Cosy.

So...last night was a bit blustery and this morning was very cold but we are snug and warm in Blue Moon House this evening with the stove belting out the heat. Anne is avoiding pictures by hiding behind her book. She ventured off alone again today and 'claims' to have seen the fox again. (Funny that Will and I have not seen it.) She went for a walk down the road and would you believe returned with some shopping?! She nipped into the winery down the road and came back with two bottles of wine. I hope the simple, bush life isn't making her turn to drink!

The 'Book Cave' Book of the Week.

A Wander in Warwick.

Encounters.

So...since Anne saw her first tiny spider on her third night she has seen her first snake, slithering across the road near the 'Frogknot' gate as we headed off in the car. Last night she saw Galore in the tree outside Blue Moon...

And today, while home alone as both Will and I were working, she encountered a fox wandering up the road with, what she thought was, a hen in it's mouth. Happily all our hens are accounted for so we are not sure where that one came from.

A Trip to Tenterfield.

So...today, while Will was making cheese, Anne and I went south to Tenterfield. Tenterfield is in New South Wales, 50 kms  away from Frogknot and about a 35 minute drive. Tenterfield is the birthplace of Peter Allen, a songwriter, musician and entertainer and the first husband of Liza Minelli. Tenterfield is also famous for being the place that Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, delivered his famous federation speech in 1889. This speech led to the Federation of Australia in 1901. The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia.Anne was disappointed by the shops but still managed to find some earrings to buy. We had a hot chocolate, saw the view from Mount Mackenzie, visited the Cork Tree, the Weather Rock and the Henry Parkes Museum.