holidays yeh right - busy time............

Holidays.........definietly NOT.........still haven't got to the bookwork or sewing.........but things have been hectic here..........so pleased to see the end of 2013 now I just need the end of the drought.........FIL is out of action again and looks like it will be for awhile....thank goodness Boy Wonder is around in school holidays as he has been working fulltime with Mr Chooky......feel bad about that but there is no other option..........

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So much has happened in the last week........lost a cow.............not sure what was wrong with her.........so now we have a 3rd calf........under a week old when we got her last Saturday.........introducing "Bell" as chosen by a friend............thinking old fashioned, sweet and cute but that night she bellowed............and bellowed........until lights were out and as soon as it was daylight she bellowed some more.............but she is the perfect poddy now.........she is very well behaved like Indy..........quite, lovely nature etc

Miss Charlotte on the other hand should have been a cheeky naughty name..........Charlotte is too sweet a name for her.............she is loud...........licks and slobbered everything and will nibble if she gets a chance - ouch..........she is pushy and strong willed..............

Here she is with Indy........Charlotte at the front........Indy relaxed on the path...........

they are still living in the garden along with 4 lambs but we have put  a couple of barriers up so  that contains them as the lambs are feral and run away instead of coming to the water etc...........

Water problems.............we have dams going off here and there...........2 cows got sick from the dam in this paddock............I think they refused to drink the water.........we didn't know and one esp was not so good..............managed to get them home and some special care and they are going well.............a new trough had to be found ASAP and installed............lucky we have already ripped pipe to that paddock just hadn't brought a trough..........so it was just a matter of connecting the pipes up..............see the cows are coming already for fresh water.......and it only just got finished.............

one of my absolute favourite foods at Christmas is toast with ham and then balsamic soaked tomato  and onion...........the longer they have been soaking the better..........it is something we have every year for breaky with the neighbors..............

watering has been cut back in the house yard so 2 lawns areas have died...........

it's a stuggle keeping up with the rest too with this heat and trying to cut back on watering...............the big house dam is going down and down.........who knows when it will rain so I need to keep water there to put to troughs in paddocks around the property............

just trying to keep things alive.........it is a battle....

and since I stopped watering the outer lawns the kangaroos decided to move in................so they are trimming one lawn and just moved to another one and the calves and lambs have the other one...........I haven't mowed for weeks and weeks..............

lots of roo poo..............and we have seen some big roos in here............

sunset one day last week........

Indy saying "hi"

a favourite spot for the calves is between a Cecile Brunner rose and a duranta...........

Bell having a rest.............

I was on the back of the ute emptying the feeder the other day and snapped these pics...............sheep coming into the ute............

trying to get to the front of the feed line...............

water is keeping us busy.............checking for bogged sheep and that the troughs have water is a constant job............

43 deg here today awful weather but not as bad as some placces...........45 or 46 is forecast here tomorrow............OUCH........and i have visitors coming - that will be interesting.........

Anyway off to bed.............

Catch you later

Chookyblue