There's music to be found at the local demolition yard!

I found this lost old case, sitting amongst the china and the silver spoons all battered and bruised.

So I had a little peek......OH.....LORDIE...BE...Is that what I think it is?

YEP!!!!! It sure is......CHECK THIS OUT!

That, ladies and gents is one very old (about a hundred years we think) but still in fantastic condition Baritone Banjolele!! OH....the JOY!!!

So off to the local music shop, to have a chat with the heavy metal band guys (don't you just love them), to fiddle with the strings so I could play this little beast!

Out come the electric guitar strings!! (who new??)

G - Steel String NBR 10

C - Wound String NBR 22

E - Steel String NBR 11

A - Steel String NBR 9

I am please to now inform you all, that I can play the BANJOLELE!!!! Oh...yeah!!

Easter

Love to you and yours. Leonie xx

Language of Flowers

Yellow Rose with red tips: Friendship, falling in love.

I can remember falling in love. The waiting for the phone call, the anticipation of the touch and the bounce in our step. Yep........Now is the phone call to pick up the milk, the quick smack on the lips as he heads out the door and lets just say, we don't seem quite so bouncy!!

He's alright though......I'll keep him.

Love to you and yours. Leonie xx

Rain Dancer Required

We are in the middle of a heat wave and I need some rain dancing skills. I can Salsa a little, Rock & Roll a bit and I am sure I can remember The Pride of Erin Waltz from my stunning debutante days but today I need the RAIN DANCE.
I wonder....how does one dance for rain? If it requires nudity...I'm OUT!!

Weekend

Love to you and yours. Leonie xx

Fancy Pants Ukulele

I have a posh new Uke. The sort of Uke any girl would dream about playing, she sings like a bird and will only get better with age. So.....

With such a special Uke tucked under my arm, I needed a fancy new shoulder strap. ETSY, how we love it. Copper Peace Uke strap arrived exactly how I thought it would. All hand crafted, unique, high quality.....magical. They even made it to fit me perfectly!! I love it when that happens. xx

Not Quite Clean Country Living

I love living in the bush, it's a part of who I am and what I have always been. HOWEVER..........we have had a mystery dis-ease gathering in our home for quite some time. Repeated bouts of nausea, mild tummy upsets, low immunity just a general unwellness.

Yesterday....WE FOUND THE BUGGER!!

Blastocysts Hominis, it's in our water!

UV water filters will be fitted soon and the tanks are to be treated and monitored. We have all tested positive and are on antibiotics. I thought I had this covered, I was treating the water and getting the tanks cleaned regularly but that just wasn't enough. I needed a better treatment product and filtration system.

I'm soooo glad we found it. Cheers to good health and healthy tanks!!

Nature on our doorstep

He he...yep...DEAD!

"Nobody leaves Baby in the corner"

Ahhhh Yes...you remember. The year was 1987 (26 Years ago..SERIOUSLY!!) Dirty Dancing. Patric Swayze. Jennifer Grey. We all fell in love. I was a fast developing 14 year old that was screaming for some guy attention and boy-o-boy what dreams I had of dancing those forbidden moves with the hottest guy from school (who never looked at me by the way.....shame on him).

FAST FORWARD to the year of 2013. I've been with the same fella for 17 years, the hormones have settled but the dream of shaking it, dipping it and spinning it is still there. Alas...Dave and I have joined the local pub SALSA DANCING LESSONS!!! Oh...yes folks you heard that right. Before the Arthritis kicks in we are MOVING IT!!! What's it like? I hear you say....HILARIOUS!!! I would recommend this to ANYONE it's and absolute HOOT!!

Happy Valentines day lovelies!! Love to you all. Leonie xx

The good and the bad.

The bad news....No plum jam this year, BUGGER!! (Lucky I have a few left over from last year...or was that the year before. Come to think of it, the jam in the back of the cupboard maybe quite a vintage).

The good news....The toss salad is excellent, YUMMO!!!

And the crowd screamed...more MORE!!

It seems I've landed myself in a Ukulele band!

Which one am I?.....I'll give ya a hint......

Inspiration

Here I was, upon my hands and knees scrubbing the fat splatter off the little ugly cupboard in my kitchen when it hit......why don't I paint the little sucker?

So, up to the shed I trot, dive my hand under the cobweb ridden shelf and pull out the tin I new I had but had kinda forgotten. Alas my new cupboard!! I think its my new favourite, I like it...alot.