Sunday Snippets

Sunday Snippets... Saturday Road Trippin'

Saturday Morning - Middle of nowhere traffic jam for a CFA controlled burn off.

Saturday Middling - A visit to Red Brick for Blossom and Bloom

Saturday Lunchtime - Baconpalooza at Cafe Muzyka

Saturday Early Arvo - The Crafty Squirrel

Saturday Late Arvo -A detour to visit my sister

Saturday Evening - Back home.... just me and my moon tan.

Sunday (Saturday) Snippets

Sunday Snippets via Tinniegirl

Happy Bireasterday

April is always a crazy month in my family.

There are four family members with a birthday during the month, along with school holidays, Easter, and Anzac Day.

So to get the ball rolling, we all headed down to Clunes for the day to celebrate the first two birthdays and a slightly early Easter!

There was a bit of batless Totem Tennis action (while toting a manbag filled with hot wheels cars)

While Nana took the boys for a walk down to Widow Twankeys for traffic light lollipops....

..... the front garden was overtaken by easter eggs.

It's always fun to sit and watch them scramble around the garden to find them all!

Just to prove that we really were in the country. What's that driving down the road????

Ummm just a horse and cart!

After all that running around, they finally had time to sit down and FEAST!

Oh What a Night - Part Two

After the excitement of the exhibition opening, we headed off to one of the local pubs in Ballarat for dinner.

It was a really hot and balmy Friday night, so the pub was quite packed inside and out.... and then the heavens opened.

Not long after the storm and torrential rain hit, the downlights went out, and water started pouring through them onto tables, and the kitchen was flooded. Thank goodness we still managed to get our dinner (because of course, we were just thinking about food)!

Then my sister received an emergency SMS from the SES to expect flash flooding in Clunes.... which unfortunately was our cue to leave and get back home before any of the roads were cut off.

The creek which keeps flooding runs along where those new trees have been planted

So after driving at snails pace through the storm, we were about five kilometres from home, and the rain suddenly stopped.

We decided to sit on the verandah, drink hot milo, listen to the radio, and wait and watch the creek.

Around midnight, the CFA went into action delivering sand, checking water levels and doorknocking the low lying houses and business owners from the main street, warning them of an impending flood (which would have been the third one in 6 months). There were house lights on, torches in backyards, and a few cars being loaded with posessions.

At 1 AM we decided to give up on Operation Creek Watch and go to bed.

The water must have peaked some time early in the morning, because thankfully the creek didn't break the banks this time, and water levels slowly subsided throughout Sunday.

To celebrate the Non-flood event, we headed off down the main street for some brekkie.

I thought it was very cute that this little doggie had his very own rather nice retro couch out the front.

I had yummy sour dough toast with quince paste and raspberry jam.

We headed off down the main street for a little spot of shopping. There's a lovely shop in the old State Bank Building which has a mix of vintage and new goodies. I found myself a couple of lovely vintage tablecloths.

They also have a great photo board with pics from when the Ned Kelly film was shot there a few years ago (including photos of Heath Ledger). It was really interesting to see.

Unfortunately a couple of the second hand shops weren't open, but that just means I'll have to get back there soon for another shopping trip!

....and it just keeps raining

Photo taken from my sisters driveway thismorning

This weather is just crazy. Now parts of Victoria are flooding too.

This is the Historic Hut in the park across the road from my sisters house at 7AM.....

..... and then at 9AM.

The creek usually ends down below those trees in the distance.

Luckily they're on the high side of the street and their house is built up high also, but Dear Mother Nature - please STOP now!

Nice weather for ducks

I headed off to the country today with Mr X and Moo Moo in tow, to celebrate my mums birthday

Gypsy the mini shetland

It was cold and windy and wet....

...but inside, the wood burning stove was nice and warm, and there was a yummy roast lunch (and birthday cake) for everyone.

Before and After

Luckily, mum hadn't experienced the flooding rains that my sister and BIL had yesterday.

 Before and After

They live right across the road from the local park where the creek runs through the middle of town...

Before and After

...which is currently a swimming pool (and these photos were taken before the peak of the water)!

Here's the actual pool!

Happy Easter

The Easter Egg hunt

Playing at the park

The final trip to Widow Twankeys to buy an ice-cream

.....til next time

Easter Bunny Eve

We started off Easter Bunny Eve at the Daylesford Makers Market thismorning. It's always lovely to combine a market with a weekend away in the country.

We had lots of bloggy visitors during the day including Tracey who came all the way from Adelaide, and Jess who came all the way from Sydney! It was also lovely to finally meet Jemma and Marilyn, and to see Bec, Liz, Margaret, Angela, Beck, Serena, Anna, Rachelle, Celeste..... Oh gee I hope I haven't missed anyone!

Sel and I headed back to Clunes after we packed up, and met the boys back at Widow Twankeys where it was chocolate milkshake o'clock.

Little did we know that they'd already been treated to a chocolate milkshake earlier in the day, so we headed to the skate park with the scooters and bikes to burn off some of that extra energy.

Now it's time for beddy byes while they wait for a certain Eater Bunny to deliver some chocolate eggs in the morning - apparently the Easter Bunny prefers Kirks Creamy Soda with his carrots.

A Good Friday

First stop - taking the nephews to Widow Twankeys for chocolate milkshakes and lollies

Followed by cups of tea and chocolate teddy bear biccies on the verandah, while they played at the park across the road.... and teaching my sister some embroidery stitches.

The perfectly relaxing Good Friday....