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| Shirlaroo |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 04:21:07 AM
Giday my name is Shirley Sue I found this site by accident when I was searching for stiching instructions! Even though I have browsed the internet for 10 years no site has inspired me to chat. So besides the practice post I made, this is my very first post.
I live in Australia with my Hubby and 2 young kids. Presently we live on my husbands family property. My children are the 5th generation to grow up on this farm!
We have also just purchased a farm of our own 270 acres of scrub country covered in lantana (a weed in Australia). We have blisters on our hands from trying to keep the weed at bay! the kookaburras arn't the only ones laughing at our attepmts! When I'm not digging out lantana and the kids are giving me quite time (rare moments)I enjoy paper crafts. And yes I have koalas and kangaroos in my back yard!
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 11 2007 : 11:37:46 AM
Wow Shirley! I love those photos! Lucky Pilot! And can you send the "cold" weather over this way? I will send you our 100+ F temp over your way :)
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora! |
| Shirlaroo |
Posted - Jul 10 2007 : 11:06:50 PM
For those of you who wanted to see more pics of my farm I have just posted some under "A Farm of my Own" the topic is called " photos from Shirlaroo". Enjoy.
Love Shirley Sue
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| Buttercup |
Posted - Jul 10 2007 : 02:12:41 AM
Welcome and so glad to have you! I love the Brisbane area! It is so pretty there! I look forward to getting to know you better around this "farm" ...and don't let the Kookaburras get you down too much! ( I love their call!  )
G'day!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Jul 09 2007 : 8:31:40 PM
Lucky bloke, indeed. What a beautiful farm you have! How about some more photos?
Farmgirl hug,
Patricia
check out my etsy site http://ThePlayfulFarmgirl.etsy.com
Take me home, country roads |
| Cindy Lee |
Posted - Jul 09 2007 : 8:27:29 PM
Glad you decided yo join us Shirley! You will really like it here, lot's of sweet girls just waiting to make friends! Welcome!!
If life gives you scraps, make quilts! |
| Shirlaroo |
Posted - Jul 09 2007 : 7:58:53 PM
Sorry that photo was a little large. Let's see if I have it right this time. This photo should have the plane in the background so you can see more of our farm.
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| Shirlaroo |
Posted - Jul 09 2007 : 7:43:16 PM
Light aircraft that landed in our field!
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| Shirlaroo |
Posted - Jul 09 2007 : 6:14:47 PM
You are right Particia, it is freezing here at the moment. The temperature has hardly risen above 60. Even during the middle of the day. That's cold by Australian standards. Also has been very windy. which caused a bit of excitment on the farm yesterday. A light aircraft had to make an emergancy landing in the middle of our field! His engine cut out when he hit turbulence. He just missed power lines and a cattle trough. Very lucky bloke.
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| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Jul 09 2007 : 12:28:46 PM
Hello Shirley from Oregon in the Northwest! We're having summer now and it's HOT, even here. I imagine you're freezing. Funny world. Welcome to our chat. You'll find there's no better gathering of wonderful women than here.
farmgirl hug,
Patricia
check out my etsy site http://ThePlayfulFarmgirl.etsy.com
Take me home, country roads |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 09 2007 : 10:06:09 AM
Hi, Shirley! There are lots of us here who haunt thrift stores! :D Feel free to post potos of your finds! We love to share the thrill of the (bargain) hunt! :)
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
| sherone_13 |
Posted - Jul 09 2007 : 06:57:51 AM
Howdy from Wyoming!
Lantana is a pain. I feel for you!
Welcome to the group!
Sherone
www.taylorscountrystore.etsy.com
http://sheronesgarden.tripod.com/
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| BotanicalBath |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 8:56:59 PM
Welcome Shirley,
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"I do my housework in the nude. It gives me an incentive to clean the mirrors as quickly as possible." |
| Shirlaroo |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 8:55:07 PM
Hello Holly, nice to meet you. The lantana we have in Australia was introduced by the English when they settled in Australia over 200 years ago. They bought it over as a garden plant. It just thrived in the hot enviroment and now is a weed that covers most of the country. We actually still sell it in nurseries here too, but it has a sterile seed now. I'm not sure if they have made the seed sterile in other countries. A bit more about my self you ask. Well, I enjoy card making and am just starting out in scrapbooking. I am a bit of a bargin hunter and you will often find me in thrift stores or garage sales trying to scout out a treasure. I like to garden ,well thats a bit of an untruth. I like to have a garden but they are lots of work.
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| MamaHumbird |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 8:17:58 PM
Shirley Sue,
I am so glad you found this web site. You will love it, it can be addictive. This is the only website that I have chosen to "chat" on. I always thought that it was a waste of time, boy was I wrong. This is a wonderful website with the most wonderful people you would ever want to meet. Hey, about that lantana, I work at a greenhouse part time (the best job in the world) and I stumbled across some Dallas Red Lantana that is the most beautiful, heat resistant flower I have ever seen. Is it the same stuff you talk about being a weed? I can't imagine it being a weed, I am used to the most awful thistles for weeds, that I would love for the lantana that we have to grow as a weed. Tell us more about what you enjoy doing.
Holly
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| Shirlaroo |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 7:53:43 PM
Thank you all for the warm welcome. A special hello to Jayne. It is nice to know there are other Aussies on this forum. Our farms are on the out skirts of Brisbane QLD. The family property is very pretty 160 acres of fertile ground. We run up to 80 head of beef cattle on it. It has a rocky creek running through it that the kids love to explore on hot summer days. I will try to post some pics soon.
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| Carol Sue |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 7:14:36 PM
Shirley,
I love your user name. I understand about not joining any chat groups. This one is very uplifting, like talking across a fence. Here we talk across lots of miles, but have a network of friends.
Your farm for 5 generations is a awesome. Lots of work I am sure. Getting to here from an Aussie and learn from you sounds wonderful.
Carol Sue
Enjoying the moments. |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 7:06:17 PM
welcome to the group.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
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http://gardengoose.blogspot.com/
and at www.stliving.net
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 5:19:20 PM
Welcome to the forums! You place sounds wonderful, and you certainly have a sympathetic ear here about weeds! I am so glad you found us!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora! |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 1:30:26 PM
A BIG warm welcome to you Shirley from down under!!!! How exciting! Wow, I love Lantana...wonder if it is like what we grow here? It is one of my favorite plants! heeheehee! You are a true blue farmgirl! Congratulations on your new farm....can't even imagine koalas and kangaroos in ones yard! Simply wonderful! You are a delight!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
est. 1971 |
| Annie S |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 10:57:51 AM
Welcome! Youre little piece of heaven sounds wonderful. Glad you found us. Enjoy all the forums.
Peace and love.
Annie |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 10:54:36 AM
Your farm sounds beautiful. How wonderful that you have been able to keep it in the family for so many generations! Welcome to the group. We're glad you joined up! When you get a chance, please post some pictures of your place. It sounds very interesting and beautiful.
Dawn in IL |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 10:33:09 AM
Welcome Shirley!! How fun to have another Aussie here!! It will be so fun hearing your adventures!! I have actually PLANTED lantana ..haha. I imagine if it took off and was a weed it would be so hard to get out though!! How neat that you are on a family farm that has covered so many generations..what a wonderful tradition to pass to your kids too!!
It will be fun to get to know you here!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| newheart |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 08:03:57 AM
Welcome to MJF site.. This is s great group.. You will love them,very crafty,very helpful and oh so loving to all.
Margie
Chocolate makes my Heart 'sing"... |
| daffodil dreamer |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 07:51:46 AM
Hi Shirley,
Just had to greet a fellow Aussie! Good not to be the only one (there are a few others, but I haven't seen them posting for a while).
I am currently living in Albany in WA, but am originally from Victoria and we are moving back home at the end of the year (fingers crossed). We moved here for hubby's work, but airfares back to visit family are just too expensive. Would love to hear more about your farm - whereabouts are you, if you would like to let us know?
We only live on a small block here, but when we move back are looking for a property - although we are newbies, not like you guys!!
Best wishes and gidday mate!
Jayne |
| KitchenMadonna |
Posted - Jul 08 2007 : 07:35:09 AM
Greetings and welcome from a new MJF farmgirl! Looks like a lot of fun!
Blessings,
Kitchen Madonna
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