Stanley

Last weekend I went to Stanley...

 The Nut

Got to walk on the beach Friday night...

Tatlows Beach/Sawyer Bay

And watch the sunset...

Sunset over Green Hills

Early Saturday morning before sunrise I took a walk around to the small fishing harbour on the other side of The Nut...

 

One of the boats was up on slips...

Some of the houses under the Nut that I walked past on my way back to the beach...

The tide was quite high...

And I got to watch the sun come up behind The Nut...

I encountered some locals...alive...

 seagulls

 plovers

And dead...

 crab

 fish (just in case your weren't sure :))

 fairy penguin

starfish

 

  

I collected 4 garbage  bags of seaweed to put on the garden from West Beach at Stanley...

Saw an eagle...

Wedge-tailed or Sea (wasn't close enough to tell)

On my way back from collecting the seaweed I drove past historic Highfield House...

And some of the resident sheep...

And took this shot from the lookout...

Bye Stanley!!!

 

I'll be back...

 

xx

Postscript:  check out the amazing similarities between Stanley and the Isle of Harris on Christine's blog.  (Her photos are so much better than mine!!)

 

Sunday catch up

Autumn is in the air and the trees are starting to colour up...

The willows are losing their leaves...

And I continue to harvest tomatoes to finish ripening inside...

For a very late Yarn Along link this week, I am still reading this book, and crocheting 10" granny squares for charity blankets...

Knitting on my jumper is slow going, but this book I picked up at the library yesterday is a real winner (and might end up being a buyer)...

An enchanting read...

And lovely photos...

Plus delicious recipes...

This is my version of the recipe above which I made last night, and again tonight with a bit more variation...

The basic recipe ingredients from the book for the salad are:

 

 tuna (they used fresh...I used tinned)

chopped cherry tomatoes

steamed haricots verts (which I discovered when googled are French green beans)

chopped hard boiled eggs

boiled (or steamed)  new potatoes

chopped cantaloupe (we call them rockmelons)

I added:

some cooked butter beans and broccoli as well as the green beans

chopped gherkin

chopped avocado

cashews

raisins

chopped mint

and drizzled over some olive oil and lemon juice

salt and pepper

It was delicious!!!

If you add the cooked vegies while hot to the cold salad vegies, you end up with a yummy warm mix!

Tonight I made the salad again, omitting the tuna, but cooked some meat separately (pork).  There are so many variations and combinations you can try.  I particularly liked the sweetness of the rockmelon and raisins with the other vegies, and the crunchiness of the cashews (you could use other nuts, but cashews are my favourite).  I hope you'll try it!!

And here are a couple of inside shots of the living room in my new house.  Still organising and re-arranging...but getting there...

Bed time! Sov Gott!!

 

xx

random

A few random shots...

On my walk yesterday morning at 7am...

 Quamby Bluff (through the fog) from the top of the hill near the start of my walk

 St Mark's Anglican Church spire (through the fog) from down by the river

the sun coming up as I headed home

Remember this blanket that I made recently and took to the Alpaca Shop?  Well...it sold!!

my retro granny blanket

So I decided to take these two blankets down as well...after all...how many blankets does a girl need!!

 hoping someone will buy these too

From the garden...

 the bounty

 apple, rhubarb and blackberry crumble...from the bounty

And on my walk this morning...

 the amazing sky just before sunrise

 the mists of (no...not Avalon) the Meander River

just because it's pretty...and the sun was catching some of the trees and turning them golden

 

 

Have more tomatoes cooking for relish.  I think they are ready, so off to bottle them!

 

No time to get bored :))

 

Enjoy the busyness of your day...it makes time fly...

 

xx

 

I'm in!!!

Been in my new house a week now :)))

Still getting the house in order, so no pics yet, but here are some of the garden...

 mostly herbs

 a camellia, plus...

 love my woodland garden (on the shady side), roses on the fence, a BIG greengage plum tree and the shade house in the background

 fish pond (with 2 fish) which I would like to turn into a water feature/fountain

 herbs from another angle...and an olive tree!.  I've always wanted an olive tree :))

 the out of control vegie garden

 more vegie garden, back sun deck...and views...

 

Not bad eh!!

And for Yarn Along...

I'm knitting this jumper.  I knitted one years ago for myself (unfortunately it got waylaid in one of my many moves) and really liked it, so doing another for winter...

And reading let me sing you gentle songs, which I picked up for a couple of dollars at the op shop.
Love the setting (wintery Swedish countryside) and the slow, gentle storyline and writing style.  Such a good bedtime read...

Time to light the wood heater and settle in for the night...

 

xx