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More shabby chic furniture at our house-sit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Dec 23

We are house-sitting in Greenhills, Western Australia. The collage shows some of the ‘shabby chic’ items which makes up most of the furniture. Upper left is a ‘wheel’ which would have held electrical cable in a previous life....

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Small trees in a bedroom

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Jan 23

I’ve written about the house-sit where there were over 70 potted plants within the house. It was a bit of a challenge to be sure to water all of them without missing any. It was also important not to over-water any of them, or...

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An escape from our last house-sit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Jan 23

I wrote that the last house-sit owners said the little chicken was doing well. However, they also said that the lovebird which was in a cage on its own on the back verandah has escaped, much to the distress of the little girl....

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Our little chick is doing well

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Jan 23

Those who read my discussions would know that we took a newly hatched chick to the house after it hatched out on its own a day after the two hens and other chicks had left the nest. It was very wobbly and I thought the hens might...

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Let me out! Let me out!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Jan 23

This is what I imagine that dark hen is saying. At the house-sit before the last, we had seven hens to let in and out each day. They were extremely tame and you could easily pick them up and give them a cuddle. At the last...

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A wall clock and a new drama

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Jan 23

My Lotter JB_Girl (@sol cee) wrote recently about wall clocks and I was reminded of the one here. You can read her discussion here: How old is your wall clock? / myLot. (I hope the link works) Since we moved 18 months ago, we...

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Introducing Lester

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Jan 23

The photo is of Lester, the other cat at our house-sit. The two cats, Lester and Kink, are good friends and often seem to groom one another. They get wet food twice a day and have free access to kibble. However, from time to time,...

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Two hens, five chicks all safely yarded

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Jan 23

I’ve talked about the hens at our house-sit that have been sitting on some guinea fowl eggs. You can catch up here: Maybe we'll get some chickens while we're here / myLot We’ve now put the second hen in the smaller pen and they...

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We've earned our keep today - we have baby chicks

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Jan 23

Once again, I feel we’ve earned our keep at this house-sit, not that we charge anything anyway. I posted a photo of two hens sitting on some guinea fowl eggs. We were warned they might hatch while the owners were away. Well,...

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These are very clever solar panels

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jan 23

Many farmers in Western Australia make use of solar power nowadays. You might see just a couple of panels in the middle of a paddock but they are perhaps running a pump, sucking water up from below the ground. Many houses now,...

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Anything goes when it comes to plant pots

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Jan 23

In the photos, you can see four of the different pots that hold plants at this house-sit. There is an old washtub, a very solid wooden trough, an old tin trunk and another round container that I don’t recognise. It seems anything...

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Jack and his cage

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Jan 23

In the photo, you can see Jack in his enclosure. Jack is a Major Mitchell cockatoo like one we looked after at a previous house-sit. However, Jack isn’t nearly as friendly as Jim and likes nothing better than to bite fingers....

major mitchell cockatoo

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Potted plants, potted plants and even more potted plants

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Jan 23

The photo show two areas of our house-sit and some of the pot plants within it. In front of the TV are just some of the 35 pots that I have counted in the kitchen/dining/lounge area. There are also about six or eight plants that...

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Riding on a quad bike

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Jan 23

This one is for BarBaraPrz (@BarBaraPrz) who asked to see the quad bike on our house-sit property. We have permission to use it and have been down a time or two to check on the horses’ water-troughs. Despite the warning signs on...

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Cattle grids and bouganvillea

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Jan 23

I’m sure these are used in the USA and UK but perhaps if you don’t live in the country, you may not have seen these cattle grids as they are called here. They are placed at gateways and enable vehicles to pass over them but not...

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Enjoying angel peaches at our house-sit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Jan 23

At our house-sit, there is an angel peach tree which has a lot of fruit on it. There is sub tropical variety and one suited more suited to temperate climates. We’ve been told to help ourselves so we’ve been doing just that. The...

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Maybe we'll get some chickens while we're here

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Jan 23

Last night, as soon as we had shut the hens in, we drove ten minutes to a nice restaurant in the middle of nowhere. There is a caravan park there, a restaurant and an airstrip. However, we needed to shut the hens in before we went...

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A view of our latest house-sit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Jan 23

I took this photo of our new house-sit home on our way back from checking that the horses had water. It is quite an imposing house, perched on a hilltop and with very nice stone retaining walls. I’ll put a photo of them another...

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Settling into our new house-sit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Jan 23

We arrived at our new house-sit about 10.00am and the folks left on their holiday an hour or so later. We have unpacked now and have logged into their internet so it’s back to ‘normal’ for us. Once the hosts left, we decided to...

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Another house-sitting job for us

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382316) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Jul 22

We spent a very cold night at Greenhills east of Perth, Western Australia, where we were taking photos at an endurance ride. I could have imagined I was in England as the maximum temperature was 12C (53F which is cold for us,...

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