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Yay for locals supporting locals! 🥰 Today I ma

Yay for locals supporting locals! 🥰

Today I made my first delivery to @barossa_nursery who are stocking four of my smaller greeting cards.

The four designs are:
- Poppies
- Rose Bowl
- Pink Roses
- Pink Roses & Petals

Swipe through to take a look ➡️

These smaller greeting cards are 14cm x 10.7cm, blank on the inside and printed in Australia (from my original photographs) on premium 350gsm matte paper.
They come with matching envelopes, and are supplied in a reusable & recyclable cello bag.

They’re perfect as a card to accompany a gift bought from the wide range of fabulousness at the nursery 🪴.

And in a nice full circle, some of the roses in the my cards were bought at this nursery as bare rooted roses a few years ago - how fab!

Next time you visit, have a look by the register for them, or just ask one of the friendly staff.

Chookapeck, Annemaree

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“Can you bring a few logs in?” 🪵 and repe

“Can you bring a few logs in?” 🪵

and repeat…

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#chookapeck #thingsiloveaboutwinter #firewood #woodstack #woodstacksofinstagram #firewoodstorage #wintervibes #fall #woodstacking #woodpile #countrylife #countryliving #slowsaturday #slowdownsaturday

is EOFY a big thing in your life? I have to admit

is EOFY a big thing in your life?

I have to admit that I never truly appreciated how nuts it can be in some industries.

It’s been a very busy week here at Chookapeck HQ, with clients needing assistance before June 30, so today was a kind of catch up day , ps, I didn’t actually catch up 🥲…

It was only at 4pm did I realise eep! I haven’t taken a first of the month pic. Not that it matters I guess, but I felt the need to snap something to keep the series afloat. But my brain is fried and my body tired, so there was no imagination when it came to the subject. So a snap of some paperwhite jonquils it is…

Hope you all have a lovely weekend 😘

Chookapeck, Annemaree

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Sunday walks, with a side order of house envy…

Sunday walks, with a side order of house envy…

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birthday fleurs still going strong one week on…

birthday fleurs still going strong one week on… 🤩

I guess it helps that I’m displaying them in the (unheated) hallway so it’s kinda like a florist cool-room environment 🥶 😂.

But at least that way they’re lasting well, and I can admire them every time I walk past, and I just love the perfume from the stocks and lilies 💕

so despite marital crimes like leaving an empty butter container in the fridge, occasionally, he goes alright 🥰😂.

Chookapeck x

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Flowers by @fleursocial

The results are in! Yesterday I made a quick Pump

The results are in!

Yesterday I made a quick Pumpkin Soup, and did a poll in Stories asking if 🎃 🥣 was overrated or delicious?

It looks like there’s a few fans out there, because ‘delicious’ won the day at 82%, so I thought I’d share the recipe. This is a super quick, but still tasty soup, from chopping board to bowl in an hour.

Quick Pumpkin Soup - serves 4

Ingredients
1/4 of a large Japanese / Kent Pumpkin
Olive Oil
Thyme sprigs (optional)
1 Litre Chicken stock
100ml Pouring Cream

Suggested Garnishes
Sour Cream, or Pouring Cream, or Crème Fraiche
Chopped Flat Leaf Parsley
Salt & Pepper

Method
Preheat oven to 160c
Remove skin & seeds from pumpkin
Cut into 2cm thick slices
Line a baking tray with baking paper
Place thyme sprigs on tray
Arrange pumpkin slices in a single layer
Drizzle with olive oil
Season with salt & pepper
Bake until pumpkin is soft (30-35 mins)
Remove from oven

To make soup, add a drizzle of oil to a large saucepan over low heat.
Strip thyme leaves from stalk & add to saucepan.
Add pumpkin & any tray juices.
Add stock.
Simmer 5-10 mins.
Use a stick blender to blend until smooth.
Add cream, simmer 2-5 mins.
Season to taste.

Serve with a garnish and some toasted crusty bread.

And if you’re a soup lover, please use the #wintersoupclub hashtag on any soupy pics so we can see what deliciousness you’re enjoying.

Chookapeck, Annemaree

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Photos shot on a Brown Concrete #ChookapeckBackgrounds

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PS. There’s 22% off all photo backgrounds in my shop - use code JUNE22. Sale finishes June 30.

sunday… and Hillary Kitten always knows where th

sunday… and Hillary Kitten always knows where the best spots are… ☀️ 💤

a quiet day here with domestics like a tidy of the bathroom drawers, washing, baking, a little work, then some knitting while watching a Paul Kelly doco.

Watching tv during the day always feels so naughty, and makes me feel like I’ve had a proper weekend 🤣

I hope you had a lovely sunday, what’s happening in your neck of the woods?

chookapeck x

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For many of us who grew up in the 70’s, handknit

For many of us who grew up in the 70’s, handknits were a given. Some were fabulous, some were downright scary, but all were well-worn and much loved.

In our family, our maternal grandmother Alice, or Mam, was the knitter. I’m one of 5 kids, and most years Mam would knit us a jumper, and at some stage, each of us got our own crocheted rug, made with colours we had chosen. I’ve still got mine, it’s in pinks and blues (it was the 70’s…) and I still love and use it.

Recently we received the fabulous news that one of my nieces is expecting, which was the perfect excuse to start work on a baby blanket.

I have nowhere near the level of knitting expertise that Mam had, but wanted a little challenge, so chose a pattern that used a new (to me) technique, where you pick up stitches along each adjacent triangle to knit the next one, which means YAY, no sewing together!

I tried to choose colours that were neutral & contemporary, and that hopefully @erin.katy would like. I was so thrilled when I received a pic of the blanket in the nursery and it’s a perfect fit (phew) - scroll through to last pic 🤩.

The pattern is the Four Points Blanket from @purlsoho and was knitted with @bendigowoollenmills 12 ply (machine washable for the inevitable 🤢 & 💩)
🧶 Classic Smoke
🧶 Classic Magnolia
🧶 Classic Pussy Willow
🧶 Dark Harvest

So yay, congrats Erin & Brett, here’s to babies, good news, exciting times, childhood memories & handknits.

Chookapeck, Annemaree xx

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Best. Card. Ever 😂 Thanks @clemhf10 I’ve bee

Best. Card. Ever 😂

Thanks @clemhf10 I’ve been laughing since receiving this yesterday and it’s now sitting next to my computer so I can laff when required (which is fairly often…)

you know me well 😘

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