Having a cricket and chook show free weekend has meant that we can get a few jobs done around the farm at last (and there's a long list). G cut wood Friday afternoon then went and picked it up this morning. We had a discussion about how to store the wood and, true to form, we both had a different opinion (why would I have thought it would be any other way). He just wanted to throw it all in and let it look after itself; I wanted to stack it so that there was form and order. This is a classic example of how we approach most things in life, both at work and home. He is the bull in the china shop; I am the calm that comes along after and cleans up, smoothing out the wrinkles. It's been like this for 26 years and somehow, it all works. Sometimes I wonder how it all works - but it does.
Pepper and The Marauders love to help us mix feed.
Perhaps this guy would be more helpful if we were stomping grapes.
Sooky La-la got rolled again by Pepper. It doesn't help that she just stands there cowering and yelping; a bit of evasive running would help.
Henry/Billy (I can't remember what the neighbours called him) spends all day showing off. It must be exhausting.
King of the Castle.
I visited Peter to see how the girls we bought him last weekend were travelling. Very nicely. We did a dump run; I gave the vege garden it's regular tonic spray. We split the silkies into their breeding pens - 1 x black, 1 x white, 1 x special white and 2 x lavender. We spent a long time trimming bums and heads. We cleaned out the garage. G picked up some hot feedlot manure for the compost heap and we banged in a few more steel posts for the walls. There was further on-site discussion about the permaculture garden. I went back to Peter's to pick up lamb scraps and bones for the dogs; we swapped mini quiches and a container of lamb curry. We photographed how to start the pump so that even if we're not here, anyone can do it. I got the thousands of photos that were in four different boxes into one storage container; not sorted but at least all together in the one place. No housework got done.
We went out for dinner, to a restaurant at the Bunyas. They were having a Christmas in July menu which was a nice surprise. It only takes half an hour to drive up there. The restaurant has a big open fire in the middle of the room with an enormous flue hanging over the fire grate. The room is hexagonal with lots of windows and is filled with rustic furniture and wall hangings. It was a very nice way to end a productive day.
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