Quack, quack...

Snow White the duck...

Was on my way back inside yesterday afternoon when I spied someone just beyond the bushes all alone... What a cutie... She talked to me and then went back to join the others. :)

Cheers Damaris

View from my hammock...

Timothy reading and Bailey 'listening'...

Even saw the moon :)

I love the new hammock. The boys are also getting a great deal out of it. Timothy and I were in it yesterday afternoon... No Technology Day :)

He was reading Ripley's and Bailey jumped in as well... Just to make things interesting...

Love listening to Timothy reading out facts... So much fun...

Cheers Damaris

Helping each other...

Lachlan, Jordan and Ethan having fun with the pool balls...

The trailer's new home :)

Bit of adjustment done :)

The new home of the generator...

My youngest Brother Chris needed a bike for his new job... Russell had one that he was not using and would fit Chris much better anyway as he was taller... Chris needed to get stuff sorted with his laptop... Russell knew how to fix it... Chris' mower at home is not working so well these days... We had one that needs a little adjusting and then should work fine for him...

We needed to move the camper trailer under cover... Chris helped us move it into a great position so it was protective from the elements... We needed tiles to go under the hot water tank as it was going a little lopsided... Chris helped push the tank while Russell put tiles underneath so it was more steady on its 'legs'... We needed the generator moved up to the house for the next lot of long power loss... Chris helped Russell with getting it into position and a 200l water container is its cover for now...

These things we needed to do together. To help each other and to both come out winners... Thanks Chris for all your wonderful help. Thanks for bringing the three boys out as we had a ball having them (and you off course) here...

Cheers Damaris

Shaving time...

Bailey, shaved and having a rest at my feet :)

I love it when I get to shave the dogs... I have always done it with Bailey and now with Nova as well. We have set of Wahl clippers and they have not let us down yet. The ones that we have you can even clip cattle with it... And horses... Not that I would but handy to know that they are capable. They have been worth every cent. Yes they cost allot for clippers but boy do they do their job. :)

I use it to cut the boys and Russell's hair as well of course. Saves us a fortune not having to go to the Hairdresser... I actually started doing it as Russell's mum used to always do his. The only time in his whole life he has gone to a Hairdresser was on the day of our wedding. lol

Then with Timothy being the way that he is I did it with him as well and then did all of them in the end as it was much easier that way. They only get crew cuts but will have to learn some sorts of techniques I guess once they want actual cuts...

So back to the dogs... I love to do them at the moment as we have had allot of rain and as I have mentioned before we currently have a huge amount of burrs... So with the shave off they came as well. Yay!!! Gotta be happy about that.

Russell and Joshua help me hold them when I get to the tricky areas and the bits underneath. Timothy does the hair cleanup. All of this gets done outside off course. No way that I would do it inside. Not that I can at the moment anyway as we have chicks in the bathroom. Don't want to give them any ideas... lol

So now they are done and over their 'trauma'. No they are not fussed on getting done but know that they feel so much better for it afterwards. :)

Cheers Damaris

Chicks update...

Babies nearly ready to be sent outside in one of the cages...

They are growing at an alarming rate... Last Saturday I ended up getting another little one about the same age as our six... It was a left over from a hatchery visit to a school and had no home so instead of it going to the RSPCA we ended up getting it. :) Believe it is a rooster though which means that he grows up and goes to the Pig n Calf... with the other two that I think we have.

Four hens though is looking good :)

Cheers Damaris

Burrs, burrs and more burrs...

What I got out of Nova and Bailey yesterday mid morning...

We have had so much rain lately that we are not inundated with burrs all over the place, especially in our yard area...

This means off course that every time that the dogs go outside for their business or to sun themselves, they end up looking terrible with them all over the fur as well as their paws... Makes it rather uncomfortable for the darlings as we have to deburr them every time they come inside... On the other hand all I seem to be sweeping up at the moment is burrs... grrrr

I must say I don't like them at all and can't wait for them to have had their season and be gone already...

Cheers Damaris

Helping out...

Lots of people enjoying the Field Day :)

Last Tuesday, I had the pleasure in helping out with catering for our local Hall... We were asked to cater for people attending a Field Day at a local Dairy. It was arranged through Landcare... I had had the invite and was wanting to go but opted to help out with the catering instead...

A lovely day it was. I enjoyed meeting new ladies from our area as well. :)

Cheers Damaris