tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39629615158656818132024-03-05T19:44:16.002+10:00Dalveen 4374 Kay SpenceAll about our property at Dalveen, everyday life in Brisbane and Dalveen and Stanthorpe, photography, bird watching, cooking, reading, wining and dining, movies, holidays and travelling, basically the life of Kay Spence and her friends and family, I'm a 60 something Queenslander, retired and indolent and positively loving it.Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-74031552429612828512015-07-29T16:52:00.001+10:002015-07-29T16:55:54.247+10:00Dalveen Winter Wonderland with Music<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r_NMgY6Z9Lc" width="480"></iframe><br />Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0Dalveen QLD 4374, Australia-28.4871647 151.96855989999995-28.7105412 151.64583639999995 -28.2637882 152.29128339999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-19953698078585025682015-07-29T16:46:00.001+10:002015-07-29T16:53:58.043+10:00Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_jltnAt0x6A_G6cZJEwV6qBrl1VErIjsLAD2BlD17wE1xzg4KVUq4nIAJz7HdD7vHdlwb8pV_SG_5vWrSBYmonKpP8lGWeEzEZ5ESn1ecpqJtR9jj59wIOLjjy10ZeZYoQNW2nkv_HQQ/s1600/Winter+Wonderland+045.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_jltnAt0x6A_G6cZJEwV6qBrl1VErIjsLAD2BlD17wE1xzg4KVUq4nIAJz7HdD7vHdlwb8pV_SG_5vWrSBYmonKpP8lGWeEzEZ5ESn1ecpqJtR9jj59wIOLjjy10ZeZYoQNW2nkv_HQQ/s320/Winter+Wonderland+045.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAswLrLTsLHi09byqclo7kDPkUy0nC0YBOvHlkVZU-rL7Nh53ZtkLfZ1Q2K97krULcENQnP_Wq0ye7E6TCLSLO3NkZPzRZFo1kyrVuKbx_R1irD4Uzn7aan_6bZ1zsoOnTLyPLkShCYg/s1600/Winter+Wonderland+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAswLrLTsLHi09byqclo7kDPkUy0nC0YBOvHlkVZU-rL7Nh53ZtkLfZ1Q2K97krULcENQnP_Wq0ye7E6TCLSLO3NkZPzRZFo1kyrVuKbx_R1irD4Uzn7aan_6bZ1zsoOnTLyPLkShCYg/s320/Winter+Wonderland+011.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCPUouX2CXhU3JAaq-1rsJIxpGHaFfkNnHUUPuGIEEeJJu6a1-7mPT9b-SSMdPeQJ6mKt7xSHNCL5lB8oJFjn30GwYtoUiIe0M_hiotsjwpqJXiE1I9mnRosK4WNnnL2G7jm52Ebxp6k/s1600/Winter+Wonderland+016.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCPUouX2CXhU3JAaq-1rsJIxpGHaFfkNnHUUPuGIEEeJJu6a1-7mPT9b-SSMdPeQJ6mKt7xSHNCL5lB8oJFjn30GwYtoUiIe0M_hiotsjwpqJXiE1I9mnRosK4WNnnL2G7jm52Ebxp6k/s320/Winter+Wonderland+016.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeRFfnWp2S3_E_yCV3G2J91HyjyJzlbXagrcSJzKSOXpwNWXy78UbPgHyW4JKR0tgkVdIoDtb2s1etCx_GMrtjEQvF5Kp2nDIwuC5xFr0-StZPNPBYT0O43BNMDRB3Yy5_WrtLn8gDEs/s1600/Winter+Wonderland+019.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeRFfnWp2S3_E_yCV3G2J91HyjyJzlbXagrcSJzKSOXpwNWXy78UbPgHyW4JKR0tgkVdIoDtb2s1etCx_GMrtjEQvF5Kp2nDIwuC5xFr0-StZPNPBYT0O43BNMDRB3Yy5_WrtLn8gDEs/s320/Winter+Wonderland+019.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6SENa_zb3awHcVMLRePWUTVswha1g9GIqqT5mUu7WnEt5rmuYI8camvjlMoaoiJ5SxxWMikANB0vEHQxMyHwlMpLRD0WKyJbN8vL1m5DdW3_qctnJ-Csooks22Sr3-wRCAb-Oo64N3G4/s1600/Winter+Wonderland+029.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6SENa_zb3awHcVMLRePWUTVswha1g9GIqqT5mUu7WnEt5rmuYI8camvjlMoaoiJ5SxxWMikANB0vEHQxMyHwlMpLRD0WKyJbN8vL1m5DdW3_qctnJ-Csooks22Sr3-wRCAb-Oo64N3G4/s320/Winter+Wonderland+029.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1o45NWT0iKgwro9vRGBoCTQMXTP4sOROWwiYPyaiMEd4OlZbdx3J9ZaI09TZ1CHPVbf2yZZ6X3dlolqMFoDlSdtsuf5vlxHhjtF91TaPQBQLckkADXkShIJUULBcv6BbS-JfKkpBalE/s1600/Winter+Wonderland+032.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1o45NWT0iKgwro9vRGBoCTQMXTP4sOROWwiYPyaiMEd4OlZbdx3J9ZaI09TZ1CHPVbf2yZZ6X3dlolqMFoDlSdtsuf5vlxHhjtF91TaPQBQLckkADXkShIJUULBcv6BbS-JfKkpBalE/s320/Winter+Wonderland+032.JPG" /></a>
Friday 17 July 2015 and I woke up to snow at Daveen. We've lived there for 13 years and this was our first snowfall. In fact, the last time snow settled on the ground at Dalveen was 1984. How lucky was I to be up there for this fall. I'd gone up there on the Tuesday and was returning that morning, so just managed to squeeze it in.
Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0Dalveen QLD 4374, Australia-28.4871647 151.96855989999995-28.7105412 151.64583639999995 -28.2637882 152.29128339999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-83351335809892785792015-01-28T10:53:00.002+10:002015-01-30T10:42:41.903+10:00Goodness me, it has been a long time since I last posted to this blog. Once you get to 60 it's hard to keep up with how quickly time flies. What's happened since I last posted a blog - everything and nothing really. My days at Dalveen are filled with mowing, chain sawing, mending the odd bit of fence, chopping wood for the fire, brush cutting, poisoning blackberry, laying more and more fallen timber on the wood heap for burning this coming winter, taking the dog for a walk, filling in rabbit holes, entertaining the occasional guests, etc. etc. Brisbane days are spent finishing off all the renovations we've done to the house over the last twelve months - or rather making a list of what has to be done and then finding a reason not to do it. I have made New Year's resolutions however, and the dreaded 2014 list has resurfaced as a 2015 list. I'm very into Ancestry.com.au but I've come to a bit of a standstill with my family tree and over the last year have done two family trees for friends and also a family tree for my brother-in-law Peter. I've become quite adept with it now and can practically complete a family tree for a friend in about two weeks. All I need is details of their parents, their grandparents and hopefully some details of great grandparents. We are so lucky in Australia to have so much information digitised and available via the internet. When I think of how hard it was for me trying to complete a family tree back in the 1980s I have to shudder. I look at how far I managed to get and it was past Great Grandparents. Nowadays my tree buckles under the weight of Great Greats, Great Great Greats, Great Great Great Greats etc. <br /><br />
Dalveen is in the throes of a drought at the moment. Our dam is wasting away and we really need about 200mm rain in a day to bring it back from the brink. We've lost a lot of trees to drought this year. Our last Silver Birch finally curled up its toes in 2014 and died from lack of water. Thankfully the Japanese Red Maple managed to survive so we'll still have a bit of colour in Autumn. A Claret Ash died but we have two left; our Chinese Pistachio continues to thrive and look beautiful in Autumn; as does the Liquid Amber. The saddest event for us this year was the loss of our 80 year old Fig Tree. I'm pretty sure the drought did the dirty on it. There are a few suckers growing from the roots of the old fig tree, so am going to wait until Autumn when I'll cut down the old Fig Tree and hope that one of the suckers is strong enough to grow into a replacement fig.<br /><br />
Photographs below show dead old wattle which fell over while we were away - this led to half a day of chain sawing and carting branches away, and finally pulling out the big root system and towing it across the paddock to the pile for eventual burn off; our dead 90 year old fig tree; fence posts rotting out and needing replacing; dam falling away during the drought and opening up a land bridge to the other side; summer storm rolling in across the flowering black wattles.<br /><br />
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Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-71857763067818590652013-04-11T12:43:00.002+10:002013-08-09T08:27:57.345+10:0025 Amy Street, Donnybrook, Queensland - SOLD!!!It is with much regret we have put our mother's house up for sale at Donnybrook, a little fishing village a short 18 km drive (approx 21 minutes) from Caboolture (that's the city Keith Urban used to call home). Or just 10 minutes to the Bruce Highway where you can head north to the Sunshine Coast or south to Brisbane. The drive from Donnybrook to Brisbane is approx 65 kms or 54 minutes drive - although this is to the CBD. I live at Wavell Heights which is in the northern suburbs of Brisbane so the distance is only 55 kms and takes a mere 43 minutes.<br />
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The house was built in 1959. In those days you reached Donnybrook via Caboolture along a dirt road (corrugated) and the trip from Brisbane to Donny say at Easter took approximately two and half hours. Even longer if you stopped at the pub at Caboolture to have a few reviving ales before setting out on the last 18 kms. Of course the highway from Brisbane to Caboolture had two lanes in those days - one going north and one going south. These days it's three lanes in both directions most of the way and really only reduces to two lanes either way just as you bypass Caboolture. </div>
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My mother had this house built as a holiday home. In those days there were three bedrooms with two sets of double bunks in each room. There was no lounge. Just a small cramped "l" shaped dining/kitchen where you tried to cram about 5 kids and at least 8 adults at peak periods such as public holiday weekends etc. There was no electricity, no town water, no telephone, in those days. We did have a wood stove so if you wanted a hot bath you could get the boiling water from the tank on the side of the stove. The water tank at the back of the house wasn't very big so it was at Donnybrook that we learned to conserve water - only turn on a tap when you were ready for filling a container and never leave it on while you were cleaning your teeth. The toilet was of course in the back yard - much to our chagrin. A hot day soon taught you it was a much better idea to trek down to the camping ground and use their septic toilet block than sit out in that hot smelly little piece of "hell" in our back yard. Of course nowadays we are connected to the sewerage system and have a toilet in the bathroom and also we have town water and electricity and the phone connected!!!<br />
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The job we kids all learned to hate the most was the cleaning of the "grease trap" before we returned home. If I start reminiscing about that I can still recall that pungent odour of greasy water my mother would ladle out of the trap into a bucket we had to then transport to the back of our garden to tip into the swamp that lay just behind our house. Of course in the early 1960s there was quite a bit of building going on at Donnybrook. Slowly small fibro fishing shacks began appearing magically up and down the streets of Donnybrook between one holiday and the next. By the mid 1960s, my mother had come to the conclusion that the small cramped kitchen just didn't work. So she had the wall between the kitchen and one of the bedrooms knocked out and this became our open plan bedroom lounge dining kitchen area. She kept one set of double bunks, installed a fold out divan which became a double bed at night and also placed a couple slightly more comfortable chairs to make up the lounge with the divan. The other set of double bunks were cut in half and one placed in each of the remaining two bedrooms. There were now enough beds for 14 guests - and still there were occasions where doubling up of children or married couples in the single bunks were required. The beds in the lounge area were kept for those who could sleep through a cyclone. When there was an all night Euchre party involving six players, the backups (which usually consisted of three or four adults) would take their turns to have a "camp" in one of these beds for a few hours returning to the game when someone else needed a "camp".<br />
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What this home was all about was "extended family" and "fishing" and "eating" and "drinking" and "singalongs" and "darts and quoits" and "euchre" and "reading books and comics" and listening to "portable transistor radios". Downstairs in the laundry area where the dreaded "grease trap" pulsated were the "ice boxes". The local shop sold ice by the block and every couple of days we "kids" would drag our soapbox go cart down to the shop to pick up a couple of blocks. I believe there was a lot of "child slave labour" practised by my mother and also my mother's adult friends and relations in those days. If we weren't dragging the go cart down the shop, we were sent down the shop to collect the milk and loaves of bread, we were dispatched about 250 metres to the water to get fresh sea water onto the yabbies which had been pumped out of the mud bank earlier that morning by - you guessed it - me - apparently I did such a great job. I still seem to fall for that line even in my sixties. </div>
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When we came to Donnybrook for the school holidays we always stopped off in Caboolture. Mum and my Aunty and sometimes other Aunties and Uncles who weren't necessarily blood relations but good friends could quite easily while away a couple of hours in the beer garden. Donnybrook was tantalisingly close but there was no shifting adult bums from around tables having a refreshing ale or two. No matter how much we whinged and complained our pleas just fell upon deaf ears. Sometimes my Aunty would give us a few shillings to go to the bakery for a pie or cream bun to sustain us. We usually spent all our pocket money on comics which were inevitably all read by the time we left Caboolture. To this day I still think of Caboolture as the most boring town in the world - even though it has grown in size to claim city status. It was always a very boring stopover as far as we were concerned. I'm sure this is not the case it's just the memory of a 10 - 15 year old.</div>
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Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0Donnybrook QLD, Australia-27.0000057 153.07016599999997-27.0565957 152.98948499999997 -26.9434157 153.15084699999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-8895214015913676972013-02-09T18:06:00.000+10:002013-02-09T18:10:20.049+10:00The Puppy Who Came In From The ColdCatherine thought she heard something squealing, but I didn't, so I didn't investigate. We were just about to sit down to dinner and on my way to the dining room, I could hear Tilly barking and barking. It was her excited bark, the one she does when she wants someone or something to play with her. I put down my plate, pulled back the curtain and peered out the window. I could see Tilly with her head stuck under a table and her tail wagging and lots of excited barks going on. Further investigation definitely needed. This could be anything from a snake or lizard, baby rabbit, bird, possum or some other such creature. So out the back door and onto the verandah.<br />
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Imagine my absolute surprise to see a very small puppy whimpering and looking very scared under the table. I scooped it up and proceeded to bring it inside. "Catherine, look what I found outside!!!" It looked like a border collie pup about 6 to 8 weeks but probably closer to 6 than 8. Considering we are a very long walk from other houses etc., we had no idea where this little one had come from. I gave it some water which it ignored, so then fetched a saucer of milk which it finished in no time. And then lay down and started to nod off. After we finished dinner I rang round the closest neighbours but noone had any idea where it had come from. One neighbour suggested it might be a dingo pup because she had a splash of white on her tail. But this puppy was quite friendly and came when you tapped the floor and definitely didn't seem like she'd been bred in the wild. So nothing we could do that night, we tucked her up in a box in the bathroom to keep her away from Tilly who we knew would just terrorise her wanting to play a game or some such thing. The next day there were no messes in the bathroom. She finished off a hearty meal and we took her outside where she did her business. <br />
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She was sooooo cute. A little blue and white border collie - or what we thought was a border collie. I headed off to the post office to put up a "Found a Puppy" sign. On my way down the road, I could see a man walking down the road appearing to look under houses etc. So I drove up to him and said have you lost a puppy. Of course he had, so within no time puppy and owner were reunited. He took her home to mummy and daddy border collie and her two siblings. Do pups have siblings. We were very sad to see her go as she had been perfectly behaved and no trouble at all. Her owner said she was about 7 weeks old. She had walked about 500 metres to our house through very long grass. She could never have climbed up onto the verandah. That must have been the squealing we heard. We think Tilly must have grabbed her with her mouth and placed her on the verandah to have a game.<br />
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<br />Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0Dalveen QLD 4374, Australia-28.4871647 151.96855989999995-28.710543700000002 151.64583639999995 -28.2637857 152.29128339999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-20563846429495966392013-01-08T09:04:00.002+10:002013-01-08T09:07:43.897+10:00Who else is over the overuse of the word "NOW"Is anyone else over the use of the word "NOW" by Australian television reporters and journalists. Nearly every sentence these days - especially by reporters in the field - begins with the word "NOW". Today I heard Melissa Clarke on the ABC Morning News show say "Now, coming up later......" How can it be now, if it is coming up later. You'll hear journalists saying things like, "Now, yesterday I talked to Mr ...." or "Now, we're hoping to speak with .... in the next cross". Now, Now, Now. It is being used as a segue and I would just like to say I'm over it. Please listen to what you're saying and stop, stop it now. Now that's all I have to say on that. Now, I'm going to end here. Now that's your lot. Now let's stop using now frequently and switch to using it every now and then, like it used to be. Now try to keep it off the beginning of your sentences. Thank you and now I'm going.Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-63427756256066007362013-01-04T08:59:00.001+10:002013-01-07T17:58:24.766+10:00Christmas 2012 has come and goneHow quickly did 2012 go by. Even New Year's Eve (which in the past has gone on interminably) seemed to fly by this year. Those last few weeks in December travelled over the speed limit as far as I was concerned. Unfortunately there was no time to send cards this year. I just hope the few friends I have left, don't drop me because of my failure to send out Christmas Cards. I'm thinking of mailing everyone a January newsletter to give my reasons for being so remiss. <br />
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The lazy days of summer have arrived in Brisbane. The buzz of the Cicada chorus is present all day and then at night the crickets and mossies take over. We also seem to be getting more than our fair share of large cockroaches which are drawn to the night time lights and fly in through the windows. The quickest way to despatch these is with carefully thrown thong. Tilly gets most excited when she hears the sound of a thong thwacking the floor or a wall - she likes to rub her face on whatever remains of these obnoxious creatures. Who knew cockroaches would have a delicate aroma which is extremely attractive to German Shepherds. Tilly is now 10 months old and adult sized. Of course she is a wild as ever and has managed to destroy all our pot plants, and anything plastic or metal left lying around the garden. Her latest foray has been to get stuck into the number plate on our car. It now has a couple of teeth marks and has been badly mauled around the edges. <br />
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Christmas was wonderful this year with all the extended family returning home to Brisbane to celebrate. My niece and her husband and four small daughters returned from Singapore, my nephew returned from London, and my other nephew came with his partner and young son and daughter from Sydney. On Christmas Day we all gathered at my sister Dianne's home to celebrate - 23 including children. Boxing Day we went to my sister Vicki's home for another feast and about 30 guests this time. I think I must have put on a couple of kilos over this period with way too much delicious food consumed. The weather in Brisbane has been glorious. There have been a couple of very hot days but mostly the days have been 30 degrees Celsius or less. Perfect for languid days by the pool or at the beach. I'll try to post a few pictures to highlight this period, but for some reason I'm having trouble bringing up the browse box to load them up from my computer. Happy 2013 to anyone who happens to read this blog - good health and happiness in the coming year is my wish to all.<br />
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<br />Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-61391259234548402662012-12-17T11:59:00.000+10:002012-12-17T12:06:57.757+10:00We were very lucky a week ago. A couple of hail storms passed through our property at Dalveen. It makes a change from our normal weather pattern of misty rain, light rain, heavy rain and torrential downpours intermingled with lots and lots of very dry days. The storms crossed our path on Sunday 9th December. The first storm was accompanied by lots of thunder and lightning with pea sized hail stones falling for about 10 minutes. About 40 minutes later the second hail storm came through - this time there was no thunder or lightning. Just a little bit of rain for about 3 minutes and then the hail came pelting down for about 10 minutes. This time the hail was the size of marbles. The noise as these stones bounced off the old corrugated iron roof was deafening. We were most impressed and at one stage it looked like we might get a complete covering of hail on the ground, but sadly it wasn't to be. Tilly went a little crazy during and after the storm. She's a great fan of ice as it is and always wants an ice cube if I'm getting any from the refrigerator. She saw these hail stones as manna from heaven. During the pea sized hail storm she ventured out onto the grass to collect a few. She was shocked when they kept pelting down onto her and jumped back onto the verandah and the partial shelter offered there. The look she gave Catherine and I was one of complete disbelief. I'm sure she thought we were pelting her with the hail stones whenever she ventured out onto the grass. When the second storm passed through we brought her inside as I'm sure the larger hail stones would have done considerable damage to her if she'd gone out onto the grass.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why are my feet so cold?</td></tr>
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Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-54606171971660287332012-10-05T17:12:00.001+10:002012-12-17T12:11:22.987+10:00Metamorphosis - butterflies have emerged from the Chrysalis shipLast time we were at Dalveen I took a photograph of a very interesting web. In among the downhanging branches of some mistletoe, a butterfly - or possibly a moth - had laid her eggs. By the time we saw it, the caterpillars had entered their chrysalises (probably that should be chrysalides) so we had no idea what would come out when they finally metamorphosed into winged creatures. This is what the original chrysalises looked like.<br />
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Not sure if they are butterflies or moths. The underside of the wings have the bright colours and the top of the wings is a whitish grey. Whatever they are, they're very beautiful and what's interesting is they seem to be hanging around until they all emerge. We had to come back today and there were still about half a dozen that hadn't emerged yet and about 15 were clinging to the web waiting. There were a a couple of magpies sitting in the tree but they didn't seem interested in them. Maybe the colour is designed to look like something that would taste terrible?? Mother nature - you've got to love her.</div>
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Postscript - <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[22].[1][2][1]{comment10151080716372747_23693435}..[1]..[1]..[0].[2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[22].[1][2][1]{comment10151080716372747_23693435}..[1]..[1]..[0].[2]."><span id=".reactRoot[22].[1][2][1]{comment10151080716372747_23693435}..[1]..[1]..[0].[2]..[0]">Aha, I've got a name at last. This butterfly is an Imperial Jezebel or Delias Harpalyce - mostly found in Victoria and Eastern NSW</span></span></span></div>
Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-84532561794311820152012-09-24T10:11:00.001+10:002013-02-09T17:48:15.382+10:00Ah, Spring and new life at DalveenI love Spring - especially at Dalveen. It has been very dry in Brisbane and Dalveen this winter but we still seem to have a bit of green grass around the house at Dalveen. This brings in the wallabies during the night and when you wake up in the morning there's usually still a few strays hanging around having a bit of a munch on the grass before Tilly gets out there and scares them off. I captured these shots through the kitchen window which has fly screen on it - that's why they're a bit fuzzy. The little joey in the pouch is allowed out every now and then by a very cautious mother. She knows there's a crazy puppy which could romp around the corner at any time, so usually when she's this close to the house, she keeps her joey securely cocooned in her pouch.<br />
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We've also been blessed with the arrival of a pair of spotted pardalotes this year. In our ten years at the property at Dalveen I've only ever seen Striated Pardalotes, but this year this little pair have turned up and have dug out a small tunnel under the dinghy where they've obviously placed their nest. Unfortunately there's no way of seeing what's going on in there, but I feel sure it's all about procreation. These few pics give you some idea of how cute these little birds are and unlike the Striated Pardalote, they seem particularly curious to find out more about Tilly and me when we go on our daily walks.</div>
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Unfortunately there will be no new life where Tilly is concerned. She reached the six month mark and as we aren't going to be breeding from her, it was off to the Vet to be desexed. She wasn't too happy about the headwear, but everything has progressed nicely and she is fully recovered from the op.</div>
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Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0Dalveen QLD 4374, Australia-28.4871647 151.9685599-28.5429852 151.8895959 -28.4313442 152.04752390000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-28186535051070899632012-08-08T16:40:00.004+10:002012-08-22T10:09:04.354+10:00Brass Monkey weather at DalveenWe're just back from a couple of weeks at Dalveen. Very cold mornings up there last week. Tilly likes to get up around 6 am, and try as I might, I just can't seem to get her to sleep in. I usually take her outside to go to the toilet then lock her back in the bedroom while I get a fire started in the lounge, the kettle boiling and prepare her food. By the time I've done those few tasks, it's about 6.30 and time for a pre breakfast walk for the pup. The sun is just starting to peek over the horizon at this hour, so it's especially cold. Thankfully we're just walking the 20 acres of our property, so no-one can see me with woollen cap pulled low, scarf draped around my neck and bound tightly across my nose and mouth, wool lined boots and two jackets. Combine this all with a pair of gloves and I can barely move. Even with much protection, I'm still aware that it's cold. I know it gets a lot colder around the world, but Minus 5 degrees centigrade one day and Minus 4 degrees the next tested out my shiver threshold. <br />
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There was a wonderful frost all across the property so on the second day I took my camera with me to catch a few photographs. I'm especially happy with the photograph of the ice coating on the old gate.<br />
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Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-78403327692299673452012-06-14T17:46:00.003+10:002012-06-14T17:46:40.339+10:00Retirement is proving to be far too hecticUnfortunately, I haven't had a chance to update my blog in a little while. I might be retired but it doesn't seem like it. It's so hectic around here at the moment. Tilly is growing up at a very fast rate and requires lots of walks to dampen her excess energy. The baby teeth are still there, but she's been mouthing a lot so I am expecting her adult teeth to start coming through any day. She is so different in personality to our previous German Shepherd Rosie who was a dog's dog. Rosie's happiest times were when she was running around with other dogs, or hunting down a rabbit, a lizard or even a wallaby or two. Tilly on the other hand just loves to be around people. When we take her to puppy school, she's in seventh heaven - and she appears to be just as happy saying hello to all the people there as she is saying hello to the other pups. However, we do hope she will become a little more discerning. It would be nice to feel assured that she will protect our house from intruders when we're not home, rather than welcome them with a wag of the tail and a friendly lick.<br />
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24 hours later - Surprise, surprise. Last night Tilly decided for the first time she didn't like the man talking to me from the other side of the fence and started barking at him to send him on his way. And what a bark it was. Previous barks have been high pitched puppy barks, this one was like a teenage boy on the brink of a voice change. A little high pitched to start with, and then a much deeper voice. Well done Tilly - you might end up a good guard dog for us after all!!Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-8083935571561640582012-05-18T21:17:00.001+10:002012-05-18T21:41:36.551+10:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St Barnabas Anglican Church, built in 1903. There's a service here the 4th Sunday of every month</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is where it all happens, the Post Office, Dalveen Village Crafts and then to the right of picture and not photographed, Action Graphics.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this is the old Butcher Shop, built in 1912. This shop and land is currently up for sale for $160,000 or nearest offer. Bruce Judge of Ariadne fame bought this land 2 (or maybe 3 years ago - it all goes by so quickly) and the plan was to set up a complex which would include a wine outlet, (with a big wine bottle) and a restaurant. We were so looking forward to sauntering down the road for a gourmet meal but alas it wasn't to be. Maybe someone else will buy it and develop the site.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jim Mitchell Park. You wouldn't believe the number of campervans, caravans etc that overnight at this park. On one very busy night I counted 15 separate parties of people overnighting in this park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dalveen Hall - built in 1939. QCWA meets here. The extension to the left is the supper room. The Sports Club has meals here on a Friday night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dalveen School was built in 1892 and moved to this particular site in 1913</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tilly sitting on the frosty ground</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tilly eating some frosty grass - yummm</td></tr>
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How beautiful is Dalveen at this time of the year. Perfect sunny days, not too cold, just right. Crisp mornings with frost on the ground. Autumn colours on the trees. Perfect weather for casseroles. Our friend Ruth came up for a couple of nights and so we had a slow cooked chicken casserole on night one, and then a beef casserole on night two. Once the sun went down we sat in front of the log fire drinking hearty reds and reminiscing about times of old. Oh and of course, discussing our various ailments. I wonder if other 60 year olds get into long and meaningful conversations about their health issues. I'm sure they do. Tilly is loving her introduction to life in the country. We have been highly amused by her antics at Dalveen. She has grown immensely - she will be 13 weeks on Sunday. I took advantage of the beautiful weather and got out and about and took some photographs of Dalveen village which I'll post tonight. Of course there's also the mandatory shots of Tilly. We have had 3 sub zero nights so far, so maybe this year it will snow. Something we have wished for every year for 10 years we've owned the house at Dalveen. No luck so far, but maybe this year - fingers crossed.Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-40797543560970724172012-04-25T11:09:00.000+10:002012-04-25T11:09:01.193+10:00Welcome to Matillda "Tilly"Life as we know it has ended. A little bundle of energy has arrived and there's no stopping her. In retrospect we probably should have held off for a week as she came with antibiotics to clear up some diarrhoea. What a battle to get half an antibiotic down her throat twice a day. When you are hanging out for a meal you don't want to be bothered with an antibiotic tablet do you? She is as cute as a button, but also a little terror when it comes to play time. Nights are spent in a crate beside the bed, so it's like having a small baby. Every time she wakes up and starts whining I leap up and take her outdoors for toileting. She seems fine with this, but I'm completely worn out. It has only been 5 nights so far and already I'm praying for the day her bladder gets a bit larger and she can sleep through the night. Of course everything else has been put on the back burner. No housework getting done at all and this is the first time I've been able to sit down at the computer for days. Of course there is a little pup gnawing on the heel of my shoe as I type.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other toys are interesting but I love the thong the best</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-6494116307989578002012-04-15T17:06:00.001+10:002012-04-15T17:06:16.875+10:00Vale Rosie 1999 - 2011I have spent the last week recovering from the celebrations for Catherine's 60th birthday. Phewwww!! What with the trip to Sydney and then all the preparations and cooking for the party, followed by much cleaning up and post party brunch on the Sunday, by Monday I was completely exhausted. I even had an afternoon nap a couple of times last week. <br />
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In between snoozes I've been looking for the perfect puppy to replace our darling German Shepherd Rosie, who died last November at the grand old age of 11 years and 11 months. Not bad for a dog who was given a life span of 4 to 6 years by the Vet because she constantly suffered from skin and gut problems and bouts of pancreatitis. Initially we planned to take a 2 - 3 year break from dogs as we believe no new dog could live up to Rosie's vigour, spirit and intelligence. Unfortunately the reality is we are missing our "pup" too much - there's a great big hole in our lives and our hearts where she used to roam. So I've taken the big decision (and thankfully Catherine agrees) to find a replacement for our beloved Rosie. Naturally we are looking for another German Shepherd and I'll hear tomorrow if I've been successful in my bid for our first choice in pups. If that bid fails it's on to Plan B where there are 2 female pups up for grabs. So this blog is soon to be plastered with photographs of the new puppy. Before that happens I'm going to post a few more photographs of our wonderful old girl Rosie - from puppy to seniority.<br />
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<br />Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-90626363790281713782012-04-06T18:19:00.003+10:002012-04-06T18:28:24.519+10:00Leaping LizardsWell finally back from Sydney. Good Friday today - and we were at my sister's house for Prawns, Chilli Tuna Bake and lots of wonderful salads. What a beautiful day it was in Brisbane. Sun shining, birds singing - good company, good food and wine and laid back music. I realise I'm not writing nearly as much as I thought I would on this blog - funny thing is usually I've got lots to say, but once I set up this blog I seemed to get lost for words. However, I am still taking lots of photographs, so will keep posting those. Dalveen is beautiful at the moment. The Autumn chill has arrived. As soon as dusk arrives it settles in and we have to get under cover quick before it seeps into our bones. Unlike others who visit us at Dalveen, I don't believe its cold enough yet for a roaring fire. Give it a couple weeks more I say. But being a good host, I have been stoking up the fireplace in the lounge. Everyone sits close while I take up a chair almost in the next room to get away from heat.<br />
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The cooler weather has finally brought some respite from the ever growing grass. Once mid-April arrives I can usually do a final mow and then settle back on my laurels late September or sometimes even mid October before I have to launch into the grass mowing activity once again. But there's no rest just because the grass has stopped growing. Once I've completed the final mow of Autumn, I have to start cutting into usable lengths all the fallen branches and trees that have accumulated since last winter. The chain saw will run hot for a couple of weeks. I also have to get the brush cutter out and slash back around the dam face and into the thickets in and around the trees. This year the blackberry has reared its ugly head once more so that will mean lots of mean and nasty slashing and in some places a bit of blackberry poison to try to halt its progress. I probably should have done it a lot sooner than this but the blackberry crop was great and I was just happy to snack on the berries during my afternoon walk around the property.Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-23956374711754794662012-03-16T21:17:00.004+10:002012-03-16T21:18:15.133+10:00Springtime at Dalveen 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Haven't been back for a few days - it's time to put up some more pictures of Dalveen. Springtime in Dalveen - September, October 2010. The wisteria was in bloom on the chook shed, the tea roses were sublime, and the cottoneaster was attracting all sorts of bird life. Hope you enjoy.Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-15529126759905112502012-03-09T08:03:00.000+10:002012-05-18T21:42:17.934+10:00<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some pics of the house and land at Dalveen might be called for I think. That way you can see why I love it so much, although it is getting to be a bit of a handful these days. When we were looking for a little house near Stanthorpe almost 10 years ago, I fell in love with this one at first sight. Stanthorpe and vicinity were suffering from a drought at the time, and this house had been on the market for a couple of years with subsequent price drops. Built around 1916 by an ex Brickee from Sydney it is unusual for the area - a cavity brick - usually you'll find timber houses from this era in Queensland. The house and land were bought and built for Mr and Mrs Coomber's retirement - to be a Fruit Orchard - stone fruit in particular. However, the fruit trees would not mature for a few years and the Coombers took in boarders while they waited for an income from fruit. At the beginning the boarders were returned soldiers from World War 1 who had been gassed and came to the mountains for the fresh air for their damaged lungs. Consequently the house became known in the area as a bit of a convalescent home for these returned diggers.Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0Dalveen QLD 4374, Australia-28.4871647 151.9685599-28.598814700000002 151.8106314 -28.3755147 152.1264884tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-61176238762434596452012-03-06T13:05:00.002+10:002012-03-06T13:09:19.148+10:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last time we were at Dalveen we had a few visits from a very friendly King Parrot. I'm not sure if he has been hand reared, but he was definitely the most inquisitive King Parrot I've ever had the good fortune to come in contact with. As I talked to him, he came closer and closer and in fact at one stage I thought he was going to land on my head or my shoulder. He was very beautiful and seemed to be accompanied by a juvenile King Parrot who was much more cautious of the humankind and stayed well and truly out of range in the nearest gum while his friend came in to have a chat.Kay Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736732107370663274noreply@blogger.com0Dalveen QLD 4374, Australia-28.4871647 151.9685599-28.598814700000002 151.8106314 -28.3755147 152.1264884tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962961515865681813.post-59573854715641466392012-03-06T11:38:00.001+10:002012-03-06T12:29:13.708+10:00Just back from Dalveen - unfortunately the grass was as high as an elephant's eye up there. Spent about 10 hours all up on the ride on, mowing in and around the house, sheds and dam. It all looked perfectly coiffed as we left for Brisbane yesterday. When will the warm weather leave and the autumn chill arrive. Once that happens I can finally forget about mowing and get stuck into some other chores around the place. There's a lot of brush cutting to be done, the blackberry bushes need to be dealt with, and the chain saw needs a long workout in order to store in some wood for the fireplaces which will be very necessary once winter sets in.<br />
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On a brighter note, our Satin Bowerbird has returned for the 5th year in a row and rebuilt his bower. Actually, I can't know that he's the same Bowerbird, but I like to think he is. For the first time this year I actually saw a female near his bower. I wasn't lucky enough to capture a photograph of her, but I did get a couple of the male when he came closer to the house to feast on a fallen persimmon. I went down to take a couple of photographs of his bower and he was most put out, emitting a few harsh churrs to send me on my way. I left him half a broken blue peg in payment for the photographs. I placed it on the grass well away from his bower and when I peeked in the next morning I saw that he had placed it with his other blue treasures near the bower. I often wonder if they collect these "blue" treasures because of their violet blue eyes. Perhaps they see the colour blue as a stimulant for romance - a sort of "come hither and look into my eyes" but with the bowerbird it is a case of "come hither and look into my bower and see all my beautiful blue ornaments I have displayed for you."<br />
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