more cattle and another selfie and NO sewing..........

my days are busy..........if not with town work, kids stuff,  Mr Chooky is needing me every free day.............

I wished I had my phone with me while I was driving the tractor and feeder the other day with all the cows in front of me running along to the feed troughs it looked pretty cool.......i thought of you lot.......actually it's probably safer that I didn't have it I was a bit wild driving it...........it's a very old tractor........

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We've just had a couple of days doing cattle work at another property............I snapped some pics on my phone as we went along.............

"r@pe" - (wild canola below) should be much higher then this it barely a foot.......this stuff can grow to about 6foot or more in a good season...........it's shot up into head and flowered fast  running out of moisture........

 found this pig in a mud puddle...........he was sick and got stick in it..........

if you look closely in the right of this pic in the shadows I snapped a live one running away................I tried to catch it but no luck..........it's about the size of a medium dog.........

 mustering .........

It's so rough on this country it's black cracking soil and just gets holes anywhere when dry.............it is very rough on a 4 wheeler bike and while mustering cattle sometimes i'm  racing along hanging on for dear life..........you can drop a tyre into them..............

 weighing the steers..............

hours on a bike mean numb bum sometimes but I got a break from the physical work poking down a lane with these............

  the clouds were wispy.......... 

wide open plains...............gorgeous........... 

clouds even cleared away......... 

One day was pretty warm and the next was freezing.........you can spot me coming with my bright beanies............... 

All this activity means no time to sew.........i'm too tired when i get home after 11hours out to do anything except wash some more clothes and fill the dishwasher.........

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We also had a "ladies" RFS (Rural Fire Services) training day for the ladies in out brigade........after all the fires in the last season we have been pretty active......so look out husbands we know a bit more now........we're not off to fires other then in our area......but we are the first response .....and of course we got to enjoy a good social day catching up with each other.....yummy morning tea and lunch..........

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Every "free" day is going to be be with Mr Chooky for the next month or so, so I may be quieter here.......unless you get more farm stuff.............

It's a unique experience living and working on a farm...............I would not swap it........

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........