BOO!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!! this will be the first year i'm really not doing anything for it. no parties, no costumes, no scariness! they don't celebrate it as much in the US. imagine not going trick or treating when you were little! oh how they're so deprived! BUT we do have a ride today and that should be lots of fun!!!!

this is me last year! i went as a baseball from A League of Their Own. My favorite flick!

more from the sticks

weeble wobble

hey peeps-

just in melbourne for the wknd, i had an interview as a santa photographer! haha fingers crossed! anyway, i'll be back at the farm tomorrow and will probably only be there about a week longer. i'm totally bummed about it. if i could, i'd stay there the rest of the time. anyway, i'll post later. cheeeers!

eat, sleep, pictures!

hhhhhey peoples--
just posting a few more pictures from my country days. it's still amazing here and i never feel more like myself than when i'm amongst nature. i've been looking into some positions as a nanny, but we'll see. i'll probably be here for the next 2 weeks. it's going to be hard to leave perfection! enjoy these pictures!

woolybutts eye!! yes i know...woolybutt! hehe

saddle/bridal room

poker---he's an odd one.

and this is william. he stays here sometimes. pretty old dude.

funny angle of wooly!

me!

boots and oil skins

freeee

boots and jeans gal

william felt the need to check out exactly what it is i was doing in this one. can't blame him!

Inspired these days...

Hi Everyone! It's Courtney reporting from Melbourne, not the farm! Everything here is pretty much the same. Just working and hanging out with mates (use some aussie lingo). My job is up in a little less then a month so I am on the job hunt again! I don't think it will be that hard to find a job, probably just back to hospitality! I think Cait mentioned that I moved into a hostel right near work which has been working out pretty well! At first I was a little skeptical but now that we have cleaned up our room, put everything away, vaccumed etc....I feel much more comfortable! My roommate Marye is a super sweet girl from London who is just traveling around with one of her friends! I also have a few friends who live about a block away so I have been going over there for dinner a lot and just hanging around with them which has been really nice! It's nice to just walk to a friends house, chill for a little while and walk home, haven't done that in ages!
We have also been going to this place called Lentil As Anything. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and it is all FREE...really it is! Now you should drop some money into the donation box but I guess you don't have too if you don't want to...but you should! Lentil as Anything is a unique vegetarian restaurant that is run as a not-for-profit community organisation. It is largely staffed by volunteers. There philosphy is "the customer decides what they want to pay for the food and drinks they've had. They decide what it's worth and donate anonymously into the box on the counter." Each day it's a different type of food, Monday it might be African, Tuesday Sri Lanken Wednesday...who knows, but it is always delicious! I was thinking about volunteering but the training times are during my working time and I can't afford to take off work...maybe when I have a different job I will have time!!! I just think it is such a great concept! Imagine if every place did this type of thing! lentilasanything.com
So lately I have been feeling very inspired to travel, do an ESL program, go to random countries help less fortunate people! I have met all these wonderful people who have been traveling for years and love it! I came across this website called stumbleupon.com and they have so many tips on traveling, volunteering, things you need to do before you die and it just really makes me want to get out there and do it all...and thats exactly what I am going to do!!!!
Ok I am done now! Sorry for the grammatical errors and the rambeling I am doing this at work....sshhhhhhhh! Don't tell anyone!

another one....

upoloaded a footy video as well.

use the same link: http://vimeo.com/user2138081/videos

New Video

Hey All--

I just uploaded a new video onto vimeo. It's just a quick 30 second one from Sydney.

Copy/paste the link: http://vimeo.com/user2138081/videos

Or just hit vimeo from the sidebar. I'll try to get some more up. Enjoy!

Spring Spur Bell

the foal is named Spring Spur Bell...Bell for short. and here's some pictures!


there she is.

mother and daughter.

sunset from the other night.

there go neddy and salty off to make trouble.

dirt road.

just some nature.

and some more.

bogong horseback adventures aka the farm aka where i live

hello fellow beings!
ok, so i've been at the farm for about 4 days now. i had a rough go of it the first few days just because it was a new environment and i really had no idea how the farm operated. but i learn new things every day and it's absolutely stunning up here in the country. i love working with the horses and riding everyday. the house is beautiful, the family is great, and the food...mmm deliciously homecooked country meals. i'll tell you, it's hard work. i get up at the butt crack of dawn and we don't stop until dinner. i've done everything from saddling up to building a fence to trail rides to gardening and back again. mind you, i've been here less than a week. honestly, if i don't write things down about my day, i forget because so much is packed in. but it's fantastic and i like it more and more each day. and i've never slept better. so last night, feathertop had her foal! i'll take some pictures soon. she is yet to be named. and mitter is due in 2 weeks. so that's all exciting. life is quiet here. i mean, we played scrabble last night on a homemade board! this whole experience just solidifies what i already knew about myself. i'm a country girl. i like wide open spaces, trees, grass, fresh air, animals, dirt, fresh food and most of all, great people. anywho, here's a few introductory pictures i've taken just to give you an idea of what it's like here. and these shots can't compare to the real deal! enjoy you bumpkins!

this is the view from my window. feathertop is the darker horse, mitter the lighter. this was the day before feathertop gave birth.

this is my little nook at the top of the stairs. just enough room!

the kitchen where we share our yummy meals.

pretty much what my shoes look like every second. i don't have a pair of jeans without dirt on them anymore.

this is neddy!! he's named after ned kelly (an aussie legend.) i love him.

and this is salty. i could take him home with me in a second. sweetest dog i've ever encountered. is it wrong that i may like the dogs more than the horses?

side view of the house.

flowers.

kath's beautiful tulips.

and another one.