First Post From Australia!
We're all moved in, and here's me doing my first post from the new house. Just to keep on topic, there are two quilts in the photo: my Wonky Star lap quilt, and my DH Ross' Cowboy Nap Quilt. The container arrived on schedule, there was no damage to any of our stuff, and we got things put away pretty quickly. Just in time to return to California...tomorrow! Then we'll be making the big move Down Under on Oct. 25.
Here's my sweetie, Ross, with two of our donkeys. Blossom, on the right, is so jealous she will hardly let you pet either of the other two. Teddy, on the left, is very shy. Stella, the grey one, is nearby, grazing.
This morning we awoke to some spectacular early morning fog in the distant view. Even as Ross took the photo, it began to recede. Just beautiful!
Here's the new living room. Amazingly, all the furniture fit in just fine. It's a much smaller house than our California one, but sending some of our furniture to the condo in Oakland meant that we had enough stuff to furnish both places.
Yesterday we walked down to the bottom of our property, to the boundary. Along the way, our six steers were grazing in the lower paddock. They were very interested in meeting their new owners. Fortunately they were content just to look...I forgot to bring my red cape, so that was good!
Here's my sweetie, Ross, with two of our donkeys. Blossom, on the right, is so jealous she will hardly let you pet either of the other two. Teddy, on the left, is very shy. Stella, the grey one, is nearby, grazing.
This morning we awoke to some spectacular early morning fog in the distant view. Even as Ross took the photo, it began to recede. Just beautiful!
Here's the new living room. Amazingly, all the furniture fit in just fine. It's a much smaller house than our California one, but sending some of our furniture to the condo in Oakland meant that we had enough stuff to furnish both places.
Yesterday we walked down to the bottom of our property, to the boundary. Along the way, our six steers were grazing in the lower paddock. They were very interested in meeting their new owners. Fortunately they were content just to look...I forgot to bring my red cape, so that was good!
The flight to California tomorrow will be horrible...it always seems harder to go from west to east, with jetlag lasting much longer. But we'll be anticipating a very busy three weeks to get ready for the "final" move, organizing the last paperwork and final vet visits for our seven cats, etc. Time will fly, I'm sure.
I've loaned my U.S. sewing machine to my DIL, and haven't had time to buy one in Australia yet, so I'll be antsy to do some sewing when we arrive back here. Have to content myself with reading everyone else's blogs to see what you are all doing.
So great to be here, and to be settled, at last!
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That foggy shot is AWESOME!
Got a vacuum cleaner yesterday, so I can do a quick clean-up before we leave.
To recap: Aussie husband, married here nearly 22 years ago, then nearly 21 years living in the U.S. DH now wants to return to Oz to live, which I think is fair. So, we kept a condo in the U.S. for regular visits to the SF Bay Area, but will live here in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales most of the time.
The livestock came with this farm, a real kick. I haven't had a large animal since I was a kid.
Our 7 cats are coming out when we return later this month.
We're planning to extend this house a little and so some remodeling, but I do think our Mission style furniture is looking good. Don't have all our paintings up yet, and many are in the wrong place...we just hung them where there was already a picture hanger. It'll be fun finding just the right place.
So, my next posts will be from CA again. Not looking forward to the looooooooonnnnnnngggggg flight!
Your house and property look great. Thanks for sharing the photos and for answering the questions as i was also wanting to ask the same things.
We're back in California after a very uncomfortable, long flight. Had a nap, which is helping, and are about to stroll down to our local restaurant for a bite to eat.
Remembered on the plane that we'd left a tap running outside that sends water to a trough for the steers. Fortunately, a phone call to our next-door neighbor brought the happy news that they'll go right over and turn it off. Thank heaven for nice neighbors!
Now to begin the final wrap-up here to make the move on 25 Oct. Tomorrow we visit the cats at the Feline B&B...hope they're still speaking to us. Can't wait till we're all together again, in Australia...
When Dawn comes to visit her friend in Canberra, we'll have to have a little get together!!!!!
Good luck with your pussycats and the move part two. Cheers!