Six Degrees Below
At just over 2 degrees C this morning it was 6 degrees below the average for this time […]
Planning the Harvest
The oats are looking ready for cutting for hay. Some of the paddock looks like it is browning […]
Chicks at the Ugly Stage
At 3 and a 1/2 weeks old the chicks are in their in between ugly stage, just half […]
Forest of Scented Sun Orchids
In a couple of weeks the forest is going to be filled with a mass of scented sun […]
Rainbow Rosella
I arrived back home to capture my first image of a couple of Western Rosella parrots. I have […]
Solar Gate Opener Fixed
The solar powered motorised gate opener is wonderful when it works…..We installed and wired it ourselves and I […]
Budding Horns
At just over 4 weeks, the kids horns are forming. Although she is smaller, Crumpler seems to be […]
Slashing the Plantation
Slashing helps keep the weeds down, reduces the fuel load – and fire risk – and makes the […]
Burly Burl
An enormous burl is forming on one of the large Jarrah trees in the forest. The burl wood […]
Rain Returns
Another 10mm in the rain gauge, so it looks like October will be wetter than average – which […]
Widening the Fire Breaks
Brad ran round the boundary with the slasher to widen the fire breaks. They will need to be […]
Chicks Getting Wing Feathers
At two weeks old the chicks are getting their wing feathers and look much more sturdy and less […]
Enjoying the Sunshine
The horses have just been hanging round the stables even with the gates left open, but with the […]
Epic Sunrise
At 8 degrees it was a couple of degrees warmer than the last couple of days and the […]
Organic Pest Control
In an attempt to protect the greens from the White Cabbage Butterfly, Brad installed some decoys. The theory […]
Sunbathing
All the animals knew what to do when the sun came out, the goats on their own private […]
Cutleaf Guinea Flower
These common yellow Hibbertia are sometimes called Guinea flowers as they are supposed to resemble the British guinea […]
Brad finds Greenhouse Panel
A week after the big storm blew out one of the panels in the greenhouse, Brad found it […]
Cowslip Orchids
These are our most prolific orchids, occurring in big bright patches throughout the forest. The Cowslip Orchid (Caladenia […]
Picking Up Sticks
Some of the sticks were bigger than others. Brad used the tractor to clear the last of the […]
Yellow Flag
These bright Yellow Flags (Patersonia umbrosa var. xanthina) occur throughout the south-west. They are part of the iris […]
Brad Weeding
While I am in the UK for 10 days, Brad is on farm and guest post duty to […]
Leafy Sundew
The Leafy Sundew is a very delicate flower that doesn’t last long and quite belies the carnivorous nature […]
Milkmaids
The Milkmaid or Kara is one of our most common and prolific flowers. It used to form a […]
Fake Freesias
We have quite a large patch of what I thought were freesias near the gate on the west […]
Storm Casualty 3+
A number of trees came down on the west boundary of the property, both on the road and […]
Storm Casualty 2
A large Marri tree crashed down over the fence in the goat paddock. We were lucky that it […]
Storm Casualty 1
I was very relieved to see the greenhouse was still standing after the storm and probably a bit […]
Wind and Rain Forecast
Wind and Rain received. I knew it was coming, but it was still horrible. We had 30mm of […]
Ripening
Another week has passed and the oats are looking well formed. I don’t want to harvest them for […]
Coppery Sheen
27 y.o. Bowie has beautiful copper highlights in his coat that glint and gleam when the sun catches […]
Time to turn the fence on
The kids are two weeks old now and are getting a bit too comfortable round the fence line. […]
Fullish Moon
I spotted the moon rising through the trees near the house and thought it was a full one. […]
Mama and her Chicks
Mama looks very proud showing off her new babies, I didn’t let on that I knew they weren’t […]
First Hailstorm
Giving a bit of variety to the precipitation, just before 8am we got our first ever hail since […]
Still Raining
I woke to another wet morning. I am sure when the weather heats up I will be wishing […]
Gorgeous Crumpler
Off course we love all our little ones equally, but actually Crumpler is my favourite. She is less […]
More Monochrome Rain
I love how the rain softens the view, and washes out the colours. It is almost as if […]
Curious Rose
Rose is living up to her first born status and is much more bold and inquisitive than Crumpler. […]
Rain at 07:24
The promised rain started an hour after the golden sunrise. It was fairly light but took our total […]
Sunrise at 06:24
The red faded into gold as the sun came up, but the clouds were forecasting rain.
Stunning Red Sky at 06:14
Ten minutes before the sun actually came up, the colour in the clouds was like liquid copper, shimmering […]
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