HB to Me…..

It was my birthday on Friday. I got some lovely gifts and special phone calls.

Oh, and a new farm; contract signed, not quite sealed and delivered yet; the bank will have a say in that.
A new farm you say?
Yes.
Why?
Because they're not making any more land and it's too good an opportunity to be driving past every day and not do anything about.
Because we don't have enough to do so thought we'd pile a bit more on?
Yes.
Are you guys crazy?
Yes…
but we'll park it for a couple of years, lease it to the neighbour (already an agreement in place) and see what happens.

Here's Coco giving me some intense birthday love (or maybe just trying to convince me to pick her up).

The girls at work organised this little beauty - underneath all that chocolate is a two storey sponge cake, layered and covered in thick cream. Richer than an (AACo in-house graded) marble score 10 wagyu steak!

I decided I wanted to have a weekend away for some time-out so we've come to Montville to spend the night in a lovely B&B. We took our time getting here yesterday, stopping in at a festival in Blackbutt then continuing on to Maleny where I spent hours strolling through the main street shops - 3 excellent bookshops where I spent a lot of time, the local co-op packed with organic/natural produce, numerous homewares/gift/clothing shops and a wide choice of eateries. I enjoyed browsing and bought a couple of books and a woven basket. There was a big food festival on at the show grounds but we didn't call in there. It started to rain lightly so we headed to Montville and found the B&B. It's absolutely delightful and exactly what I was looking for. Photos to come.

The Week in Animals

Another cute week; most of these ended up on #morningmissm on Instagram.

78 eggs went into the incubator.

A calamari treat.

This little guy got separated from the flock; I caught him and carried him out to join them.

Vivienne's twins checking out the wheelbarrow at the new sheep race construction site.

I bought King new food and water dishes from the second hand shop in town. They're nowhere near as exciting as the 3 he wrecked last week.

And the sheep are really boring.

Chook Pen Taj Mahal

Meg bought a flat pack chook pen; it had a lot of pieces, 6 bags of different sized screws and very minimal instructions! It took a few hours to fully build and we didn't have too many arguments! It's a cracking little chook pen!

What a handy Dad!

Granny was the Keeper of the Screws.

We took 4 chooks out but ended up bringing the white one home again. It's the perfect size for 3 - a silver pencilled wyandotte, a partridge wyandotte and a black silkie.

Isn't it gorgeous?

Meg's Garden

Last Sunday (Sept 6) was Father's Day. We drove out to Roma to help Meg with her back yard garden and chook pen construction. Even though it was Father's Day we put Gibbo to work.

A Week of Animals

My big focus right now, apart from work, is our animals. Each day when I go out I look for the little things - and invariably find something cute or funny going on. It's a great way to view the world.

Fog and Mist

Sunday morning a week ago; it rained all afternoon the day before - next morning was foggy and misty and beautiful. I had to go to the office for end of month closing but enjoyed the early morning first.

The cobwebs were amazing.

A bit blurry but so beautiful.

The sheep had wandered off into Pdk 9 and came to me out of the mist! How funny they are! I love my sheep!

Home again.