Louise!

 
Is a good girl after her bath.

New concrete slab

 
Out the back door.

Cedar her good self

 
watching the calvings

Mother and son

 
Curley and Popeye

See the rain?

 

It was raining

 
...when Lolly was born so Toffee covered her with straw. Awwww...

Lolly the baby heifer

 
Three days old in this photo.

Popeye the new bull

 
Popeye, our bull calf, joins Lolly only three days older. Welcome to Cedars Fields!

A calf is born

This afternoon as the rain set in. M spotted Toffee in the far paddock with her tail in the air, indicating possible contractions. So we herded Toffee and Curly over to the house paddock, where Toffee got down to sitting and standing and checking out the shed, where her calf was born about two hours later. In the heavy rain. M called the calf "Lolly". Photos soon.

New Agistees

With us for a little while. Sugar and Roxy (left and right).

Panda the Cat

Sunny and dogs swimming

 

Sunny at Sunday Lunch

 
over the back fence

Cows are Pregnant!

So excited. Visited the girls in the seven acre paddock on Saturday. Straight away we could see their udders were down. O reckons they should only by 5-6 weeks away from calving.

Wash Bays built

Nice one O. You spent two weekends to build two washbays for your horsies.

Swine Flu

It was Equine Flu two years ago. Seems mean to call it Swine Flu when I've got it. H1N1. Poor A had it first over the weekend and he looked bad. Then on Monday O and me got the first taste of what could have been a chest cold, with that metallic infection taste like it's building into bronchitis. By the late afternoon we started getting the chills and headaches. Felt pretty bad. Off to the doctor on Tue morning. Panadol and Sudafed, strong cough mixture, throat lozenges and plenty of rest. The rest of the week off work. Tuesday evening fever intensifies with all the aches and pains. If you dont move it doesnt hurt. Hard to read when your eyes are constantly watering. Listless channel surf. Worst sleep ever that night, headaches too bad. Felt truly horrible on Wednesday. Wondering if it could possibly get worse - if it does I'd be calling an ambulance. Thankfully that night fever broke - sweat everywhere - and I slept like a baby without waking for two four hour stretches. Probably nap through the rest of Thursday. to be continued ...

Keisha leaves

We said goodbye, at least for now, to our hornless unicorn, Keisha last Saturday. Her owner L is busy with new bub, so to save money, back to Dad's farm in Dungog. The herd is a little unbalanced without her exuberance. Sunny is looking a little sad about it.

Peaceful Dove

We were sitting indoors by the fire on a cold but sunny weekend morning. The distinctive call of the Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida) made us both look up from our books. The day was otherwise silent but for the dove's brief call. Noteworthy and rather nice. (click on title for link)

Swans are breeding

The beautiful Black Swan, Cygnus atratus, is breeding in the pools of the wetlands below our place. Hundreds of breeding pairs, black necks poking above the grass. So much rain.

Quirindi ODE

 
O and Evie getting warmed up on a very windy day for dressage.