Water Conservation

The average family uses
about 1,020 litres
of water around the home
every day
- thats 118 full buckets!

We live on one of the world's driest continents.
By using water sensibly at home and at work,
we can help reduce demand for this finite resource.

I found this on one of our local sites from this area. There is other information about the flora and fauna of this district, if anyone is interested in having a look here http://www.australian-aridlands-botanic-garden.org/index.htm

I was amazed at the amount of water that is used in households, no wonder our River Murray is running dry.


More sites with pics of the beautiful Flinders Ranges nearby to where we live:

Flinders Gallery
and
here http://www.flindersranges.com/anges


Tania

"Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch

This is well worth watching although it does take a while(about 28 minutes). I saw this on Oprah recently, and boy was this is a wake up call. Don't take life for granted. A tissue box nearby may be required, as it is sad.


Enjoy the rest of your day


Tania

On the road again

Sorry I have been absent for a few days. We have been away in Adelaide attending a relative's 70th birthday party. Below are a few random pictures taken on the trip down, we went a different way than usual to avoid the highway traffic and to take in the scenery. My parents were travelling ahead of us, and as they have got older they tend to travel slower, so it took a bit longer, 4 hours instead of 3.

Horrocks Pass leading into the Flinders Ranges.

Going through the windy pass.

Lovely and green at Melrose.

Homestead and vineyards near Clare.

More greenery in the Clare district.

Lonely old cottage, long deserted.

I had better get back to my jobs that I am supposed to be doing right now. Today is cleanup and catchup day, and I have lots to do.

Our school teachers are on strike tomorrow so I will get to spend the day with my son Jack, which will be nice. He has been selected to go to Adelaide in a couple of weeks to play soccer in the states competion put on by SAPSASA (South Australian Primary Schools Amateur Sporting Association). We will need to spend the week in the big smoke again as he plays every day.

Must away,

Tania

Today

Headed for the hills,

it's starting to rain,

a windmill in the distance,


lovely bushland,

raining in the hills,

a bare paddock, soon to be green,

time for home and the saltbush,

home again...

time for lunch and a nice cup of tea.

Warm wishes to everyone,

Tania

Rain at last

Well it finally happened. Rain started falling around 1.00pm today and continued on for the rest of the day. Hopefully, fingers crossed it will continue overnight and on to tomorrow. The garden will be thankful. Sorry about the photos, I was trying not to get too wet, plus I am not that great at photography.

Only downer today was that the washing is all wet. But I think I can live with that.

Something we haven't seen in a long while.....puddles. Many of you probably don't know why rain is so exciting. I think the last decent rain was before Christmas last year.

I don't know how much we recorded until tomorrow morning when it can be checked.

Have a good night,

Tania

I've been tagged

I have been tagged by Linda over at Snowys

My first tag so here goes.


The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.Each player answers the questions about themselves.


At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.


a) What was I doing 10 years ago?

In 1998 I was living in my first home and sharing it with Dear Husband, DD Sarah 17, DD Kyla 14, DD Talia 11 and DS Jack 2. I resided in this home for 8 years. I remember my life being pretty hectic back then. The school run included dropping and picking up eldest daughter at the local private school, middle daughter at the public high school and third daughter at another primary school, all on different sides of town. Plus all the afterschool activities they were involved in. I had some chickens; they were silky bantams plus a menagerie of other pets. I was a SAHM trying to survive on one wage. Most things were cooked from scratch and I had a twin tub washing machine. I was developing a keen interest in genealogy and craft and we had a computer with dial up internet.

b) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today:

Doing the washing, today I do all the linens.
Washing all floors
Vacuuming all floors
Preparing dinner, tuna noodle bake
Picking son up from school


c) Snacks I enjoy:

Fresh fruit, dried fruit, pretzels and homemade biscuits together with a nice cup of tea.

d) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

This is a tricky one. I know my hubby would want it all invested. I would prefer to make sure that all ourselves and family members were provided for and some of the excess go to the needy and those less fortunate than myself.


e) Places I have lived:

I was born and bred in Ceduna, located on the far west coast of South Australia. I lived on a pastoral farm and these were great years. I lived there until 1993 when I moved to Port Augusta, for my hubby’s work. His work was to become a trainee Locomotive Driver.

And who am I tagging?

The usual blogs that I visit have all been tagged so that leaves just one.

Sarah My daughter's blog

A busy day

I have had a very industrious day today and spent most of this beautiful weather outside. I decided that it was about time I set to in the vegie garden. It is very dry at the moment due to neglect, as until now I haven't really been motivated to get started. I set to digging out the old plants and preparing new beds. I have started my compost heap and have been doing some research about this. I piled in lots of leaves, horse, chook and pigeon manure, scraps and dirt. I have watered it down as it still hasn't rained. I will take a picture when the garden is all ready to go. Growing vegies is new to me so I am still learning. We had some success last year with silver beet, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, zuccchini, apple cucumbers, tomatoes and strawberries. I am struggling to get the soil fertile enough, hence the compost. The water seems to disappear quickly so I will have to get myself some more mulch.

The picture below is one of my first sticheries and says, "May all your weeds be wildflowers."




This sunset was a lovely finish to the day.



Dinner was lamb stew with pumpkin dumplings served with toast. Due to the broken oven, I was unable to have dinner rolls.

Some sago cream for dessert. This is delicious served together with stewed or preserved fruit and is made in the microwave.

And lastly the place I look forward to going to tonight, I should sleep well after all that fresh air

Hope you are all enjoying a nice weekend.

Tania