It’s finished! The shed is finally off the ground and in its home on top of the slab.

Built in only two days, here is what it looked like after they left on the first day:

The outside looks a little bit like a temporary builder’s cabin and desperately needs softening up with a stack of plants, but [...]

Courtesy of Tim’s Mum, I found two great recipes for homemade dog food and homemade dog treats.
Here is the recipe for the dog food.
And here is the recipe for the dog treats.
Since March, I have been feeding Smokey and Cloe homemade dog food using the above recipe.r I find it is a little bit cheaper [...]

Today I had a long overdue small victory. A few weeks ago, a large gust of wind came through the valley that we live in and it tore half the roof off our patio and sent it somewhere else. We still haven’t found all the bits of the roof so god knows where it landed. That [...]

Ugh. What a horrible experience this shed has been for us. The pieces of the shed are still sitting on the ground outside and every time I go out there I look at it and feel like crying. I’ve paid $9,500 for a shed that I’m not getting an ounce of benefit from – in fact, [...]

Tim fell over and rolled his ankle 5 minutes into the shed project. We were in the process of removing the pieces of furniture that are being stored in the existing shed. Here is the terrible injury. See the difference between the left and the right ankle?

Check out the swelling and the bruising. Poor thing.

At first I thought [...]

There’s been a bit happening lately.
Tim is back working with Australia Post here in Tasmania. After arriving in Tasmania, he was told that he would have little chance of working with them here because they have no turnover of staff. But last month there was an ad, he applied and got the job. It will [...]

We put up the Christmas tree the other night.  A black one, with silver, black and red ornaments. I think the White Stripes would be pleased.

The dogs certainly enjoyed the event.

Woodchopping

Steam engines on display

Show jumping

Sweet baby farm animals

About a month ago, we planted two different types of baby trees around our back fenceline. The trees are Tasmanian blue gums (the compact variety – up to 8 metres tall) and variegated pottosporums (up to 9 metres tall). We chose these two trees because they’re very quick growing and they make good screen breaks. We have [...]

While I was at work on Wednesday, I received the following text message from Tim:
“Shit a brick half the shed roof just flew off and is now sitting in the back yard!”
Now, we’ve had a sheet of tin fly off the roof at the end of the shed before, so I thought that he was [...]