For your chance to win a signed copy of my book, along with some bookmarks, fridge magnets and a Gum Tree Tavern stubby holder just answer the following question to me by email fiona_palmer@bigpond.com
(Those who have read The Family Farm will be familiar with the ‘Tree’ as I wrote about it in the book – now is your chance to have your slice of the Tree, be it in the very important form of a stubby holder and magnet)
The question is – Who was your favourite character in The Family Farm and why? And for those who haven’t read it yet…just answer why you would like to read it instead.
I will be drawing a winner at random from the emailed entries on Wed 28th July.
Goodluck!
For those of you wondering what the ‘tree’ looks like, that I talk about or wrote about in The Family Farm, here is a picture.
I did this up for a special friend leaving the district and I wanted her to take something of Pingaring with her. Everything in this photo frame came from the ‘tree’, the bark; bottle tops, stubby holder, gumleaves and even the dirt and rocks, and a picture of her send off night. It mightn’t look like much but it’s still a magical place.
Whilst on holidays I spotted this in the local paper and couldn’t believe it. Talk about a surprise! I feel very special to be sitting in 5th spot for the week.
For those of you who can’t wait till next week for the release of The Family Farm there is an extract (the first chapter) to read online.
Click here for a direct link.
I’m having the launch for The Family Farm next Friday — July 3 — at the CWA in Pingaring from 2.30pm.
If you’re nearby, come in for a cuppa and a chat. I will gladly sign the book, if you really want my scribble in it.
It will be great to catch up with everyone. See you there!
It was very exciting to get a box full of The Family Farm.
The kids thought the little bits of foam padding were much more fun and Blake likes to eat them!
These copies will be going to those special people in my life who helped me on this journey.
Today I got the mail and there it was.
Finally I could hold The Family Farm in my hand. Its very exciting and overwhelming.
Now its waiting for its release date (June 29) and to see what you all think. I will have no nails left by then, I’m sure!
We are waiting for the rain and instead get strong winds blowing up dust everywhere.
Here’s a few couple before it really turned ugly! Not happy farmers today, having to watch their paddocks be blown away to another place.
Its trying to rain but the wind shifts it before it can set in. Don’t park under trees or let small animals out of the house!
Here’s the final cover for The Family Farm and the blurb from the back cover
Isabelle Simpson longs to take over the family farm, but her ailing father is locked in a tragedy of the past and won’t give her the break she deserves.
The stand-off between them threatens to tear the family apart. Izzy decides to break free and make a new start for herself – even though that means leaving the handsome Will Timmins and all her mixed emotions about him behind.
But when hardship falls on the farm again, Izzy returns with an even greater determination to resolve the family feud. As she gathers with her friends in the close community under the shade of the gum-tree tavern, confessions are made, long-held secrets are revealed and hearts are set free.
Set under the blazing blue skies and in the golden wheat fields of Western Australia, this is a colourful story of family life on the land, and a heartwarming romance about finding true love and following your dreams.
Does this old girl still go…for sure!
This post hole digger belongs to my uncle and we borrowed it to do all our post holes for our fence around the house.
Beats doing them by hand. It’s a tow start job, and you need to put air in the tyres and fill it up with oil, but she still runs.
They don’t make them like that anymore.
