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Saturday in the Making

What we ticked off the list this week;

1. Hung the Tolkien prints above the superseded City Campus sofa, beside the new-to-us coffee table, in our newly created, grandly named Reading Nook. No, we don’t want to hear if they’re not straight.

2. Repotted, planted out and generally bumbled around with the Homestead flora, both indoor and outdoor

3. Mowed – the lawns

and the old arena in the back paddock. We keep telling each other that one day this will be a Homestead asset. Hmmmm.

4. Hugely kicked along the bedheads from doors project.

So, how was your Saturday in the Making?

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This story began as a family's fumbling attempt to live The Good Life in suburbia; the awesome suburb of New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand to be exact. Our wonderful neighbours tolerated our hair brained schemes as yet more lawn was turned into garden and more animals were introduced until there was just no more room left and there was nothing else for it... we moved to the country. So, here we now are: an extended family of humans, cats, ducks, chickens, and goats trying to step as lightly as possible on this gorgeous planet while still enjoying the internet and good television. We've got 5 acres of land to play with, a whole new township to meet, and neighbours who do this sort of thing for a living...what could go wrong? You want a list?! This lifestyle of ours isn't always pretty; There's meteoric highs and the most cataclysmic of lows. Our intent is to share all these - our idiotic mistakes, glorious triumphs, outcomes both lucky and unlucky; and those thigh slapping, tear spurting, belly laughing moments that often follow all of the above - through this blog and our Facebook page www.facebook.com/unionhomestead. We reckon everyday is a school day and, if you're maybe pondering having a go at this lifestyle yourself, you will always be able to call up this blog and say with ultimate conviction, "At least we're not as bad as them."

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  1. After early morning watering, I retired to the airconditioned comfort of my home together with Chilli and Belle to spend a quiet day sheltering from the last day of the heat wave when the temperature is only going to be 35 degrees Celsius. All three of us are buckling under the pressure of the extended period of sustained heat with minor ailments manifesting themselves. We wait in eager anticipation for the cool change coming through tonight. Tomorrow will be perfect for repotting, potting up and going to a free outdoor musical performance.

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