Day 262 of 2025

My aunty's garden must be looking beautiful right now!

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn

Day 261 of 2025

My sister-in-law and I found a Spotlight...and some yarn for random crocheting while sitting around!

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Raewyn

 

Day 260 of 2025

 

Back down in the Bay of Plenty spending time at the hospital with Mum.

A bonus is also spending time with all her siblings who also visit.

We also enjoyed massive muffins and scones for lunch at a nearby cafe!

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn

Day 259 of 2025

Yaay - more signs of springs -won't be long and the wisteria will be a buzzing and a humming in a mass of blooms!

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Raewyn

Day 258 of 2025

 

A view I don't usually photograph, looking back up at the sheds.

Mr Bull just hanging about.

See you tommorrow,
Raewyn

Day 257 of 2025

As would be expected at this time of the year, it wasn't great weather for beach activities at Russell. It was very windy. Surprisingly it was smooth sailing on the short ferry ride back and forth!

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Raewyn

Day 256 of 2025

YD and son-in-law's Fathers' Day gift was to give us 24 hours away - not usual for this time of the year.

While it was all hands on deck back home, we enjoyed a leisurely dinner at The Duke of Malborough in the historic town of Russell. 

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 255 of 2025

The school's annual production this year was Aladdin and all of the four of ours who attend the school took part, with varying roles. They had a blast.

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Raewyn

Day 254 of 2025

Another update from the cat chapters.

Tammy and Georgeous are co-existing......there's a lot of chasing; we're not sure if it's pussy cat games or sorting out the pecking order! We're pleased that we are no longer having to keep them separated.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 253 of 2025

I came back into the calfshed with another bucket of milk to see this!

Of course I had to take a photo before I told him to get off!

(No animals or children were harmed in the taking of this photo.)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 252 of 2025

So many shades of brown...and green!

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Raewyn

Day 251 of 2025

I missed the moment when they were glaring at each other (actually, Tammy cat was glaring, Georgeous was staring with a "will you play with me" look on his face).

At the moment, separation keeps our sanity.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 250 of 2025

Over three quarters of the herd has calved now; the paddocks are looking a bit fuller!

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Raewyn

Day 249 of 2025

We're still having to keep the two cats separated as Tammy Cat has her nose out of joint with the new kitten. It was his turn to spend the evening with us so he had a good explore of the cat tower.

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Raewyn

Day 248 of 2025

We ended up with 8 White Face/Hereford calves - 5 boys.

These three obliged and lined up ever so nicely for their photo shoot.

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Raewyn

 

Day 247 of 2025

The MOML delivered two calves to their new home today.

The Jersey bull calf is the only dairy bull calf born and we didn't have a home for him.

(For our dairy calves we use sexed semen during mating which means that there's over a 90% guarantee the calves born will be female - future milkers. This saves having a whole lot of (bull) bobby calves which used to go 'on the truck' at 4 days old.)

The other calf was a small twin - which is good and healthy - just a bit smaller than the others.

There's an older lady nearby who likes to rear a couple of calves each year, and these went to her place.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 246 of 2025

Odie 'helping' Gandad bring the new calvers in.

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Raewyn

Day 245 of 2025

Dehorning day for the calves. 

Quite a rigmarole - they needed to be fed by 7am and sorted and in the sheds - an early and organised start needed!

The vet was a bit late so I needed have rushed so much but oh well.

They're put to sleep so it's done painlessly.

(Just the dairy girls as all the Angus beef calves are born polled which means they don't grow horns.)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 244 of 2025

One little cat getting brave and exploring the house.

Yes he's very similar colouring to Tammy cat, with the addition of white.

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Raewyn

Day 243 of 2025

(Not the best photo sorry!)
I have been waiting and waiting for this new Magnolia to flower - it's one I bought after seeing on a Garden tour a couple of years ago.

After horrendous weather last night I was so pleased to see these blooms still intact!!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 242 of 2025

I visited the kids and their calves to see how they're getting on.

Lily and Licky.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn