Day 149 of 2025

A small boy insists that I park at the school's 'top' carpark so that we can count the steps.

There are 40!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 148 of 2025

 

Remember the two pigs our son-in-law got out the back of the farm?

Two big bags of bacon now reside in our freezer (and two in their freezer).

Yum.

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Raewyn

Day 147 of 2025

You're seeing a little more of Odie this week as I am on Ganma duties before and after (and to and from) school while his parents are on holiday.

We wanted to check out the river after the heavy rain the night before - verdict - the river is up but it's not a flood.

The MOML had planned to have the cows over the river the night before but thought he'd better change plans/paddocks because of the forecast.

It was up enough (higher than where Odie is standing) that they would have been stranded and missed the morning milking.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 146 of 2025

Having a flock of chickens run at you at feed time can be daunting for the kids.

Odie's realised that if you run fast you don't get crowded by chooks and it's a lot more fun!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn 

Day 145 of 2025

The neighbour has lent us a few of his sheep to get the grass in the orchard back under control.

It's going to take them a while!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn 

Day 144 of 2025

Saturday sport.

Kaliah of the Pink Girl Power team had a great game!

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Raewyn

Day 143 of 2025

Odie comes up with multiple ways of keeping himself amused while his mother plays hockey.

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Raewyn

Day 142 of 2025

Odie helping Gandad with his log.

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Raewyn

Day 141 of 2025

Another beautiful morning.

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Raewyn

Day 140 of 2025

Happy cows on an autumn morning.

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Raewyn

Day 139 of 2025

Valentines/Anniversary Bear has become Laser-eye Bear. Sigh!!!!

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Raewyn

Day 138 of 2025

I'm going with another photo that I obviously didn't take 

(totally breaking my rules for my photo-a-day mission).

I didn't get many photos today; we had a family get-together for our 40th wedding anniversary.

A fun day with a nice full house.

Haha I always insist on cake but wanted a no-fuss one......hence the Valentines Day Lego bear and the sprinkles and - to the kids' delight, chocolate fish!!!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 137 of 2025

Company on my morning hill walk!

Yes, it's very obviously that it was my sister taking the selfie so technically it's not one of my photos - I did take a selfie at the same time but, due to typical-Raewyn-ness, hers is so much better!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 136 of 2025

Special roses for me from the MOML.

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Raewyn

Day 135 of 2025

The MOML has been focussed on tidying up trees lately; for firewood (dry for this winter, wet for next winter). But he's eyeing up this big Totara log to make a special sign for out the back.

I will watch this space!!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 134 of 2025

With the cooler weather Tammy Cat is more open to snuggles and cuddles.

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Raewyn

Day 133 of 2025

After years of nagging (!!) the MOML is putting up a new workshop/bike shed.

He's always needed a better place to work on vehicles, plus he needs somewhere safe to store his hobby bikes.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 132 of 2025

I amused myself by putting the chook food in a coconut shell that was lying around.

The chooks obviously don't mind where their food comes from but they decided four around it at once was a crowd, leaving just these two to empty it.

 See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 131 of 2025

Happy Mothers' Day!!

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Raewyn

Day 130 of 2025

Giving the cows their afternoon shift so that the MOML could go in and watch YD play hockey.

It was about 1 1/2 km walk to their new paddock - they didn't mind the walk but I took the bike!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 129 of 2025

I finally cleared a patch of garden for planting the pansies Lily insisted I buy (hehe) on Saturday.

Love that colour!

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Raewyn

Day 128 of 2025

All the heavy rain came before we finished fertilising the runoff this autumn.

The paddocks are really wet (ideal for pigs!) and the track out there is getting greasy.

Difficult for trucks.

It's poor, hungry country so we really didn't want it to miss out.

3/4 hour with a helicopter got the job completed for another year.

(Two hill paddocks just across the road were done too, saves me having kittens watching the MOML do it himself!)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 127 of 2025

Pigs are causing a huge amount of damage out at the runoff at the moment - digging up all the grass.

There are at least three mobs living within the area.

Son-in-law turned up on our doorstep with two pigs so a last minute hanging set-up was needed.

Keeping to his philosophy of hunt-to-eat, these will become bacon.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 126 of 2025

If it wasn't for my morning walks, sometimes I wouldn't have a daily photo.

Love these spectacular mornings!

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Raewyn

Day 125 of 2025

Apparently it's called 'ballooning', swathes of spiderwebs across the paddocks after heavy rain.

Makes for some interesting sights.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 124 of 2025

George found the perfect tool for retrieving wayward frisbees.

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Raewyn

Day 123 of 2025

Winter sports has started for the grandies.

This year there is just blonde George playing rippa rugby.

He had a great first game.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn 

Day 122 of 2025

I got home from work and realised that I didn't have a photo for the day.

I heard the cows munching and thought I could get a cow photo.

Seems like I also got a sunset photo!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 121 of 2025

Two young children 'demanded' via video that I do some home baking for them.

How could I do anything but oblige?!

Anzac biscuits and Gingernuts.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 120 of 2025

The river has been up and down like a yo-yo in the last few days but it's now time to start the clean up; clearing debris and getting fences up again.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn