tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46695384412424904622024-02-07T19:07:49.355+11:00Suburban JubileeTanya Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.comBlogger805125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-58620784472797252722019-04-27T14:44:00.001+10:002019-04-27T14:44:30.687+10:00The Wedding Slide Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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will take you to the wedding slide show by Cassie Sullivan.</div>
<br />Tanya Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-69252859415283894952019-04-15T09:03:00.000+10:002019-04-15T09:03:49.453+10:00The Wedding Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The flowers always play a huge part in any wedding decor and you need a lot of them for any kind of impact, especially in a bare paddock. We are not professionals by any means and I think this goes to prove that with some help and YouTube tutorials, almost anyone can pull off some pretty floral decorations. </div>
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Firstly make sure you know what <b>style</b> the bride is expecting; casual, cottage, field or formal, colour specific and traditional. </div>
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Next really take a mental snapshot of the <b>time of year</b> and what will be growing then. Start assembling some lists of flower contributors and don't forget the very important green fillers.</div>
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One of the tools I found useful was to collate pictures of in season flowers on a <b>pintrest</b> board and share this with the bride so she has the story too.</div>
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Start putting some flowers together in arrangements to see how the colours and textures sit together and more importantly see how they fare over the next few days for their durability after being cut.</div>
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Before the big week it's time to make checklists and start assembling the vessels, lighting etc.</div>
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If you are decorating a marquee you will need a very tall ladder; the six footer is not going to cut it. Some of the more obvious equipment will include but not limited to: secateurs, gaffer tape, chicken wire, florist wire, cutters and oasis foam but don't forget a staple gun, impact drill, batteries, rubber bands. cable ties, needle and thread and a spray bottle of water. A folding trestle table will be invaluable and take insect repellent!</div>
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I was fortunate to have the the back of the ute to work with when I was packing the flowers, otherwise, set up a table to save a lot of back breaking. Cutting started at dawn and you need to allow yourself a good couple of hours or more for this job. These "Pierre De Ronsard" and "Naheema" roses were the key flowers in all the ceremony arrangements; that is the bridal arch, the signing table and the large urn backdrop. It's good to bear in mind not just the "prettiness" of the effect you are creating but also backdrops for the photos.</div>
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Sedums were the huge hero of the day and coped quite well with the 39C heat and wind when all else was flagging. They filled arrangements elegantly but be warned, the bees LOVE them and several varieties of bees came from everywhere to sup at their cups.</div>
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Top right is the lovely silvery velvet of Dusty Miller, also durable and a great contrast. Down in the bottom left is the old alium heads that were great structural additions in tall arrangements as were the dried towering russet seed heads of the giant ruby rhubarb that I grow, pictured below.</div>
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These looked amazing in a really large spectacular dimension arrangement in my urn on a column. You'll have to take my word for it as there are no photos because just before the happy couple arrived at the ceremony, the wind captured it's magnificent proportions and propelled it to the ground where the urn smashed. All we could do was quickly kick it to one side out of view. We managed to salvage most of the pieces and Craig has glued it back together and it looks a vision of antiquity and will live another day at another event some time I'm sure.</div>
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In the absence of a van, the flowers had to travel in my car as they would have been devastated by the wind on the back of the ute. Very tall bucket meant I could travel with water in the bottom but a few bumps in the road would not cause spillage. I have a huge ream of wrapping paper that I bought from a florist supplier years ago and it really came into it's own. Every bunch was wrapped in neat cones to protect the flowers during travel, limit their expiration and make packing into the buckets safe and easy.</div>
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Greenery is just as important as the pretty stems too. I had a whole bucket tightly packed of ivy: IMPORTANT- this is highly irritating so wear long sleeves and gloves (also another vital to add to your packing list) when working with it. I had two buckets of lovely hardy spinning gum cuttings and a great sheaf of twisted willow. I also had large stems of agapanthus (flowers spent) which I cut the seeds from creating balls of green globulous sticks. Very striking.</div>
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I had been watching the long term weather forecast avidly and it became more and more apparent that we would be in the middle of a scorching heat wave. That is why I decided to add in some dried elements. This massive bunch of Love-In-A-Mist gone to seed would become the central feature in the marquee with woven bud lights through it. I knew a massive fresh ball of floristry was going to be problematic.</div>
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I had the car absolutely packed as tight as a sardine can and boy was I glad to get to the other end. Two hours inside a closed car full of flowers and greenery was overpowering! The shearer took all the hardware on the ute along with the ladder and urns etc. </div>
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At the other end the buckets were placed in a cool dark part of the house where they remained from Thursday until Saturday morning when they were taken to the site. </div>
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On Saturday morning at dawn we picked more roses, dahlias and the gorgeous lemon ginger flowers seen above from my daughter's garden. Everything arrived at the venue in tip top condition and we worked fast and furiously for a few hours. It was so unfortunate that we had such unseasonable weather. There is not much you can do about it but be ready to adapt and be fluid with your ideas.</div>
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By doing the bulk of the flowers ourselves we saved a substantial amount of money but more than that....</div>
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The flowers came together by the giving from family, friends and neighbours and I certainly saw a creative side of my other sin-in-law who helped us with the many arrangements. I'm sure they thought they were simply pitching in but more than that...</div>
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When I look at these photos and remember the day and the flowers, those family, friends and neighbours wove themselves into the very fabric of the memories of that day. I can't help but look at the bridal arch and think of Dino and his beautiful garden that I am privileged to wander so often. Of Rae so generous and vibrant, delivering a whole ute load of spinning gum branches. Of Leslie and her twisted willow and I see her smiling face. Of mum, delaying the cutting of her ivy so we would have long stems for the day. Of Susie who sat with me for five hours, she at her machine and I at mine and we made metres and metres of bunting.</div>
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Thank you to so many for all their love and support, It really makes a wedding when so many people are intimately involved.</div>
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Here are some really great tutorials for event flower decorating...</div>
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<br />Tanya Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-87791916293443402332019-03-18T17:33:00.002+11:002019-03-18T17:33:13.132+11:00The Wedding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's taken us a lot longer to recover than I thought. We have physically worked jolly hard, but I had not accounted for how emotional the whole experience is. Add to that the precious time you are trying to see family members in a small window of opportunity. </div>
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My daughters brief, with the aid of lot's of pintrest boards, was for a remote wedding in an open paddock with a "bo-ho luxe" feel. I'll do another post in the future that will explain exactly what you need to make that magic happen (mostly it's hired electricity...)</div>
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As I came over the rise on the Friday morning it was good to see the marquee up and ready. This spot is right on top of rolling hills above a valley and offers sweeping views to the north, east and south.</div>
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The farm is called "Hillcrest" and it is situated at Pawleena. I will hopefully provide more details in another post when Brad gets his social media links organised but it's just one of the jobs on a long list for this energetic farmer who breeds beef for the wagu industry.</div>
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Set up took a couple of days for this "simple affair" and the flowers couldn't be done until the day because possums and wallaby would have come through during the night and eaten them. The hay bales used for seating couldn't be done until the day either otherwise the cattle would have broken through the fences to eat those too! I don't have many photos, there literally was NO time and I was working against the clock to get it all up on Saturday and still get home and get ready.</div>
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It was <b>THE</b> most inhospitable day!!! It broke the record....</div>
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The <b>HOTTEST</b> day in Tasmania in March for <b>109 YEARS</b>!</div>
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It was 39C (102F) and the wind was gusting up to 45km/h</div>
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The flowers did not like it and I was glad I had made the centre piece from dried as I had been watching the weather and changing my plans on the fly. </div>
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March in Tasmania is typically gentle; full blue skies, kissing breezes and sunny days...but you can't control it so you've just got to do the best you can, and <i>in the end, everything is always "perfect"</i> anyway.</div>
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Unconventionally, Mark and Ted arrived in the same car and they came down the aisle together. They have been together a number of years now and coming down the aisle together symbolised their continuing journey with the formalising of their commitment in ceremony. I have felt for a long time now that are families are entwined and it felt right to me that she was not walked down the aisle and given to another and that their relationship is acknowledged and solemnised.</div>
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<b><i>(are we there yet!)</i></b></div>
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Their wedding was slightly unconventional and it was their way and a wonderful family filled celebration. Our grandson here was the ring holder and giver. Our 4 year old grandson sang a welcome song at the beginning of the ceremony but the biggest surprise of all.....</div>
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Our son Izaac stood before everyone with the couple and said,</div>
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<i><b>"Good afternoon ladies and gentleman. My name is Izaac. I am Tegan's brother, and believe it or not, being the all-round guy that I am, I am actually a registered Marriage celebrant."</b></i></div>
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My first reaction was No! Noooo! Really? NO!!!</div>
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Tegan said "Come on Mum, it's only a Cert IV"</div>
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What a big secret to have and to keep for so long. Izaac with the help of his partner, friends and his other sisters had to study and do exams and mock wedding assignments for the past 12 months and literally got his registration completed within weeks of the wedding.</div>
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Their vows were beautiful and straight from the heart and experiences. It was a privilege to be part of such a special intimate moment.</div>
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For the past 12 months, Teddy has been punching out heart shaped confetti from gum leaves and Ju let fly with all the joy we all felt (captured at left by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cassiesullivanweddings/">their photographer, Cassie Sullivan</a>)</div>
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They had a massive grazing table made from a slab of Macrocarpa timber set upon hay bale legs which meant guests were straight away eating along with their drinks. A mobile gourmet pizza man arrived with his oven on the back of a trailer and he smashed out enough pizza for 100 people catering for many tastes. In the picture below you can just see his car and trailer leaving in the top left hand corner....just as.......</div>
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The ice-cream truck came over the hill with it's jingle playing and nobody was fist pumping the sky greater than Julien. It was ultimate excitement and a very good way to serve desert and a perfect solution to the dilemma of keeping yet more things cold in a paddock.</div>
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A wedding like this does not come together over-night nor without the help of many, many people. Mark and Ted had a wonderful team and support network and I would like to thank all the family and friends who came together. Her bridesmaids were amazing and so kind and supportive and worked tirelessly for months and I thank them especially for looking after my girl x.</div>
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Like every other room, the hallway was scrubbed and scrubbed dozens of times with a pericarbonate solution because of the cat destruction, leaving the boards stripped and dry.<b><a href="https://suburbanjubilee.blogspot.com/2015/07/win-somelose-some.html"> </a></b></div>
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As you can see, otherwise, they are in pretty original condition and carry the decades of wear upon them. Note the colour difference and tack line where a carpet runner decades ago was tacked into place and of course the paint spills from previous "handy men". The boards have aged incredibly and still hold a dead straight line and some faintly show the pit saw marks. There are gaps but this allows the boards to swell and contract and we are not subject to draughts because of the solidness of the foundations and the special draughting tunnel built under the boards</div>
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The entire area was prepped by a thorough clean down with methylated spirits. Beeswax was gently melted in a ratio of 2:1 with Gum Turpentine. This creates a pliable, softish wax that is skimmed lightly across the boards to put down a thin layer that is then worked and polished with ultra fine steel wool (like size 0). The friction creates warmth and spread the wax in an even layer and helps it to penetrate the timber fibres, nourishing and evening, leaving a hard protective coating but most importantly, a breathable finish.</div>
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Rather than plugging holes and filling nail heads, we leave in full view the tribute to a time when every nail was hand made. Many people are tempted to sand back to perfection and then coat with a polyurethane finish. I find this natural product and glowing finish to be the perfect treatment as we step as lightly as we can upon the history.</div>
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<br />Tanya Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-6954957935290597592019-02-04T17:41:00.000+11:002019-02-04T17:41:48.267+11:00The Lights of Garfield House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are known for our lighted windows here at Garfield House and it carries on from a very old tradition. Being on a main road, many travellers pass our door and just as in times of old, our lights show there is hospitality within, a safe haven or a helping hand.</div>
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Can you imagine making long slow journeys by horse and cart into areas unknown and without the convenience of modern communications or lighting? Particularly here in Tasmania in the winter months. I remember as a child, many homes would have their porch light on symbolising friendship and welcome. Less so in these economic conscious times when we only tend to use a light to see our way.</div>
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Many things have changed but we are still here helping to light the way and sometimes it means as little as just helping someone mark the distance off. Seeing the lights of Garfield House and knowing that their home is not far away. Or sometimes it means a lot to someone travelling home from a funeral, feeling sad and lonely and knowing that within is a shoulder to cry on and comfort to be had. Sometimes it is other mothers' sons off on an ill-prepared adventure and a late night break down. Perhaps even more so in this fast modern world, we need to be a light for someone. It is often a hard thing to reach out for help, but a welcoming light offers encouragement. I want you to think about shining your light for others too.</div>
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I've used my large #36 Fowlers Vacola jars and simply added a large handful of fruit and a double handful of petals, added water and sugar and covered them with a piece of paper towel with a rubber band to hold it in place and left it to ferment in the ambient mid to late 20C temperatures inside. I haven't sterilised anything or purified the water or mixed a precise recipe. This is simply a natural process using centuries old practices and principles. Once you've dipped your toe into the fermentation world you'll realise we over complicate things unnecessarily and wild yeasts and bacteria can be very helpful friends.</div>
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Occasionally I stirred and muddled the ingredients and sipped occasionally to test the progress until after a few days I declare it "done" and to my liking. The drained pink elixir is now bottled and refrigerated to stop the fermenting process and ready to mix with sparkling water for a real thirst quencher, packed with plenty of flavour but not the sickly sweetness that other "soft" drinks offer.</div>
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<br />Tanya Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-87722023252094033962019-01-08T12:22:00.002+11:002019-01-08T12:22:41.747+11:00Garlic of Lewisham<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Garlic is harvested and ready to go now and if you are travelling between Campbell Town and Ross on the Midlands Highway, take the opportunity to stop in at "Lewisham" and choose from three different varieties that they grow organically.</div>
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The garlic is crop rotated every year and grown without any pesticides or fungicides (Rae Young's discussions about soil health and microbiome positively make my head spin but excite me at the same time!) and hand weeded.</div>
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So look out for the bright red garlic sign below the property name. Go through the open gate on the western side of the highway and travel a short distance around the bend past the little cottage, till you see the small tin shed with the garlic sign on it.</div>
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Well that was it! We all pitched in and pulled the entire contents out, washed and sorted and do you know what? I started the festive season with enough room and some. Room for cheeses and drinks and leftovers. More than that though was the freedom from yet another stress at Christmas time. Lesson learned.</div>
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The feasting continued Boxing Day as we celebrated the 100th anniversary of my Nan's birthday and my youngest daughter's birthday. Much of the warm afternoon hours were lazed away under the trees in the cool and the babes dozed at intervals.</div>
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Well I think I am going to declare this Christmas one of the breeziest we've ever had. The children all united and decided that we wouldn't do gifts this year.....except for second hand buys and hand made. They are all becoming more conscious of their environmental impact and bees wax wraps were definitely a common theme.</div>
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Even my boss got the recycled/hand made treatment. I found a half restored plant stand in an antique shop that he definitely needed and it goes so well with the age and style of the house that is our clinic. Craig removed the rest of the old paint and sanded it. I then did the finer sanding, oiling, French polishing and waxing. It took quite a few hours but a delightful outcome.</div>
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For our children I made them several different bags of roasted and ground Indian spice mixes for authentic curry making. They all like cooking and I think this will take their curries to a new level, thanks to my trusty Thermomix. The house smelt soooo good!</div>
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The Christmas Cake this year was made by combining to of my Grandmother Murray's recipes. It was a whopping 11" and had 10 eggs and a whole pound of butter. I did a quick family research poll and they elected to have it not iced this year but it was liberally dressed every few days with good brandy. Plenty for visitors so do call in.</div>
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Our singing group gathered at the Anglican Church this year for the community carols as it was so windy out of doors</div>
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But on the whole we kept Christmas feasting to a simple but special design.</div>
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This epic show stopper of a salad was a key component. It is made of lots of fresh leaf lettuce ("Forellenschluss" or speckled trout) picked from the garden with thinly sliced pear, quartered figs, Italian prosciutto and pomegranate with a pomegranate and oil dressing.</div>
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Our home grown leg of lamb was glazed with a blackberry and balsamic reduction and stuffed with pistachios, breadcrumb, onion and blackberry and thyme. The Balsamic Potatoes from Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook were a very big hit. The directions call for lots of cooking that sounds completely impossible but it just works. Fresh peas from the garden lightly steamed added the final touch to our carefully constructed menu. An elegant berry pavlova with berry curd and extra cream was the perfect light, refreshing finish.</div>
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Christmas Mass was held at 9pm on Christmas Eve and I wish I had stopped to get a photo of St Michael's from the outside as I was leaving. The stained glass windows lit from within looked stunning in the deepening twilight.</div>
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I've started my Christmas cooking this week and the ever popular peanut brittle is a must.</div>
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So deliciously moreish I've had it from myself as well as The Shearer!</div>
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260g of raw sugar</div>
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200g of lager beer</div>
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600g of <b>salted</b> peanuts</div>
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Pre-heat oven to 180C and line two non-stick biscuit trays with baking paper. By all means lightly grease with butter but we only did it with the first lot and kept recycling the peeled off baking paper and it worked fine.</div>
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In a medium sized stock pot on medium heat, combine the sugar and beer, stirring gently till the sugar is dissolved.</div>
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Add the peanuts and reduce the heat and simmer for about 15mins stirring occasionally. At this point the liquid is quite reduced and thicker, partially absorbed by the nuts and steamed off.</div>
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Remove from heat and mix in chilli. (Add a couple of teaspoons of salt too if you are using unsalted nuts.) </div>
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Tip the mixture onto the biscuit trays and place in the oven.</div>
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The next step will take approx 15 mins but you do have to watch it to make sure it doesn't burn. If your oven isn't even you may also need to switch trays and shelf positions during cooking. What should happen is that it will self level a bit bubble away turning a bit more toffee. </div>
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Remove from the oven and place on cooling racks to set.</div>
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The paper should peel away easily when cold and you'll be able to break the sheet into rough chunks.</div>
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This is best made during dry hot days and humidity will definitely have a bearing on the "snap" to the brittle. Likewise store in air tight containers to keep brittle.</div>
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If you are making subsequent batches, DO wash you pot and spoon between batches to prevent crystallising the sugar. </div>
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Can you see my frost protection?</div>
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Poppies!</div>
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That's right, these over-run perennial borders of poppies are one of the ways I protect tender plants from late frosts. Growing in the midlands is a challenge and last week's low temperatures showed us we are still not safe from frosts.</div>
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We are tentatively planting out tomatoes and zucchinis but we're ready with the covers just in case. Unfortunately the poppies weren't tall enough six weeks ago and all but a couple of my iris buds were destroyed but I can't cover everything. Actually in those frosts we even lost things in the poly-tunnel.</div>
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Long time readers will remember that when we moved here a few years ago we had our hands full with the house and the garden (paddock!) just had to wait, so I sprinkled some poppy seed hoping to have some spring beauty and a way of keeping some weeds down and mulch at the end.</div>
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Besides being cheap, easy, showy and then providing mulch and seed ....</div>
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It helped to cut some of the winds and I found it was wonderful protection for emerging dahlias and salvias etc. They are so expendable and if they get broken or blown it really doesn't matter. At the very least they put on a colourful show after the bulbs and blossom have finished and the bees adore them. </div>
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And next year they come again....</div>
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<br />Tanya Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-56237058786919593722018-11-26T09:20:00.000+11:002018-11-26T09:20:51.526+11:00When Time Stood Still...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We invited a father and son metal detecting duo to spend a half day at our place this month. We have broken ground on the new shed which is right beside the original stables and we have been unearthing many more "treasures" and old wagon pieces.</div>
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Here are some of the items they found and at the end is a little video they made of their exploration here.</div>
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The watch above and the silver plated lighter were exciting finds because they are often engraved items but sadly we didn't discern anything on these items.</div>
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People on this property have also been very careful with their money...</div>
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this is the only coin found, a half penny from 1944 and a penny dated 1941.</div>
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The large piece is very heavy like lead but not terrible soft. Maybe it's a pewter? The little round item is brass and the front has a section of willow pattern on it???</div>
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<br />Tanya Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-90866826924188674922018-11-09T08:50:00.001+11:002018-11-09T08:50:35.038+11:00An Artist In The Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Interestingly, he chose to set up for this cross view which fascinated me and gave me a whole new take on the garden.</div>
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When we view the garden ourselves, we tend to always take a linear view running north south which is how over the last three years I have been setting the structure and lines.</div>
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This is the central axis of the yard and typically our most common view but having Luke come into the garden taught me something very important.</div>
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And that was to stand at the corners and look back across the layers those design lines create. Enjoy the depth that each section makes as the sight looks obliquely across the garden.</div>
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THIS is how I should be looking for seating placement in the garden; providing back, middle and foreground into the view.</div>
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Luke's View has taught me to pull my focus from the straight lines of axis and also plan how the beds and paths layer across each other.</div>
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Three years ago it was a paddock. Now we are happily producing and raising lots of livestock (hard to see in the photo but the painting does have chickens and sheep in the outer paddock) and the garden has had some major structural work put in place with the crazy paving sandstone path.</div>
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October has had a special springtime feel this year with the addition of more tulips planted last autumn. This is the yellow and pink bed and while perennials are still abed, I have coloured chard and strappy iris leaves filling in.</div>
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Spring is just not spring without the lambs! We are bottle feeding seven little maids much to the delight of little boys on holidays. Add to that the 50 chicks in the brooding pens and we are full to the brim with babies!</div>
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The fairy garden under the white peach tree lit up with little lights as the fairies played and magic misted among the sleepy calendula buds.</div>
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These clamp the lid into a correctly seated position. As the contents expand in the heating process, air is expelled, then, as the contents cool and retract, the lid is seated onto the rubber band and a suction and seal is created.</div>
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<br />Tanya Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-79854100878025898942018-10-14T13:15:00.000+11:002018-10-14T13:15:42.813+11:00Blue Haze<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An appropriate drink for our house guest to sip while she perused the catalogue of cruising....till everything became a bit of a blue haze....</div>
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Soft lacy caps of white filling the gaps nicely between the beautiful fleshy tulip leaves.</div>
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Take an ordinary bottle and add a fun decal to totally transform and re-purpose it.</div>
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This is an easy up-cycle project if you have an ink-jet printer.</div>
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These images were sourced for free from <span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://thegraphicsfairy.com/">The Graphics Fairy</a></b></span> and there is an abundance to choose from and I give you fair warning, you could get lost down a rabbit hole and lose an hour of your day as you discover one vintage image after another.</div>
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The other thing you will need is some clear decal paper suitable for an ink-jet printer. I got mine from <b><a href="https://www.decalpaper.com.au/inkjet-decal/">here</a></b>.</div>
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Do a test of your chosen design on a sheet of ordinary paper first to make sure it's the size and style you want. Then simply lay the decal sheet in the printer and away you go.</div>
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To make the ink water resistant you will need to coat it and I used Krylon Acrylic Crystal Clear spray. Spray lightly, giving the decal at least four coats allowing it to dry between coats.</div>
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Once dry cut the design out close to the edge of the printing. Make sure your bottle surface is clean. Using a shallow dish, place your decal in water for about 30 seconds. You'll know it's ready because the backing will start to slip from the decal. Ease your design onto the bottle making sure it's straight and smooth.</div>
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Your items will not be dishwasher safe and require <b>gentle hand wash</b>ing and to get the longest life from your design, <b>do not soak. </b></div>
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I've used genuine vintage 1 pint milk bottles and they make a lovely nostalgic addition.</div>
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It's the story of some random stone and a path.</div>
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We bought some crazy sandstone paving and it's been accumulating beneath the peach tree.</div>
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This photo was taken back in September 2015 when the yard was just a paddock and we were marking out the first beds.</div>
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By the end of that summer it was thriving and productive and we had a rough path mapped out.</div>
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The following spring of 2016 it flooded....</div>
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TWICE!!!</div>
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This winter we finally made a start on formalising the main path.</div>
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The two large sandstone pieces were a happy find amongst our stone we had delivered for the dry stone wall. The shearer did an amazing job. I was just the TA on this one.</div>
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<br />Tanya Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-81481783535584419202018-09-10T08:16:00.000+10:002018-09-10T08:16:21.282+10:00In The Zone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We recently went back to Queensland to see a new grandson and family.</div>
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This is more the palette of my spring world now and the climate I feel comfortable in. It takes a long time to acclimatise and I am sure I've arrived.</div>
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It has made me think about the plants and gardening. We can and often do, blur the climate zones within which we grow things, some survive and a rare few fully acclimatise but for the most part I sympathise with those plants out of zone that fail to thrive but we persevere anyway.</div>
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My nephew has been visiting from QLD and on wet Campbell Town day we drove east for an hour to find a sunny coast and enjoy the BEST fish and chips at The Gulch in Bicheno.</div>
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Julien has a strong personality and can pull it off though.</div>
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My Ravelry project notes are<b><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suburbanjubilee/peter--wendy-2"> here</a></b></div>
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The pattern can be found <b><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/peter--wendy-2">here</a></b>.</div>
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