Another one!

This morning l let Lala out into the paddock with her lambs. They thought it was great fun and in between bouts of sleeping in the sunshine and feeding,they had great games together with sometimes all 8 little legs off the ground at the same time!

 Exhausting though!!!

When Geoff got home we took a walk up the top of the big paddock as we hadn't been up there for a while. When we were at the top we noticed a sheep tucked along the fence line of the paddock we had just come from. When we thought about we realised it was Pookie as we hadn't seen her when we had walked through. We went back down to check her out and there she was with one little lamb! It was getting cool and the lamb had been born quite late in the evening and was still wet and very cold so we hoisted her up and slowly made our way down to the yards. It's a nice feeling knowing their first night is snuggled up in warm bed as opposed to a wet paddock!! Pookie had a feed, a drink and some hay and settled down for a rest beside her new baby.

 Yep, hard to see, quite yellow and tiny but there IS a lamb in that hay!!

Roof!!

The roof has begun..............................!!!

Baby Girls

The baby girls are doing well. They are totally adorable as all baby lambs are.This one is especially sweet as she has a floppy ear. l am not sure if it will straighten, its been like that from day one.

Her little sister is slightly bigger and stronger.

 Just as cute!!!

But wait..there's more!!!

l was quite fascinated this morning with the droplets of rain that were sitting on top of one of the bird baths. It looked quite beautiful. Like lots of little diamonds l thought. And luckily l DIDN'T drop my camera into the water!

The little calf is doing well. It's so hard to get a good photograph this time of year. Everything seems grey and lacking colour! The subject being all black doesn't help either!

And to separate her from the 'creche' is even harder!! They are a close knit little bunch this lot!

And have a look at this!!!!! What a sad sorry little sight! Born this afternoon. Under the Macracarpa Trees. Lalas first! Bit of a surprise (for us as well as Lala l would imagine!). We thought she looked a bit restless this morning and along these two came about 3.30pm this afternoon!

Yes. Twins! Very cold, a tiny bit yellow. And l think both girls!!!

They are snuggled up in hay tonight in the lean to shelter. They were wet and covered in mud and needed a bit of TLC  on their first night out!

And an interesting swirl of mist hovering around today. Quite eerie really!!

Can almost hear them banjos playin'!!

 

Friday the 13th!!

A rather  ghoulish sight on the road as l drove to work this morning.

A black dog tucking into a bit of road kill. A wallaby l would imagine. Rather apt for this day l thought!. He certainly looked the part!!

The dog is in fact the crazy, happy, over friendly dog that lives with the pig! It just seems to have a taste for dead things and hunts up and down the road most mornings dragging animals back to its house!

I'm sure the owners love it! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New July Arrival!

Today Auntie Jack had her calf! She was restless all morning and circumnavigated the paddock several times. Any chance of her having a quiet birth on her own WASN'T going to happen! Auntie Poppy and Auntie Blue followed her faithfully wherever she went.

l missed the birth by minutes! Isn't that always the way? l was in the paddock next door snipping blackberries and THOUGHT l had a close eye and ear on her but within 15 minutes of me last checking, the calf was born surrounded by loving family!!!

 Quickly licked and cleaned by a very surprised first time Mum!

 Chooks looked on

It wasn't long at all till she was up on her little wobbly feet. 

Sort of!!

Blue was verging on being annoying l must say! Poppy wandered off once she knew all was well but Blue didn't! She was fascinated!



Geoff determining if it's a boy or a girl.....................definitely a girl as l thought! And so tiny!!

Goats looked on........horse didn't!

Looking like a cross between a new born seal pup

 and a water buffalo.................

 she has done well, is drinking and even trying to frolic!

Welcome to the world little girl!!

Fog Lines!

There are many places you can live down here in the Huon Valley. You can live on the Valley floor with flat green pasture and rich soils or you can live high up on the tops of the hills with all day sun and views for miles and miles. You can live halfway up the sides in wooded wonderlands surrounded by tree ferns and wildlife ,but the one thing that separates people the most is if you live 'above' or 'below' the fog line!!For a large proportion of the time during Winter, Spring and Autumn as well, the Valley fills up with the thick cold misty fog from the River. To see it from above is quite beautiful. It looks like a lake of white snow, with no hint of what lies beneath On really bad days like last Sunday the fog lifted at 1pm for about 50 minutes before it descended again!!!. When l used to work in town l would leave my little cottage rugged up with scarves, hats and gloves, but as l climbed out of the  Valley all of a sudden l would be in brilliant sunshine and off all the layers would come! It used to feel like another world 'back down there!!!!'
We now live 'above' the fog line and this morning was a classic example as l left the house in (very cold  though!!) beautiful sunshine only to climb down into the murky grey and dismal land of the 'below the fog liners'!!!
On the bright side though it's always beautiful and one of the very rare times you can take a direct photo of the Sun and not have to worry about glare!

Colourful boats and an inquisitive swan in Franklin ( this was a RARE day l left home early enough to stop and take pictures on the way!)

The Sun trying its hardest to break through!

No, its not the Moon!

All in all, out of the fog or in it.......its a pretty stunning drive to work each morning whatever the weather!!