Flooded AGAIN !!!!

We are currently in FLOOD DANGER again for the 2nd time in two weeks. Our town of Carnarvon in Western Australia is in for another river breaking it's banks and the water levels rising . We here in the town are not duly affected but friends that live around the river area are, and they may be cut off from town for a few days. The town itself has been closed down for min 48 hours and then we will have to see. Hopefully this one is not as bad as the previous one and we can only hope that not to much more rain has fallen in our catchment areas. So on that note i will leave you with a photos of the flood from a couple of weeks ago.
Ciao.

My Patience is wearing THIN.

Well hello and welcome to the new year, unfortunately i have not turned over a new leaf. I am still the same cranky pants, cursing, irritable person i was last year and i probably wont be changing in the near future that i can see. All this is exacerbated by the fact the kids are on school holidays, have swimming lessons and we are about to be hit with another flood, that would be 2 in less than a month, 2 in two weeks more like it.
The weather is also a contributing factor, we may only have 34 degrees Celsius but the humidity is about 87%. Not my cup of tea.
I have also cleaned my sewing room, written a list of UFOs and new projects i would like to start this year, and already i am depressed.
The last couple of days i have been browsing new blogs that have taken my interest and i don't know if i want to sew anymore, these people are very talented i might just buy stuff instead.
Any hoo enough dribble from me, but thought i would put a few pics up of the little bit of water that fell around our house on Sunday and caused a wee backyard flood.

Our backyard with the water spreading quickly,

 Our street.The king is standing in ankle deep water.

 The water at our backdoor with a feral looking out.

Happy New Year !!!!!

Happy New Year to you and yours.

Wishing you 365 chances to love, laugh and live your best year yet.

May all your hopes and dreams for the coming year come true and treasure

your lives with wisdom, peace and hope.

Welcome Aboard 2011, get ready for a whirlwind of adventure, crafting and lots of laughter.

Where's the Ark?

In the past few days we have had some phenomenal weather. We have had a years worth of rainfall in about 24 hours just over 8 inches to be honest. This was all due to a tropical low that dumped a good lot of rain. BUT not only did we have heaps of rain we are also on flood watch, the flood has come and burst the banks of the Gascoyne River and it has not reached the town of Carnarvon yet due to a levy bank placed just on the main road outside of the local shopping center, also where our business happens to be.The river has not peaked yet and should do some time this evening and hopefully it does not peak to high as we could be in a wee bit of trouble. As we are unable to leave town due to all roads being blocked by flood waters. Unfortunately though many of my friends live on the other side of the make shift levy and many will have lost most of their possessions and their houses will be water damaged. So here are some photos for you for you to look at.

As long as we don't get anymore rain  we will be ok< but they are predicting more so we will just have to wait and see. So until next time Ciao.

I made an Alien !

This little guy is a twin, I got bored the other day and decided the sewing machine needed a work out so this is the creation we both came up with, he is a stress monster. You can throw, kick, punch, hit, voodoo or cuddle him. He has a card attatched to him as he is a present i am giving to one of the ferals teachers for Christmas. He only took about an hour to make ( extremely easy ) and i think he turned out pretty cute. There maybe hope yet that i may be able to crank out another couple of presents before Christmas, i am aiming at trying to make some headbands for the girls with some beautiful fabric i have had in my stash for years but never actually had anything to pair it with, so now i will become the headband queen ( from a tutorial i got from over at Two Little Banshees. These could become a great source of gifts for the ferals friends birthdays and i get to use some of my stash that wouldn't otherwise be used. I am going to try and get some small lap quilts basted in the next couple of weeks too, hopefully before it gets to hot, but as usual i am not holding my breath.
Anyhoo Ciao for now and happy crafting.

Hello allow me to introduce myself ! AGAIN.

Hello allow me to introduce myself i'm Natalie and it seems to have been a long time since i posted last. The Feral Castle has been extremely busy with extra curricular activities and we have not been home much. Although many things have been accomplished since i last posted here such as;

                      ~The laundry curtain was finished and hung.
                      ~The bedrooms were painted.
                      ~Christmas craft has been started.
                      ~A small amount of Xmas shopping has been done, wrapped & labeled.
                      ~Many School & Church activities and busy bees done & dusted.

But if you ask if my Castle is clean, tidy and harmonious, please remember I am only human.
It seems as though we are never home at the moment and tonight is no exception, tonight we are attending the local Golf Club (to whom the King belongs to)  winter season closing day. So again i seem to find myself in the kitchen cooking again. Nothing fancy though, just Chilli Con Carne & Rice and a Panzenella Salad.
Tomorrow i am hoping to get some crafty stuff done, but we will see. So until next time take care & Ciao.

Utter Chaos

Here in the Feral Palace we have had utter chaos for the past 2 weeks. The ferals have finally gone back to school and the house is getting back to some form of normality. The 1st week the ferals were away in Perth with their grandparents and the king and I decided to paint all the bedrooms in the house while working full time too. Thankfully we got it all done and the rooms look so clean and fresh now. The 2nd week we packed up our caravan and headed north up the coast to the blow holes and spent the week up there and had a good time at the beach and sightseeing. I bought myself a new camera a couple of weeks ago and became a tourist snapping pics here and there, so when i finally get around to downloading the software i will post a couple of pics for all to see. The house is not very clean yet but i am getting there and hopefully no one comes for coffee.
So until next time ciao.