What Blogs Do You Read?

I recently discovered Flow Magazine (I'm not much of a magazine buyer to be honest, but I'm glad I bought this one) - it's nice to have a new read.

I've a question for you, dear blog readers. What are you favourite blogs to read? I would love to find some new-to-me blogs to read, I know there are so many out there and I love to stumble on new ones to love here and there.

Over the past couple of years my blog reading preferences have changed a lot. And as the time has passed, I have reduced the amount of blogs that come up on my reader. Some favourites will never leave, but others have gone. For example - when I had a lot more time on my hands, I would read A Beautiful Mess every day. These days, well I've pretty much drifted away from things like that and occasionally check in. But it is certainly not a daily read any more.

So where to find new blogs to read, when I don't have much time to go scrolling and blog-hopping? I'm asking you guys! I figure that if you're reading my blog, then maybe we like similar blogs, yes? So maybe I'll love some of the other blogs you are reading. Would you care to share some of your favourite reads in the comments section? I will be sure to hop along and take a look. And don't assume I'm looking for blogs like my own to read, some of the blogs I've been following for the longest time are nothing at all like mine. 

To show you what I mean, here's a couple of my favourite reads that you may or may not pick me for…

A Girl A Style - she pretty much lives the other life I would have lived, you know, if things had turned out different (way different). I love it!

Amy Flying A Kite - I was never into poetry, at all, until this blog. I actually read it from start to current a couple of years ago.

The Parenting Passageway - quite simply, this blog has saved my sanity and made me a better mother person.

Becoming Minimalist - decluttering, living with less, moving away from consumerism - yes, all that stuff that I love.

So what are you reading? Please share, I'd love to have some inspiring new blogs to read.

See you later, Instagram.

It's official. My love affair with Instagram is now over. Yes, I know. First world problem. I know.

For a little while now, I've become increasingly aware of how my energy is spent or dissipated during my days. And I've noticed that I check in on Instagram way to often. And it's not good, not for me and not for my family. Not good for my little one.

I have followed a bunch of wonderfully talented people who take beautiful photographs. And while on the one hand I do find them inspiring, I also find it draining. It feels a little bit like my life isn't pretty enough, or something to that effect. I know that is really silly. I know that a lot of the images I look at are very well styled, and are not snapshots of real life. I start to be able to tell the difference. And a lot of beautiful real life photos are there also, and they really are beautiful. Beautiful places, beautiful people, beautiful kids. And I look at them and I wonder why - why am I looking at photos of kids of a person who I don't know, will never meet, will never actually know. Why am I looking at photos of other people's lives instead of living my own? 

Every time I pick up my phone and look at Instagram, I am for all intents and purposes 'gone'. I am completely zoned out from my life in front of me, and totally focused on other people's lives. What a waste of energy! I don't have that sort of energy to waste these days. And I tell myself that I'm having a brief moment of time out when I look at Instagram, but it's not true. A brief moment of time out would be more like sitting, doing absolutely nothing, other than to breathe and ask myself 'how am I feeling, right now, what do I need, right now?'. And I do do that sometimes. But more often than not I have my head in my phone instead. And I wonder how that  looks in the eyes of a toddler. 

I feel like looking at Instagram is like a little 'drip.. drip.. drip..' on my energy. It's not a huge amount by any means, but it is there. A little leak. And I need to stop the little leaks. I guess you could say I have been doing a lot of inner work lately, and am starting to see more clearly where energy goes. What is energising, what is draining. What supports me in my days and what drains me. And as much as I love Instagram, it is more of a drainer for me than an energiser. 

So I have decided, since I lack the willpower to just not look at Instagram, to close my account. I did the same thing with Facebook a few years ago now and it is not something I have ever regretted. The world we live in is a pretty social-media-mad place right now, especially if you do anything online. Like write a blog. But the reality for me (and I can only speak for me) is that the energy that I should be putting into my blog, would like to be putting into my blog, gets spent in other places instead - Instagram being the main offender for me. I have already realised that I'm not a tweeter, I sporadically pin things but really, I'm not a pinner, and Facebook - well, me and Facebook, we don't see eye to eye. I'm happy enough to just read blogs. I love reading blogs. I will save my energy for that instead, and for my family first and foremost.

To all the lovely people who have followed me on Instagram, and to the lovely people I have followed - thank you. I have enjoyed it very much. I just won't be there anymore. 

I'll still be here though!

(My favourite Instagrammer Joanna - I will miss following your account).

Being absent from blogging

I gotta say, I'm feeling a bit disconnected from my blog right now. I've hardly been in this space for what feels like ages and I've almost forgotten what to do. Seriously.

I knew my blogging would be a bit reduced, what with taking on a new course and all, but I didn't realise how all-consuming it would be. All the little bits of time when I would have been blogging, or taking photos, or editing photos, are being diverted into course work. Which is great, I'm still loving it, but I'm missing this little space. And all the lovely readers who visit here too. I miss you!

I still go through my days composing this blog post or that in my head, but I don't get that time to sit and tap them out on the keys, into something hopefully meaningful and coherent and press the 'publish' button. I've started writing a bunch of posts, and abandoned them half way and never finished them, and I probably won't. I don't like drafts hanging around for long. If it's there to be written, I'll write it and be done with it, is my usual way of operating.

And the longer I'm away from this space, the harder it is to start back. Have you ever experienced that? I don't know what to write! Should I write about our changing rhythms in the colder months? Or my experience of breastfeeding a toddler? Or what about that soap I made a while back, that I never got around to writing the post about? Or maybe my weekly menu planning thing that I do. Perhaps a recipe? I definitely want to share a few links with you, some people have been up to some great stuff. And what about an Instagram post, they're always good when time is short. 

So here I write a little ramble instead. I hope I can get back into the swing of things with my blogging again. And possibly branch out from just posting photos of either my son in the 52 series, or flowers. Have you noticed? I have. Time to branch out and flex the creative muscle! 

A little link to leave you with. These gorgeous chicken drawings by my blogging buddy Joanna. Some of these have arrived in my little hands and I cannot wait to mount them on a wall (soon, in a new home..). Maybe I should write that post about how we had 2 chickens, then 1, then 3, then 8, then 7, then 5, and then 2 again. Next time.

It's good to be back!

In The Real World

Wow. I had no idea how much of my head space is devoted to blogging. I mean, I don't blog that much really, but when I wrote a post last week about easing off a bit, doing a bit less, well it's not a big change in blog output really, but it has been a HUGE change in my headspace. Like I said, I had no idea how much blogging had crept into my everything. And in it's [not quite] absence, things have been happening in the real world that I have been putting off for a long time. 

I've been learning new things. I finally decided it was time to learn how to make a granny square, a little late since I first picked up a crochet hook eight years ago. Over the Easter weekend I immersed myself in the 'Granny A Day' tutorial series by the lovely Pip over on Meet Me At Mikes. If you're interested to learn, I would recommend these as Pip has a great way with the videos. I normally avoid videos online. Anyway I'm super excited to be finally making a pretty granny square blanket. And there are so many ideas for new things to make, and the ever-growing stash of pretty yarns is calling my name. But one thing at a time.

I mentioned in some posts a few weeks back about a little weekend trip to Mt Buller, an alpine resort in Victoria. A mountain bike mecca during the summer months, and our trip up was part of an Instructor Retreat with the company I do skills instructing for. I was so anxious about the trip for so many reasons - how will we cope with a 5 hour drive and a 13 month old, how will I cope with being away from him on big trails that may take a while to get back from, how will I cope with Mt Buller when I'm so unfit - just a few of my concerns. But we went, we did it and it was so so good. I realised all over again how much I love mountain biking, and it was the best having my little family there with me.

I've been thinking for a long time about starting up a women's mountain bike monthly ride in my home town, but I've been putting it off and finding reasons to not do it. There are lots of reasons to not do it. When I was up at the retreat, the whole group was sharing where things are at in their local areas and I was lamenting my situation a little. To be surrounded by a room full of support to start a ride up was just wonderful. So I'm doing it, and if no-one shows up [my fear], then at least I get a ride in regardless. I started a similar thing going in Ballarat a few years ago under a club there and it is still going stronger than ever, so I know it can be done. At the same time, I feel a bit like 'can I really do it again?'. 

So that's me, trying to find a new balance between time online and time out in the real world. And I've got crocheting to do! 

How do you balance yourself between being online and real life stuff? Do you have balance?

Easing Off

I've been reading with interest a spark amongst bloggers to back things off a bit, focus on quality posts over quantity of posts, a movement termed 'slow blogging'. Firstly Jodi and then seconded by Becs. Well, I'm throwing my hat in the ring too. Which is not easy for me, as I love blogging regularly! But I think I need to give myself more space away from the blog, and focus a little more on my daily tasks at hand. I find myself feeling quite scattered a lot of the time, from trying to do too many things in too many different directions. And something has to give, other than sleep.

Which is not to say I won't be blogging, of course I will still be here. Just not quite as often as I have been, and in an entirely intentional way, not a 'drifting off losing interest' kind of way. 

So, in saying that, I'll be posting here roughly twice a week. And I'll be dropping my 'In The Garden' posts that I've been doing on Friday's. As much as I have enjoyed poking around the garden with my camera, and actually noticing much more of what's going on out there as a result, I've often found myself racing to get it done with a self-imposed 'deadline', and that isn't always fun. And blogging for me is fun. I have really enjoyed the peeks into other people's gardens who have joined me, Simone and Wendy and Alicia and Ailsa. Thank you all! Anyway this Friday will be my last 'In The Garden' post but if you want to keep it up, that would be pretty cool.

I will keep playing along with the 52 Project on Practicing Simplicity, I'm actually really enjoying the challenge of a portrait of William, without necessarily showing his face [an 'unportrait', apparently]. I love capturing the essence of this boy, where he's at and what he's up to. I was thrilled and humbled to have Jodi list my 14/52 image amongst her favourites for the week. I admire her photography so much and would never have imagined that one of my images would make her favourites list. They tend to be happy snaps for the most part, on the iPhone no less. I mean I always try to capture something interesting but still, it's more like 'quick, he's doing something cute, where's my phone'. I guess that's what parents everywhere do [these days!].

So I shall see how I go with this less-frequent-blog-posting thing. It won't be easy. There are too many words in my head that need an outlet. I may fall off the wagon and be back more regularly by next week. In which case I will say 'hey, at least I tried'. 

Do you ever feel the need to let go a little, when you're trying to do too much? Do you try to do too much? What works for you?

The First Year of Blogging - a rambling collection of thoughts

There is no cake, but I may eat a tomato to celebrate.

I'm thrilled that this blog has been in existence for a year now. A year and a month actually, I'm a bit slow with my celebrations. I'm so glad to have the first year under my belt now though. Because I think that unless you're already a blogging superstar, there is quite a learning curve, and the only way to learn is by doing. What I mean to say is, there's likely to be some crappy content on a new blog in the first year - and you just have to go through it anyway.

Does that make any sense to you? It's like being a beginner at anything. No matter how much 'natural talent' you may possess for something, there is always a place for learning. And in blogging it's no different - learning how to take better photos, learning how to edit those photos better, learning how to write consistently, and how to engage readers when you write. And I don't for a second think I have any of those things figured out by the way, but they are things I work on improving.

And that is all you can do at the end of the day, just keep working at improving. One step at a time. Getting help when you need it is important [google is good for that]. Getting assistance and advice from more experienced people is great [I just finished doing this Blog With Pip course and it gave me so many things to think about]. And I enjoy this business of being new at something. When you're still new, you have so much enthusiasm, you haven't blocked yourself in with your own boundaries, you just 'do' and see what happens.

In another completely unrelated role in my life, I am a mountain bike skills instructor. I love nothing more than going out with a group of complete beginners, and giving them the tools and confidence to mountain bike. And beyond that, everyone, even the very best riders, can use some instruction. I love working with my fellow instructors because I come away riding better myself. And more than anything, I love that people, adults, show up at a course - ready to be open to learning, open to making mistakes, maybe having a crash and absolutely open to having a great time. 

But what has this got to do with blogging? Everything, really. It's just another 'thing' that you can do. So whereas in one area of my life I'm doing the instructing, in this area of my life, I'm learning the ropes, and maybe having the odd success and the odd fail. And mostly being somewhere in the middle. And I love it. It keeps me on my toes, it forces me to take photographs, to improve my writing, to go out and 'meet' people on the internet. Because blogging is about community, at the end of the day. And it's just plain old good fun. Just like when I was a brand new mountain biker. 

Thank you so much to all who take the time to read my blog and leave the odd comment. It means the world to me. 

Do you blog? What's your favourite thing about it? Or have you tried being a beginner in other areas of life? How do you find it? 

A little taking stock...

Did you know I'm doing a blogging course at the moment? Probably not! I decided to join in the fun of Blog With Pip [I've seen a few people do this course, and it looked worthy, so I thought why not, I could do with some fresh insights]. So as part of my learning, here's a little 'taking stock' post. I hope you enjoy!

Making : a crochet blanket, in my favourite colours, burnt orange and olive green.
Cooking : sweet potato and chickpea curry.
Drinking : chai tea.
Reading: A library book I saw out of the corner of my eye at Baby Rhyme Time [vintage style on the cover caught my eye]. Under The Influence by Jacqueline Lunn, I'm loving it.
Wanting: more time - to crochet that blanket, plant some more vegies, make a new garden bed out the front, update my blog, read that book, etc.
Looking: at a couple of new Donna Hay recipe books I picked up last week.
Playing: peekaboo around the couch with my baby boy.
Deciding: to just enjoy this moment.
Enjoying: some time out while baby naps.
Waiting: for baby to wake up so we can have lunch.
Liking: the overcast skies today, such a welcome change from the harsh summer sun.
Loving: our newfound rhythms, our days are so much gentler now.
Pondering: a trip to the city with my boy, he's not been to the city yet.
Considering: making biscuits, or muffins, or both.
Watching: the weather.
Hoping: that it will rain today, and tomorrow.
Marvelling: at how well the herb garden is now growing, despite the heat lately.
Needing: to go for a ride on my bike.
Smelling: lavender this, lavender that.
Wearing: jeans and a t shirt and thongs, standard issue these days.
Following: some new-to-me blogs, love!
Noticing: how dry the front yard is after all the hot weather, and lack of hand watering.
Knowing: all is well.
Thinking: I should be blanching and freezing corn, rather than blogging..
Feeling: grateful.
Admiring: my sleeping babe, so absolutely perfect [they all are].
Sorting: the room with our desks, henceforth to be called the study.
Buying: not much at the moment.
Getting: the hang of photoshop, and I like it.
Disliking: many of my clothes; I am tempted to give the whole lot to the charity bin and start over, and if I had the time and money, I would do just that.
Opening: my heart.
Giggling: about the antics of our 10 month old.
Feeling: excited about changing up my blog space a bit [keep an eye out soon!].
Snacking: on a yummy quiche from our local Street Harvest this morning, and chocolate, and tea.
Dreaming: of a new wardrobe, in nothing but colours and fabrics and cuts that I love [an ongoing project, perhaps].
Wishing: it would rain, but not until the nappies are dry.
Hearing: a dog sighing in his sleep next to me.

My favourite thing about this post - that little chubby baby hand in the photo. Joining in with Pip.

Finding my way back

I've feel like I've been out of the blogging loop lately. Which is not altogether a bad thing, and it may not be apparent since I've still been posting up here on the blog. But I've been absent. Finding space in my days to think about blog posts, or check in on my blog or read a few other blogs, well it just kind of disappeared. And because it stopped happening, I stopped thinking about it, and it somehow feels hard to even get myself back into a blogging headspace.

I think part of it is feeling like whatever I do have time to do, it won't be good enough. I have minimal time with the camera, and as much as I would love to spend that extra bit of time to work on images, it isn't there right now. And I've been so completely absorbed in daily life, and that the things I'd love to get a photo of, I haven't, because sometimes you just have to live it, rather than photograph it. Sometimes I do feel that in reaching for my camera to capture this moment or that, by the time I'm ready to click the button, the moment is gone, and I've missed it. 

So we have baby chickens, five of them, and I don't have an image of them yet [well ok I do, but they're all blurry, chickens are such a tricky subject to photograph as they just don't stand still!]. But I haven't done my little baby chicken blog post since I don't have an image. And they're over two weeks old now, getting bigger and getting their chicken feathers and losing their baby fluffiness. They are cheeky and sweet and I've no idea how Frankie chicken is coping with five babies. I have a hard enough time with one.

I've been making lots of yummy dessert-type of treats lately. Experimenting with pastry and summer fruits, making galettes, and tarts, and turnovers and little pies. But because I'm putting them together on the fly around dinner time, I'm already under pressure to just make it happen [a 10 month old can leave you feeling totally under duress when they want something, and I'm sure it only gets harder once they can actually speak], and the lighting isn't so good at that time of day, so again no images. But I'm loving experimenting with these new treats.

And so on it goes. The blogging loop just hasn't been happening for me the last month or so. I guess a new balance is needed, and I'm working on finding it. And in the mean time, life is ticking along very nicely, the garden is growing and surviving the heat [thriving in fact], and we're enjoying our summer. I pulled up all my lettuces this week, they had gone to flower and I left them to it for a while. These were the last leaves I harvested from this lot. I wish I already had more in the ground, something I've yet to master is succession planting. But one thing at a time. 

Do you blog? Ever find yourself getting into a cycle of 'not blogging'? 

January: (not) Blogging, Weather and Rhythm

I've not been around blog land much lately. This stage of life is proving most demanding on my time, and in the most wonderful way. I find that I am living more in the present than ever, and less in my own head. The reason for this is a bouncing 10 month old baby boy; still my baby, but in the transition between baby and toddler. I didn't even know there was such a thing, but that is where he's at. I can barely recall what happened yesterday, let alone last week. I'm living so totally in the now. And the now isn't providing much space for taking photos, or editing photos, or writing blog posts, or even reading my favourite blogs. It is an ever changing landscape, life with a very young child. 

I snapped this image last week. It was a hot day, and the clouds rolled in to provide us with thunder and lightening and a little rain in the evening. It was a hot week, probably the hottest five days in a row I've experienced. If it were just me, I would lie on the couch and watch the tennis and not move very much. But with a small baby, I found the heat quite difficult. Little things, like wondering if [hoping] the chickens were ok, but not being able to go check them. I wasn't taking my baby out into that heat. Watching my vegie garden wilting mid-morning, despite a good watering the night before. Not wanting to hang clothes on the line, as I didn't want to leave them out in the harsh sun too long, and knowing that I may not have a chance to go outside and retrieve them. Little things that made life more tricky.

I was heard to say more than once that we should just move to Tasmania. I'm normally a heat lover, and over winter I'm often heard saying we should move to somewhere warmer, maybe the mid-north coast of New South Wales. But this heat, this is not nice. Last summer was the longest dry spell in decades, and this summer is proving to be erratic at best. I believe we are starting to see and feel the effects of this global warming thing. So I expect we will see more of these really hot days in summer, and more of the erratic weather patterns. What will it be like in another 30 years time? 50 years? What will my son experience in his lifetime? Part of me says to just make the best of here, and part of me says move to a cooler climate.

I've been doing an e-course all through January, all about finding rhythm and bringing rhythm to the home, particularly with small children in the home. It is wonderful, and fulfilling and helping me so much to bring rhythm and structure to our days. Simple little things, anchors in our days, bringing ritual and reverence to meal times, being dependable with our daily chores. Hanging out the washing, taking out the chook bucket, bringing in the washing, quiet time after lunch. Ringing the tiny brass bells on a string to signal meal time, a job assigned to our baby who loves it already. You can see more about this course here. I don't want it to end. It has given me so much food for thought, and a beautifully calming start to a new year. 

How is your January going?

Gifts for Mums and Thoughts on Blogging

We had the family visit to celebrate William's almost 6 months. A nice way to catch up. William of course charmed the pants off everyone [he always does]. And the mothers were both supposed to take home some of our homemade soap, and both forgot. But since we'll be seeing then soon, I thought it might be nice to package them up a little bit. 

I've been thinking about this blog lately. About where it's going, and perhaps that it's not on track with what I originally planned it to be. And that's ok, I'm happy for it to evolve into whatever it becomes, really. I often feel though that I don't write freely. That's the problem with knowing that people actually read the words I write [and thank you, I'm happy that you do!]. I just need to get over what is probably a fear of being judged, or criticised, for what I write. Not that I have ever experienced that on my blog, so the fact that I feel like I will be is just plain silly. And even if I was, would it matter to me?

Well actually, the answer is probably yes. I mean, I will never in real life meet most of the people who read this blog, but readers are real people, and I'm a real person, and well, you know. It's real. So I tend to play it a bit safe. As in, I don't like to stir things up, and I guess my experience in the real world is that I do tend to stir things up. Even when I don't want to, I just can't seem to help myself. Anyway it's been on my mind lately. There are so many blogs out there that proudly declare they fall into this category or that. But that's not me as any kind of label makes me feel so restricted. I know I walk an offbeat path through life, but not with the intention of being offbeat. I just can't imagine living any other way. 

Blah. I've been thinking about writing about the way we parent our son. And I will. When I find the courage to stand up and say hey, we're not mainstream, and we have one awesome happy, healthy little kid. 

The westringias are flowering beautifully at the moment. I've got little bunches of them in vases and jugs in the house, to pretty things up a bit. I do love to bring the outside in with fresh flowers from the garden. I think I get it from my mum.

A Mummy Blog?

Still a dusty country road... just with a baby as well.

When I started this blog, one of the things I was certain that it was not going to be, was a mummy blog. Or a mommy blog. Because there are already 20 million or so of them our there, and there's more to life than babies.

But now that our little man is here on the outside, I guess my perspective has changed somewhat. As in, most of my headspace is taken up with baby. So it's only natural, given that this is my personal blog, to want to blog more about life with a baby.

I've caught myself a few times already thinking of something I might post about, baby related, and then thinking 'oh, I don't know if my readers will want to read that'. And then I have to remind myself that this is my blog, and I write for me, and if people enjoy reading it and leaving comments [which I love!], then that's an added bonus. So, what I'm saying is, dusty country road is not going to turn into a mummy blog. Or a mommy blog. I'll still just be blogging about my simple life in the country, albeit with a few baby-related posts thrown into the mix.

I hope you'll stick around.

My First Giveaway!

I've never done a giveaway on a blog before, mainly because I figured I didn't have anything to give - you know, I don't have an Etsy shop, I don't offer custom blog design, I haven't ever gone down the path of sponsored giveaways. I just haven't done it.

But then I realised, of course I can run a giveaway! And, with my new little blog just ticking over 1000 page views, what better way to celebrate than with a giveaway. So as a way of saying thank you so much for reading, I'm giving away this beautiful pair of [new] citrine and pyrite dangle earrings.

How these lovelies came to be in my possession [there's always a story] - well, last year one of the things on my birthday goal list was to buy myself a citrine crystal. I found a beautiful little necklace with 3 raw citrine pendants and lovely pyrite beads on Etsy [from this lovely shop], and the deal was done. When I received my package in the mail, I was pleasantly surprised to discover a little gift included - some citrine and pyrite dangle earrings! Unfortunately, I can't wear them [I wear larger size jewellery in my ears], so they had to find a new home. I tried to give them away once, but they were rejected, which to me simply means that I was giving them to the wrong person. And they've been sitting around my desk waiting for something to happen to them ever since. Which has been quite a while.

Anyway, these earrings need to find their rightful home, so they are being offered as my first ever blog giveaway. To enter, all you have to do is:

a) follow Dusty Country Road via Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin, and
b) let me know in a comment on this post that you're following [just leave a comment if you're already following and want in!].

For bonus entries, you can follow on Instagram and/or Twitter and/or Pintrest, and just let me know in your comment. One entry will be picked at random as the winner, which I'll announce here on the blog. The giveaway is open now and will finish at midnight [Aussie time] on Sunday 24 February with the winner announced the next day. Good luck, and thanks again for supporting Dusty Country Road.

Oh and you can see the necklace I bought on my Pintrest board!

Would you like to vote for me?

I've discovered that a lovely reader has nominated Dusty Country Road in The Homies awards, over at Apartment Therapy! To whoever that was, thanks so much! So now I think, what the heck, lets put it out there and see if we can't get a few more votes from other lovely readers as well. The category I'm nominated in is Best Family & Kids Blog - all you have to do is follow this link, scroll down the list of blogs until you find Dusty Country Road, sign up if you're not already a member, and vote. Too easy. 

And while you're there, check out some of the other blogs nominated, there's some really great blogs I've discovered, like this one [already a favourite] and this one [beautiful images] and this one [makes you think].

Go forth and vote my friends - thank you! 

A New Blog

My new blog. If you're hopping over from a link on my old blog, welcome and thanks for checking this out! I'm very inspired to have a new, clean, fresh look about my blog, and a new name that I can identify with. I hope you'll enjoy what you find here, please follow along. 2013 is shaping up to be a HUGE year for me [I'm getting married to my sweetheart, and we're expecting a baby pretty soon :)]. This is my place to document and share the experience, and all the ups and downs of living a simple life in the country.

As I start this blog, it is summer in Australia. A hot, dry and windy summer at that. Which is where the name Dusty Country Road comes from. Where I live, there are lots of them around.

The dusty country road where I live.