We are now officially in spring-summer mode as we go into our long weekend from work… “hahaha” I say, “a farmer’s work is never done!” but I decided since it was a beautiful day today, I would take Leigh out for a joy ride in the merc… since she has had her roof fixed and we can now put the top down.
It was a lovely drive down to a country diner to have lunch – pizza and drink – then on to the beach on the east coast in Amberley (about 1hour away). Home via the east coast and back (in a big circle) to our home at the foot of the mountains, (took us about 4 hours round trip).
On another note… Ema – our lamb is now 1 month and 1 week and few days old, she is now in the paddock 24/7 and sleeps with the other lambs/mamas and wethers. She still has her milk from a bottle 4 times a day, with the last feed at night 10pm/11pm given by Leigh.
She is still feisty and will get out of the paddock any chance she can, and so we have spent quite a bit of time putting up netting around the house fence to keep her in. It’s only a matter of time until she gets too big to fit through the fence wire, but in the mean time she is constantly trying to get out if she hears our voices.
Nico is a little sad today… his bested friend Louie is no longer around… Nico has been looking for him all day, and he has been meowing at us when he comes inside. Unfortunately our neighbour rang to say that Louie had been run over on the road outside their house in the late evening, so now we have a sad memory of Louie.
Bye from us all at Fairwether farm …
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