Sheep, lovely hairy ones.
Sheep shearing, with old hand cranked clippers. Poor sheep looked very cold after their trim!
An old time bullocky and his team
Chickens.... some of which came home with us.....
A nice man with his Australian Stock horse. He rode it round and round, cracking his whip the whole time and then showed us a few fancy horse tricks!
His horse was so placid and beautiful..... with the nicest shaped behind!!!
More birdlife, this time on a cushion. The lady making these was using a very modern sewing machine, which was a perfect contrast to.........
......this one, being used by Mathew for his doll clothes.
I was also fortunate to meet a fellow blogger, Lee of Killiecrankie Farm, who has just started up a nursery and was selling all sorts of healthy herbs and flowers. Lovely to meet you, Lee!
Two fellow bloggers actually, although I only discovered that as we were all packing up!! Apple Island Wife who I love to visit now and again for her very witty way of writing about those mundane things in the life of a wife, was also there with her Langdale Farm pork products.
It's a bit funny meeting other bloggers. All of a sudden the 'things' on my screen are there in real life and I need to remind myself that what I see on my screen is real life..... other peoples real life. It makes me realise that there are people reading my blog who I have never met and yet I'm putting a bit of myself out there for them to get to know. It's all a bit strange really because should we ever meet up, you, my readers, will already know certain aspects of my life without ever having spoken to me. I'm getting a bit muddled just thinking about it!! Suffice to say, that I did enjoy meeting these two busy mamas and wish them luck in their businesses!
Ein recht schönen tag beim Markt, mit Schafe, Ochse, Hühner und ein ganz gut benommenes Australisches Viehpferd. Der Reiter hatt mit seiner Reitpeitsche herum geknallt und das Pferd hatt sich gar nichts daran gemacht! Diese Pferde sind meistens nur gebraucht in Outback zum die Rinder finden, denn manche Farm sind über 20,000 Hektar gross!
That all looks like so much fun. Love the horse and the cushion and the old sewing machine. And what fun to meets some fellow bloggers.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a great day out Evi! Where was the fair?
ReplyDeletewhat a fun day! love the sheep, was anyone spinning wool? and mathews sewing machine, fantastic. i hope he did well with his beautiful dolls. so fun to meet blogging friends, i do know what you mean how it can feel, some times i am self concious when i know someone has read my blog. :)
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. Blog reading is kind of, well, surreal. I often forget that folk are reading about my life all of the time and have that same incomplete view of my life, that I have of others. Oh! But how I love it ♥
ReplyDeleteWhat were you selling at the markets Evi?
I"m so pleased there was a pic of Matthew's machine in this post. I was looking for it in the last one on his life/dolls. What an incredible man? How does he shelter everything in bad weather?
Thanks for sharing Evi. I LOVE visiting over here ღ
Wonderful, Evi! The horse display sounds amazing.
ReplyDeleteIt must've been the weekend for fairs, we went to our local one this weekend, too! :)
You would definatly be on my "must see" list of things if I ever get back to Tassie, Evi! I havent met any bloggers yet but thre ar plently whose houses Im dying to see and family I'd love to meet! - Kara
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