Feather your Nest Friday, 3rd October, 2025.

Welcome to October!  The year is moving way too fast.   You might as well get a cup of tea this is going to take a while.

I always say make hay while the sun shines.  This can mean get your seedlings in while you can, clean when you can, be up on the washing, have some spare meals... all the things, while you can,  because there will be some point where you can't. 

A couple of weeks ago I slid in the mud in the chicken house and I felt myself falling.  (With eggs in a container in one hand.)   In a fluke move I saved myself!  Not falling was great but instead one leg slid a mile and the other did not.  It hurt and I thought mmm I might feel this in a few days. Then I forgot about it.  But days later things began to hurt.  And each day just seemed to get worse.  I have new empathy for anyone with back/leg/knee pain!   The things I had done in advance were all a big blessing.   But then when the crisis is over we go back to build up again and making hay while the sun shines!  It has just been a reminder... do things and keep ahead when you can.   You are going to be so thankful you did at some point! 

I will start in no particular order. 

Chloe harvested her Parsley.  I processed it for her in the Freeze drier and returned it to her for use all summer.

Because it is school holidays my Grandson Sidney came to stay.  He was so excited.  Well, we got to work.  He thought this all was fabulous fun and we planted all the seedlings that I got last Friday.

I had bought a small size shovel.  Best purchase ever!  Sidney shovelled sheep manure and compost for  hours.   

We filled pots, topped up other pots.   Sidney went in the tractor to bring up compost...

We unloaded it...  filled big containers....

He drove the mower to pick up manure...

We got about forty seedlings planted and watered in.   

Sidney thought this was marvellous.  I thought it was too!   That night it rained.  Perfect!

We took a ride over the paddocks to Nana Pat.   The big rocks in her garden were a big attraction.

Mum has a huge garden.  For outside she has a scooter which Sidney thought was another fun thing to drive.

Nana's place is also filled with interesting old tools and books,  even fossils, feathers, nature table type collections.  

By night time we were both tired.  We read books about dinosaurs, reptiles and insects.   Then Sidney watched Road Runner videos (from my childhood) and thought they were hilarious.

The only one more tired than me was Sparkie.

It was a week of golden opportunities for photos. 

Chloe took this beautiful photo of Mum with her children.

This needs printing and framing!

When Lucy came to pick Sidney up we had another photo opportunity as we had all Grandkids/Great Grandkids at one time!

When the girls arrived, and after the greetings,  they ran straight past everyone and jumped in my bed with Sparkie!  It was like a long lost reunion. 

After the reunion of the century and lunch... everyone went outside to play.  It was a kids and dogs circus. 

Everyone went home with food.   I sliced up some cake Mum made and added to the freezer.  I lived on left overs from the lunch for a couple of days too.

Today was the wedding!  It was beautiful.   Just a joyous occasion and I felt honoured to be part of it.

It was really good to get the seedlings in.  I have space to keep going but it is no use planting Basil yet...  I will save space for that.   I hope to get to the nursery again next week and also to plant my pumpkin seeds that I saved all year.  

One of the pear trees is covered in blossom!  It is looking amazingly promising!   

Goodness...  I am thinking I can now move to sewing and some Christmas planning.  But the week was very special and time with Mum,  my girls and all my Grandchildren was fabulous.   That is a lot to be thankful for.   

I hope it was a good week for you.  How did you build up your home?  It is so encouraging to hear!xxx