Thursday 5th December 2024

Thursday 5^th December

SHE SAID:

We were surprised to find a rat in one of the traps this morning, a first since we have been here. Jacqueline had told us there were heaps around.

I wanted to check out a spot for the Club-lipped Spiders that I’d seen budding 3 weeks ago, near Manjimup, plus I hoped to find some Chestnut Suns too. No luck with the Chestnuts, & only 1 Club-lipped Spider open! That was a surprise; there were still heaps of buds, some a long way off still. I expected that in 3 weeks there would be heaps out!

“Minoes”, the cat, was dropped off here yesterday by the owners, who are away from their other farm for 5 days. I saw her wandering around up near the top pens. She is quite friendly & came over for a chat, though left as Geoff approached. She is a Russian Blue cat; grey & sleek.

Minoes, hard to photograph in in dull light
with a flash!

"Farmer Geoff" hard at it. 

I saw the "Cyberman" in a local 
Boyup Brook front garden!

HE SAID:

One of my tasks here is to dispatch any trapped rats. So, I did that before we went out on our orchid hunt. The target orchids were very scarce today, so it was really just a dim wander for me.