Sunday 8th December 2024

Sunday 8^th December

SHE SAID:

Tim turned up around 8am with a trailer to move some sheep to their other property, as they need shearing. Geoff help him wrangle them into the holding area. I think Geoff enjoys helping out; he’ll be chewing on a corn stalk before long! LOL!

Otherwise, it was a quiet day, with chicken checking & computing, with a 45min Skype with Mum in the late afternoon.

Evening roost of chickens
Praying Mantis

The garden & views at Gardenup

HE SAID:

I'm learning a little of small farm life here, which is an interesting change. I've not had much to do with farm animals, growing up in Canberra, but I have mostly enjoyed my few, minor interactions. There is no way that I could be a farmer, though. The stress of rain, no rain, too much rain, rain in the wrong place, too hot, too cold, crop diseases, animal diseases, poor prices, fluctuating export conditions etc would do my head in.

Australia dismissed India quickly and needed just 19 runs in the second innings to with the second test. The unfortunate thing about such a dominating victory is that I now miss out on two and a half days of cricket!

A lovely meat pie, mash and veg went down well for dinner.