Days 356 to 365 of 2025

 Catch up to tidy up the year - 

Day 356 of 2025 —

Life on the farm continues - with no rain during December, the pastures are rapidly drying out and the cows will need some extra feed. Time to bring bales home from our runoff (where we harvested) and buy in some from the neighbour.

Day 357 of 2025 —

Lured into the shed, and then to the loading ramp and onto the trailer; the last (milk) feed for these four. Then out to the runoff to graze in peace for the next few years!

Day 358 of 2025 —

Trying to get myself organised for Christmas Day!

Day 359 of 2025 —

A delicious Christmas lunch at ED's.

Day 360 of 2025 —

In 40 years of marriage, I have never seen my husband iron a shirt!!!
Needs Must!

Day 361 of 2025 —

A wonderful day spent celebrating Mum's life.

Day 362 of 2025 —

A Small Boy in a Big Chair!

Day 363 of 2025 —

Prior to Christmas, ED shared photos of how Christmassy her Hoya were looking, with lots of plants and flowers blooming red and white all over her work (consult) rooms...... We arrived home to see one (only) flower...sort of looking Christmassy but a bit too pink really. 

Day 364 of 2025 —

Cousin time

Day 365 of 2025 —

A cute way to end the year!
McGeorgeous is now well settled into our family. Still shy with strangers (disappears under the house) but comfortable in the house and with the rest of us.

This blog fell apart a bit after Mum died, but thank you so much for following it during 2025 while I documented (mostly) our lives - mostly farm and family.

I want to concentrate on my main blog this year as I have many undocumented sews and things to share.

Who knows, I could be back here one day :-)
[*Joanne* and *Sharon* are continuing on with their photo-a-day blogs.]

'til next time
Happy 2026

Raewyn

Day 355 of 2025

Father-Son time.

Nice to have our boy home for Christmas.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 354 of 2025

It was a cloudy evening - but somewhere up there is one more Star.

RIP Mum.

6-10-1937 - 20-12-2025

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 352 of 2025

The aftermath of Gingerbread Men decorating.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 348 of 2025

"You have to be careful where you stand or you'll get gobbled up"

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn 

Day 346 of 2025

We had three elves come visit us at the shop!

(Christmas themed dress up day at school.)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 345 of 2025

Finally we got the last 16 calves in for their pre-weaning 'sort out'.

And in 4 days time I'll be just feeding the smallest four!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 341 of 2025

Thumbs up from Miss Lily for a dinner of leftovers after son-in-law's work do the night before!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 333 of 2025

It's that time of the year again...the first of the family to start raiding our trees!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 332 of 2025

Picking the kids up after their school disco, I hoped I would get a photo.

I did, but not one of energetic children dancing but of Miss Lily showing me her cheerleading skills

in the playground. (Recognise the pose?!)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 325 of 2025

Dropping a small (!) boy off to school involves getting there early enough to have a good play before the bell rings!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 324 of 2025

Combined primary schools Kapa Haka Day.
Our girls were a bit nervous but did well.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 322 of 2025

 
Going through Mum's embroideries and photos to bring a pile home ♥
(Her new place doesn't have the wall space for many!)

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn

Day 321 of 2025

A delicious lunch out with my sister, mum and her sisters.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 319 of 2025

 
Best (hilarious) speech ever at my nephew's 21st.

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn

Day 315 of 2025

 
I never know what Odie and I will get up to.....!

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn

Day 313 of 2025

 

Lily's 'Gymnastics' club held its annual end of year performance.

She has been doing Cheerleading this year. That's her being held up by the other girls.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 307 of 2025

....and back to the workshop it goes....

(Thankfully just a dirty sparkplug.)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 302 of 2025

 

Athletics day at the local primary school.

Saydee throwing the discus.

Interestingly, this time, both (identical) twins tied for first place in overall points.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 301 of 2025

This rather random looking photo represents such a lot....!

At 5am I was down the road rounding up a mob of calves that had got out of the neighbours during the night - getting them off the road before traffic started up was my main concern.

(They'd walked/run 4.5 kms!!)

At 6am, on my way back from said neighbours to let them know their calves were out but safe, I encountered their cows on the road - an open gate meant they were streaming out everywhere! More stock control needed to 'contain' them.

At 6.45am on my way back home, I encountered two more of their calves on the road, so walked them back to our yards.

Phew.

At 7.30am when feeding OUR calves my phone flipped out of my pocket into the paddock.

At 9.30am we had our annual Shed Inspection - lots of paper work and compliance involved. However all went well. Phew.

10.30am MOML and I were back in the calves' paddock looking for my phone.

YAAAY He found it - I was so relieved that I promised him scones for lunch.

We deserved that after the morning we had!!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn