Day 287 of 2024

I enjoyed a hill walk today.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 285 of 2024

Ganma duties again, feeding Pikachu and Leah when the family had a busy day.

They are slowly quietening down (were 1 month old and very un-tame when their mother died and they went to live with Lily and George).

Pikachu is definitely the greedy, and quieter, one - Leah moved as far from me as she could the minute she had decided she'd had enough to drink.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 284 of 2024

Two pet calves came over to Ganma's house for a visit so had to be walked home again!

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Raewyn

Day 283 of 2024

Always great to have a small (big) boy's help with the calves.

We were weaning this mob, taking them out the back to the runoff.

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Raewyn 

Day 282 of 2024

Just enjoying a bit of sun.

I can never get a decent photo of my black girl, she is the one laying the green eggs, so in spite of the rather sinister face, she's quite special!

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Raewyn

Day 281 of 2024

The rambling, wild rose has just started flowering - a fabulous splash of colour!

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Raewyn

Day 280 of 2024

It's always good when you can get into a paddock and park the feeder before the calves come over for their milk.

They were so busy grazing that lush grass that they weren't too interested in me.

These were to be weaned in a couple of days and this is a great sign for successful weaning.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 279 of 2024

Yes, it's been a while.

I'll spend a few days catching up again!

One advantage of not having a proper clean out of the vege garden in the Autumn, is that there are extra-early potatoes in the spring!

(October 5th photo)

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Raewyn

Day 278 of 2024

The ultimate in Milky Moustaches!

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Raewyn

Day 277 of 2024

The calf shed is starting to look a little empty these days, as calving slows down and older calves move out onto the farm. 

These guys have plenty of room to stretch their legs after their feed!

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn

Day 276 of 2024

"Rural Scene"

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Raewyn

Day 275 of 2024

One of these things is not like the others.....

I can't believe it took me 7 weeks to notice this tail!!!

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Raewyn

Day 274 of 2024

Mountain calves.

It's always cool to have the calves up in the back hill paddocks.

4-wheel drive needed to get up there and limited spots for parking the feeder on level ground!

But plenty of grass.

You can see that as soon as they finish their milk feed (some still sucking to the right of the photo) their heads go down and they start grazing.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 273 of 2024

Overnight, sometime recently, the beekeepers brought the hives out to our bush areas.

The (white) manuka is starting to flower and the bees are starting to get busy.

On a warm spring day you can smell the honey they're making. 

Delicious!!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 272 of 2024

Little did they know it, but this was the last milk feed for this mob.

They followed the feeder up the the first part of the track to the runoff, had their last feed, then carried on out to the runoff to lush grass.

Woot woot. One less mob for me to feed!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 271 of 2024

This appealed to me.

Cow Number 1 first in the shed....

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn