Capricopia Farm
We chose the name Capricopia Farm as it means lots of goats in Latin. The logo references the […]
And then everything stopped
Eight years ago today, my mum died and this blog died with her. I had been documenting life […]
Lessons Learned
Today’s lessons included always taking my camera (again) and the importance of getting the young guineas into their cage […]
Brutal start, Beautiful Sunrise
The day did not start out as beautifully as the sunrise suggests. Shorty started barking at a fox about […]
King Kenny
Food is a great way to build trust with animals and I am working on the new sheep. […]
Racing Rainbows
During autumn and winter, I am always dodging showers and racing rainbows when doing the farm chores. […]
Sheep Shelter
There are no trees in the paddock and the shade from the verge trees will not reach the […]
Golden Shredded Cloud
The sunrise looked like it had a rippled golden, potato chip or shredded wheat hanging in the sky. […]
Misty Sunrise
Only 20 minutes after the white out, the sun started to punch through the fog. It made it […]
White Out
The world did not exist beyond our deck this morning as a thick blanket of fog blocked everything […]
Flare Up
Brad went off to to help mop up the neighbour’s fire with the Kaloorup Bush Fire Brigade at 5pm. […]
Burn Permit Required
The total fire ban has been lifted for the year, but you still need a permit to burn […]
Rare Cloud Formation
You can almost feel the texture in this cloud and I thought it looked like rippled silk. I […]
Native Black Bee
It is furry, mostly black with white patches and I can’t find anything that describes it exactly on the […]
Dark Mackerel at Sunrise
There was a perfect example of a Mackerel sky this morning just after 7am. The winds have […]
Whispering Sheoak
Wind moving through the Sheoak (Allocasuarina) makes a wonderful, whooshing, whispering sound. There have been quite strong southerly […]
Breathtaking
The sky was breathtaking just before sunrise at 6.40 am. The clouds highlighted the difference between the blue […]
Cold Morning, Cool Day
It got down to 5.5 deg C this morning and stayed cool all day, reaching a max of […]
First Rain of 2014
It started to rain just after 1pm and we ended up with 8.2mm when it stopped in the […]
Barely a splash
All afternoon, I had been watching the rain radar with fingers crossed for some rain to break the […]
Red Sky Confusion
We haven’t had rain for 4 months, but some storms north of us gave us some interesting clouds. […]
Pony Express
Horses love routine and always come in for tea at the same time in the same order. They […]
Waiting
This ibis had obviously heard how good life is for all wildlife on this farm. (I have even […]
March Dam Level
The water level in the dam is not as low as it was this time last year. When […]
Season Break
There was some misty rain over the creek line this morning, but no moisture hit the ground here […]
Stick Spishy
Local artist Lauren Wilhelm paints and sculpts and made this amazing horse out of sticks she found on […]
Even Colder
It was a record breaking 5.5 degrees this morning. That is more than 7.5 below the average for […]
Sunrise at 06:29
The sun doesn’t come up now until almost 6.30am which means an extra hour in bed ! The […]
Purslane Wonder Weed
I had noticed this plant growing near the olive trees. It didn’t look like a noxious weed, so […]
Cold Smokey Morning 666
It was only 6 degrees at 6am this morning, more than 6 degrees cooler than the average for […]
Smokey Sunrise at 6:20
The smoke from yesterday’s fire lent a bit of colour and texture to the sunrise.
Fire Management Plan
Today I was glad that I had spent some time over the last couple of months working out […]
First Bottlebrush Flower
This is the first “bottlebrush” type flower to appear on the property. We have planted hundreds of different […]
Golden Dawn
It was a really warm night, with the temperature not dropping below 18. The high humidity and clouds […]
More Dock
We have mostly managed to stay on top of the dock so I was surprised to find a big […]
Afghan Melons
I spent a couple of days picking the afghan melons from the new oat paddock. They are actually […]
February Dam Level
The dam has dropped a bit after irrigating the summer paddock for 3 months, but there is plenty […]
Checking the Visitors
The guinea fowl looked like they were heading to check out the ducks who have made themselves at […]
Year End 2013
I took a bit of a walk round the property to check on our progress over the last […]
Narrow Winged Wattle
The Narrow Winged Wattle (Acacia stenoptera Benth.) looks like it is about to flower, which is either a […]
Sunrise 05:18
It was a very chilly morning, only 7 degrees – 5 degrees below average temperatures. The dam looked […]
Stairway to Heaven
I got up at 2:22am to get a drink of water and saw the moon reflected in the […]
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