Rural mailboxes and signs

I've always noticed mailboxes and on my travels to our shop I pass all these mailboxes and interesting farm signs.  I love the country ingenuity that has gone into the designs. Upcycling at it's very best in some cases!  Where do the farm names come from, and what are the meanings of some of the names?  I think this might be the beginning of something for me.................a new collection is happening!  There was a very cold wind blowing and most of these were taken from the open car window and trying to avoid the western setting sun.  

Caine's Cardboard Arcarde

I was sent a link to this video this morning and it made me smile, a lot. It reminded me so much of my own childhood; playing shops, playing house, playing school, etc.  My little sister and I would play for hours in a very similar way to Caine, creating our own little world out of nothing much.  Amazing how much fun and creativity can come from cardboard and sticky tape.  My own kids, Surfer Boy and Darling Daughter loved it when I would take a trip to one of our electrical retailers and come home with the family station wagon stuffed full of empty cardboard boxes, they played for days in these boxes.  You can make amazing cave systems from refrigerator boxes. 

Caine has a wonderful future ahead of him, he is certainly very enterprising and the happiest kid I've seen for a long time and their are no computers, TV's or Xboxes in site.  Brilliant.

Check out Caine's Arcade website and you can also follow Caine's Arcade on Facebook.  If you are moved by this short film made by Nirvan Mullick who was Caine's first and only customer then you can make a donation to Caine's Arcade Scholarship Fund.

New celery from old

This is an experiment, apparently you can grow a whole new bunch of celery from the base of one you purchase from the supermarket.  So here goes, I planted this one into a cup of water last night, it will sprout roots and a new top and then I can plant it out into my vege patch in a few short weeks.  I'll let you know how it goes.  If it works then it's a true 2 for 1 special.  Maybe I can then grow another from the next one?  Maybe I'll never have to buy another celery.