November was Sew Busy Too

Plenty of goodies left ZippyZippy HQ during November.

Plenty of Santa Sacks started to head to new homes.

Betty Bernina had quite the workout.

My little store is currently closed,

tomorrow I deliver Betty to the sewing machine beauty parlor

where she will have a well deserved service.

She can sit and chat to the other machines,

have a bit of a bitch and gossip,

find out who has been on the shelf the longest,

who is not top model anymore and so on.

I think it will be lonely without her.

Hope you are enjoying the "holiday"

It's definately no holiday here with 3 boys to entertain ;)

Be Good

Jacqueline

Catching Up With Old Friends

A while ago - last school holidays I think,

I was very lucky and had an old school friend Emma

and her daughters drop in to say hello.
They live in the beautiful Barossa Valley and because the internet

has made the world a much smaller place,

Emma and I have caught up online.

One daughter is a bit famous - she has been on the cover of

Barossa Living Magazine - how exiting for their family!

An article was written about some local kids that love to cook,

The kids shared recipe's, tips and cooking mishaps and

had a lovely time doing a photo shoot.

And, here's Emma and I.

We were great friends at school back in the 80's

we lived in a little place town, Balmoral.

We have hardly changed a bit ; )

I did look for an old photo of us, but no luck.

I hope it's not that long till we catch up again.

Thanks for visiting girls!

Jacqueline

Bottoms Up

A Big Merry Christmas to Everyone!

There are 3 very very exited boys all tucked up in bed

I can't wait to see the exitement in the morning.

Have a great day and enjoy.

Jacqueline :)

 

Do You See What I See?

Back in November,

while driving down to Hamilton with a friend,

to visit the

 Three French Hens Market

we passed this paddock, just outside Cavendish...

Do you see what I see?

Is it my imagination, or are they

Christmas Tree Hay Stacks

created by a festive farmer... 

Speaking of Christmas,

we have our very own decorations in the vegie patch.

Our first red tomato!

Every "Vegie Patcher" seems to want to have

tomato's by Christmas... this one will just be in time.

And, speaking of Christmas again....

the boys

Reindeer Food Shoppe

is now in full swing for 2010,

will post about it after the chaos is over

Be Good

Jacqueline

One Shot

I was taking some photo's of the strange clouds this morning.

As I walked back down the drive,

fidgeting with the settings on my camera,

to find the black and white option,

these 2 came around the corner.

I said, huddle up, I will take a picture of you.

This is the picture.

One shot, and one shot only.

That never happens with the 3 boys,

let alone adding a dog to the mix.

I love it.

Heath and Max are such good buddies,

they spend their days playing and exploring around the yard,

waiting for the school boys to come home.

This shot has captured their relationship perfectly.

Hope you are enjoying the Silly Season

Jacqueline

October Was Sew Busy

October was a very busy month at ZippyZippy HQ

Lots of Odd Sock keepers went off to new homes

Name Garlands and Gift Tags

Buntings have jetted all over the country

Laundry bags and market buntings have new homes too

Some cushion covers were even created as a request

to match some buntings

There has been lots happening here,

but not a lot of time for blogging though,

seems to always be at the bottom of the

To Do List.

And Santa Sacks began to leave ZippyZippy HQ.

Hope you have all been well,

I have been snooping around blog world,

keeping an eye on you all ;)

Jacqueline

Patch Update

Thought it was time we updated the Vegie Patch before Spring passes by.  The Winter vegies are being  harvested and the spring plantings are filling up the last of the beds.  Spring has been very mild with lots of rain, everythings been easier to look after than the past few years.

The Corn is taking off, and I've just planted Cucumbers on the frames at the back.  There's still some space for Zucchini, I've planted a couple varieties in the seed raising box, just waiting for them to get a little bigger before I plant them out.

Potatoes were late going in.  I planted three varieties, Sebago, Coliban & Pontiac on 3rd Oct and they were up in 14 days.  They haven't looked back, no signs of the earwigs I had problems with last year.  Some have just started to flower.

The Root bed is in full production.  The carrots planted in Winter are ready to use and others are at various stages up to a few weeks old.  Just pulled Beetroot in the last few days. Made Beetroot Relish out of some and Pickled others. 

Here's some of the finished product.

The Broccoli Bed is loaded with Broccoli, Lettuces, Parsley, Coriander and Beans.



The Onion Bed is full, they went in back in June, as close as I could get to the Winter Solstice on June 19th.  There's Red, White, Brown and Orderless Onions as well as Garlic and Chives.

The Tomato Bed is nearly full, 4 different types of tomato, Basil, Coriander and two varieties of Capsicum.  Most of the tomatoes came from last years seed. I planted Tommy Toe and Tiggerela in the seed raising box in late Winter then planted them out in October.

Now they're in the garden and flowering, growing like crazy.  Tomatoes by Christmas!

Happy Digging! . . . . Peter