks Pass on the way home.

That's all for now. Hope you all had a lovely weekend.

See you all soon.