Afternoon tea

What better way to pass the afternoon hump than with madelines and a cup of tea... and a sleeping baby. They were a bit fluoro because of our chooks eggs, but still tasted light and lovely.

Gibba Hill - Chapel Island

The helicopter pilot started calling Gibba Hill 'chapel island' after he learned we were married there. Surrounded by water - so different to our wedding day.

Chopper and Sandbags

SES chopper flying sandbags to The Farmer on the flood bank trying to hold it from spilling. There are hundreds out there holding the water back.

YUCK!

...on web page, but fine on App

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Checking to see what formatting the Blogger app chooses for me... Hope it's nice!
Pic is of the bookshelf we made for Matilda - she loves pointing to her favourite books! Couldn't believe her luck when she first saw them all up there together.

A Sunday Fly

The Farmer and I went for a fly on the weekend. We took off from the neighbour's airstrip (if you can call it that) and flew over the flood course and Pine Hill homestead. There is so much water! It has receded since its peak a couple of weeks ago, but the inland sea is still there. The corn crop looks good and the flood bank is standing quite victorious. It hasn't done much work over the last decade, but this year was it's time to shine... I find it funny sitting here in awe of a pile of dirt.

Excuse the James Taylor track all about Carolina - JT's are our cruising tunes at the moment. Classic.

Here is a video of our flight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVrPVFbWwsE&feature=youtu.be

Heart Garden

So this image is what caused The Cottage blog to be updated. I've always wanted to make a heart garden ever since I visited Heide Gallery in Melbourne with The Farmer. Sunday Reed had made one to symbolise her affair with Sidney Nolan. I just like the romance - minus the fidelity issues! It has rained and rained and rained here at PH HQ over the last week. The lawn has grown so much it has taken us days to mow and rake up - you could just about bail it. Anyway, I saw the opportunity for a bit of romance in the long grass. Matilda sat among the love this morning.