Six months off grid living.

The baby grandson is six months old now.... Hard to believe that we have been here that long. We trekked down from Mataranka in Northern NT at the beginning of November 2015 to mind the farm when baby was born and to be here in the first few weeks.

The family kindly let us set up on the farm  and due to a health issue of K's we are still here instead of in Brisbane as originally planned. It has been wonderful to be able to be a part of the baby's life....a privilege we have not ever had with the other grandkids because of distance.


We have ventured sans-caravan off to Adelaide and Sydney and Newcastle at various times but in the main this last 6 months has been a real life test of our caravan set up for off grid living.

So I thought I  might spend the next few blogs reflecting on the whole off grid  experience. We are very practiced at the small space living aspect of permanent caravan living, but in the past half  of our year has been with connection to electricity and water. Off grid or free site living has been as we travel and for much shorter times on the farm.

We have thoroughly enjoyed our spot on the farm, and are grateful to the family for allowing us to set up here.

So I will set myself to thinking about it all and get back to you.

Cheers Sue

A Ferg on the Move

ChickKnitts. My daughter's pom pom yarn creations

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChickKnitts


I thought today I would blog about my daughter's creations.


Hand crafts are a big deal in our family. I think it is the creative urge coming out. My grandmother painted, as do both my mother and I. My daughter and I knit and I crochet. Earlier this week my daughter, my niece and I were all seated in the Crookwell house knitting and crocheting away.


Creative minds at work.

I think there is also the urge to fill downtime with productive but relaxing things.

For a few years now my daughter has been making blankets from pom pom or bobble wool. The yarn knits up really well, soft and cuddly. I grab one at her place to cover my legs most nights we are there.

K being a wonderful father is always on the lookout for different colours of the yarn and we have been known to post packages back to Crookwell from wherever the pretty bobbly stuff was captured.

Now there is a Etsy shop for her creations.


Need a warm rug for your lounge this winter? Got a baby about to join the family? Buy one!!!







Cheers Sue Ferg on the Move

Old but still useful

We have been laid low by a post holiday cold. Lots of coughing and huddling under blankets. Today it is sunny but cool and we have ventured into town for stores and to commiserate with the lurgy inflicted Crookwell family.

On our way in we travelled behind this spreader. Very old with iron wheels, wood box and wrought iron spreading mechanism. Obviously still used each season.

Old but useful. A bit like us really.

Cheers Sue

A Ferg on the Move