A Winters Morning?

Sitting in the 21 c sunlight having a morning cuppa it was difficult to believe we're in the middle of winter. The nights are chilly, and I do like a fire, but the days are glorious at the moment.

Sometimes I just sit; and wait; and listen. Before I know it my eyes adjust and I begin to notice all the busyness going on around me, down in the underbrush or quite close in the trees where I'm sitting.. The plovers wander about, and magpies, peewees, willy wagtails, finches, rainbow lorikeets, king parrots, corellas and cockatoos all visited this morning. If I'm lucky a kookaburra occasionally swoops in but more often than not I just hear them in the distance. Black cockatoos with their distinctive cry fly over often and sometimes grace us with their presence. It really is quite the little metropolis out there. lol.

Tomorrow is yard day. Our "get the garden back into production day." We'll finish clearing them out and fertilise ready for the next lot of seeds. Mark is off tomorrow so we should get quite a bit done. The chickens have been amazing - they haven't gone off the lay at all. I don't know how they keep going but they do.

I also want to undercoat a gorgeous old chair that I got at the weekend at a market for $10!!!! It has cabriole legs and a seat stuffed with horsehair! It is just beautiful!! It's sturdy and in perfect condition. I'm going to paint it and re-seat it and then it will go into my office. I have bought a new desk (well its antique) and a huge bookshelf cupboard thing that is in the process of being painted. The theme is french provincial. I like the shabby chic look but with a little less shabby and a lot more chic. :)) I think it will look amazing painted with a new seat.