February 2017

February 2017 seemed to be quite a busy month! First and foremost on the agenda was the arrival of the rather magnificent Barney who came to stay with us for two months. He was just gorgeous and the girls absolutely adored him! However..........not enough to produce any calves 9 months and 10 days later..............but they adored him all the same and so did we.

He really was a big lovely gentle boy....

So apart from our failed attempt at calf production , we had more success with our duck pond building.........The overflow from the creek comes via this area so we let it run dry in Summer and dig it out a bit deeper each year as it silts up.

Waiting for it to fill up............

And the ducks DID well and truly appreciate it when it was full and overflowing with creek water...

Lilli suffered for her art..............and let herself be poked ,prodded and squished by two favourite little friends of ours on a visit....

As did little Insky ,when two budding young equestrians emerged in the same visit!

Although he TRIED to show his displeasure!!!! Not sure if he is crying or grinning!!!

Happy days with the arrival of a new member to the family . Little Georgie... This girl has a long sad story behind her which l will go into on another day. She probably deserves her own page all to herself sweet little thing that she is. Anyway, she arrived, and the boys loved her. Insky LOVES her and they are now an inseparable pair. Maxie 'loves' her too but in his annoying, aggressive, arrogant,irritating way..........bless him............

And my pond building began! Why I decided to start digging a great big hole in the ground in the middle of February is beyond me, but l did........

And l DO recall digging out about 900 daffodil bulbs out of this one hole!

Plastic went in........pond filled up...........

And landscaping happened. It was such fun! It was meant to be a frog pond but it was a bit too shady and it soon filled up with mosquitoes.........so l got fish and they love it......AND no mosquitoes! 

Then l stared my great divide! Aiming to create a garden room within the garden. Using the original vegie garden gate (which l filled with an old bed end to create a window ) and lattice to create a screen, l split the long area in two. I've planted Boston Ivy, Virginia Creeper, Jasmine ((((((((((Geoff doesn't know that bit yet as he hates the smell!!!!))))))) and Clematis. Maybe (hopefully) one day it will be a crazy riot of colour all times of the year with a window to peek through to the garden beyond.....

And looking back towards the house from the other side. Now with two pencil pines in place and hollyhocks galore. ONE DAY this garden will be spectacular!!

And pictures from mid Summer.............always beautiful.............. 

And always time to appreciate it................. 

Phew, February makes me exhausted just looking  at it l wonder if March was any easier?? !