The Shrinking Dam
We should get some rain in April, and hopefully more than the 15mm we got in March, but […]
The Ducks Are Back
Four ducks have appeared at the dam, but I don’t think they look like the ones with the […]
Murphy’s Law
After taking my camera on the last three mornings and spending the whole time scanning the forest for […]
Winter Coats
After a few cold nights, the horses are getting their winter coats. 27 yo Bowie always shows the […]
Only One Casualty
We seem to have lost only one tree in the recent high winds. It is a large Jarrah […]
Oooh Aaaah
Many of the Marri trees are laden with huge gumnuts and on a quiet day, all you hear […]
If I Had Words
If I had words to make a day for you I’d sing you a morning golden and new […]
Fit to Burst
I will be watching this plant over the next couple of days as the buds are all about […]
Searching
I am taking the camera every morning now, at least until I get a photo of my elusive […]
Winter Grass
The 15mm of rain we have had over the last 2 weeks has been enough for the winter […]
Flash Down and Out
After four months out of action with a stifle injury, we managed 2 light lunging sessions before he […]
A Look into the Future
Once the goats are settled into our daily lives, the next plan is for some sheep in the […]
A New Dawn
I almost cannot describe the sense of relief I felt when I walked out at sunrise this morning […]
Ridiculously Cold
The animals spent all day trying to stay out of the strong southerly wind and catch any sun […]
Mum and Baby
I was thrilled to see the mum and baby kangaroos in the forest when I was walking the […]
City 24.6 – Country 4.6
Although we got slightly more rain than we did two weeks ago, once again the city got 20mm […]
New Growth
These mornings have a softness to them. For the last few days, there has been light cloud cover […]
Preparing for Rain
Today, Gardening Australia featured “Aunty Fran” an aboriginal elder in NSW who is not only a keeper and […]
Whhhhoooooshhhh
That was the awesome sound of 60+ black cockatoos flying barely 2m over my head as I was […]
Lime Vanilla Sherbert
That is the beautiful scent of the flower on our new Magnolia Kay Parris, you don’t even have […]
At Its Best
The Property looks at its best at this time of year with the green irrigated summer paddock contrasting […]
Here Comes the Capeweed
After only 8.5mm of rain a week ago, the Capeweed has started sprouting. This is our most […]
Marching Through March
Bipod used to be tripod. He lost one of his legs when we did the controlled burn 2 years […]
First Double Yolker
I found a whopper when I collected the eggs this afternoon. It was 89g compared to the normal […]
Sprinkler on the blink
The sprinkler looked nothing like this when I turned it on this morning, the water was barely trickling […]
Bull Ant Bites
Three days after getting stung, I am still on the anti-histamine/anti-inflammatory combo with the regular application of an […]
Preparing for Winter Pt II
It seems strange to be thinking of winter on a 31 degree day, but a couple of cool […]
Red’s Dead
Red died overnight. We had kept her in the fenced backyard during the day yesterday and got her […]
Baby Birds 4 weeks Old
Bill and Ben (although I am hoping they are both girls) are now 4 weeks old and have […]
Preparing for Winter
We moved the hay from the open bay into the feed shed to protect them from the main […]
Finished Fence
The last jobs on the fence were attaching the mesh to the star pickets, running the top wire […]
New Knot
We watched a video on YouTube to learn the figure of 8 knot so we could attach the […]
Rain Stopped Play
We were rained off the goat fence, so Brad disappeared into the shed to weld some plough discs […]
Fencing
We rolled out the 8/90/30 mesh and it is 5m short! or more realistically, the boundary is 5m […]
Survival
The young guineas survived their first night in the wild. I was very relieved to count all 14 […]
They Flew the Coop
I thought this image was a good illustration for today as the young guineas decided that they didn’t […]
City 20 – Country 1
We are still waiting for our first real downpour of autumn, the forecasts keep changing and the rain […]
Dragonfly Day
The promised showers didn’t eventuate today with 0.4mm recorded in Busselton. Just after 3pm I went to check […]
Egg Skelter
Red has stopped laying, so we are only getting 3 eggs a day now. Her last couple of […]
Ready for the Rain
They are forecasting 10-20mm of rain for Sunday, but the latest chart from the Bureau of Meteorology shows […]
Snake Skin
The snake has either grown almost half a metre or we have two. I found the snake skin […]
One of Those Days
The power went out when the I was in the middle of baking bread, running the dishwasher and washing […]
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