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I remember sitting at my computer a little over a year ago and taking up a blog challenge of blogging once a day for 30 days. I had a few slips here and there but managed to catch them up and get through my 30 posts. Well those 30 days finished, and...

Today I learn to drive and operate the newest vehicle addition to our farm - the tractor.
We picked it up this morning, and hubby drove it for nearly 2 hours to get it home, crusing along at about 30kph. Earmuffs are definitely a requirement!
The tractor arrived home, and while I carried on with the rest of the things I needed to get done, the tractor was busy moving lots of gravel from one end of the property to the track we have around the duck pond. This track was often a mud pit, being...

I took a photo looking out my office window today, the clouds looked mean and the photo is a little dark, but I thought it would be perfect to have a play around with in Adobe Lightroom.
I downloaded their 30 day trial to see what the program was like, and while I was waiting, found a whole bunch of presets for it as well. Instead of working for the last 3 hours, I installed Lightroom and all the presets, then proceeded to see what each...

Yesterday at the supermarket, I managed to get my hands on some whole squid for a really good price, as well as a whole baby salmon and fresh prawns. This called for seafood dinner.
Now I have to admit, I am a pretty good cook, but I had never prepared a whole squid before. But how hard could it be really? I had decided to try a recipe from a close friend - John De Giuseppe who is a wonderful italian cook. So I made his stuffed...