Settlement Day!

Today we said a final goodbye to 23 Watsons Road Glen Huon! Settlement went through without a hitch and the money is now in the bank! (Momentarily!!!)
Glad it's all over and we can finally be 'single house' owners!! Something we haven't been for several years!
Best Wishes to the new owners. May they have many happy memories to come in the old girl!!!

And another.....

And another.........taken from the off-takes at Christmas This one was just for me. l asked Simon to piece together some footage of Geoff and team it up with my fav track of all time......
Bob Dylan singing Forever Young. Who could ask for more? Check out the bit when the head collar falls off the big horse. Great smile........ Love it !
http://vimeo.com/68931993

Putting it out there!!!

The following link is a video of a song that l wrote a few years ago. When my brother came down for Christmas last year he filmed it for us. l don't love it (who ever does like looking at and hearing themselves??) but l do love the footage of us and the farm and especially Geoff looking like some farmer from the backwoods of America in the 1940's! Nothing was planned ,it's just a compilation of random footage taken during the day. He has done an amazing job even though the whole thing was recorded on his iphone hidden in the little pile of hay at my feet in the barn!
l have written the lyrics below to give you more of an idea. l hope you enjoy it!

https://vimeo.com/68836617

A wise man once told me
This worlds on its side
It's weary and aching, broken and tired
So he said ,ask all the questions
Don't put up with no lies
And watch all the footprints you leave behind
He said your gonna reap what you sow girl
And the whole of mankind
You've got to love this place that you leave behind
For the next generation, the new and the young
Should they have our mistakes when we are gone?
He said your gonna reap what you sow girl
And the whole of mankind
And watch all the footprints that you leave behind
Reap what you sow girl, reap what you sow
Reap what you sow girl...............



 

Still Frozen!

4pm next afternoon........... wheelbarrow ice still lying on the grass frozen!

A quick final trip to Glen Huon today to collect our last load of stuff!

 Brought it all back rather precariously on the back of the Ute! It all stayed on though!

Still hibernating!!!!

The Shortest Day..Thank goodness! Also possibly the coldest day!!! Only 4 degrees at 3.30pm. All the ice l tipped out of the wheelbarrows is still lying on the ground. It will refreeze there tonight and be thicker in the morning!!!!

 Hairy car???

 No..just a very frosty one!

It gave me a little smile this morning when l saw the warm patches of grass (and the little piles of poo!) where the sheep had been asleep whilst the ground froze around them.

l then found it way funnier to find the big fellow had done exactly the same thing and l had this perfect non frozen horse imprint on the ground!!!

 Or was l just imagining it???

Fat Bottomed Girls!!!

They love the hay...............Mama Poppy in the middle with her baby girls. Smokey on the right and Blue to her left....................................................Note fat goat Toggles on far right chomping on the hay from the other side of the fence!!!!

And Auntie Jack unimpressed at not being able to fit in!!!!!!!!!!!! The fact that she is so full she is about to explode is beside the point as far as she in concerned!!!!

Winters here!

Winter is truly settling in. The rains are finally coming, as is the fog,mist and damp mornings.

The cows spend their days huddled around their permanent lolly shop!!!!

There are no more leaves on the Walnut Tree..

Just a few random patches of colour still around...

And the gypsy wagon sits covered up, patiently waiting for Spring and more daylight hours!

Max is still annoying though!!!!!!!!!!!!! Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter..that will never change!!!

 Very ............ 

Very annoying.............

But revenge is oh so sweet sometimes!!!!!

 Good one Clips!!