Frosty Mornings!

It's been a cold week here at Candlestick Farm. Well, cold everywhere in Tassie in fact! The past few days have given us some of the heaviest frosts l have come across since l have lived here and certainly the biggest since we have moved.

Everyone was cold and hungry!!

And waiting  at the gate to be fed...

Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.............

Please????

Happy sheep!

Happy frosty cows!

 Happy goats!

Although someone needs to tell Toggles to eat with her mouth shut!

These little critters don't seem to feel the cold at all though! Once  I had stomped the ice on their water buckets they went straight in for a swim!! Brrrrrrr!

 Glad to still have his rug on!

Cold but so very beautiful!

 

The Coral Barked Maple...

A lovely friend of mine last year MADE me buy this tree. She said 'Danni, in Winter when everything is grey this will be the main splash of colour in your garden.

You were right.....thank you Lynnie!

 

The Winter Dark.....

This strange photo is actually me walking down our road at some ungodly hour in the morning.  Trying to stave off the Winter Calories that inevitably come as the cold weather sets in. A brisk 4 kilometre walk down to the main highway and back meeting nobody except Wallabies and the occasional Quoll!! Hints of daylight can just about be seen on the far horizon!!

Not much different to the view l have on my way home at night! This time however the light is from my car headlights as l drive in as opposed to the beam from my torch in the morning.! Ahhh roll on Daylight Savings!!

How easy to be jealous of these lucky kids who have to do nothing all day except snooze in front of the warm fire!!

Double stacked to get the most warmth!

It's a hard life!!

 

Winter Colour

Mid Winter. The new month has brought more wintry weather, cold cold mornings and mainly remaining very chilly all day!!! l seem to recall last year was quite mild...........This one isn't!!

Not SO cold that l don't have to mow though!!! The grass is still growing regardless of the temperature. The Daffodils are shooting out of the ground so last weekend l hoisted the lawn mower out of the shed, dusted off the cobwebs  and filled it with fuel. l gave the whole garden a quick mow so the Daffs wont get lost amongst it all.

l love seeing them popping out everywhere!

l am also quite pleased about this little addition to the garden. A Hellebores that has finally flowered!! These were given to us by friends of ours a few years ago. They are planted in the deepest darkest spot under the Walnut Tree were the Sun NEVER shines!! This year, true to their word as genuine shade loving plants, they have flowered!!! Very happy!

And the Snow Drops are going crazy! Big clumps shooting up everywhere. Always good to see as it means one thing.........

Spring IS on its way!!!...........

 

A Visitor

A young Peregrine Falcon dropped by for a visit this morning  !!  He checked out the Chook Pen and was probably disappointed that there were no baby chicks for breakfast! Rather humorous  really as he sat on the head of the Bird Scaring Owl!!!!

Nice to see it works!!!!!!!!!

Another Day in the Life Of Max!

Maxie has a routine.....he sticks to it. He hates to change it. Every morning when they have both finished their breakfast l open the gate that divides their two yards. Clips ambles out into Maxie's yard to stand there and wonder what on earth is going to happen next and Max rushes into Clips' yard and rolls in the same spot ...every day.......without fail. He then goes over to his feed  bucket to see if the big fella has left a single piece of chaff........then rushes into his half of the stable to see if there is any hay left!

Some mornings, like this morning.....l had taken Clips' rug off and it was lying in the corner of his stable. This means that Max is not ALLOWED to go in there as he is a total rug trasher! Leave him alone with a rug for 5 minutes and he WILL rip it to shreds!

So the game begins........he runs in, we chase him out.......he runs in ...we chase him out.............

He spins around at the drop of a hat and runs back in.....................

He KNOWS that rug is in there!!.So does Geoff......!

And he WANTS to eat it!!!!.........the race is on!!

And NOTHING is going to stop the little terror!!!

Got there!!!.....

He is in...........!

He's chased out!!!

 He's not happy!!!!!

He ducks in again!!! Hahaaaaa...... the rug is there....................  ((Apologies for blurry photos. It's hard to keep the camera still when l am laughing !)) 

But so is Geoff!!!

Darn!!!.......Check out that face!!!

And then the chastising begins!!!

And the sulking................

And he gets led out in disgrace............

And he hates us!!!

We are noooooooooooo fun at all!!!

Ahhh though.........hang on...................!!

l have the bucket!!!!

Give it back??? Are you kidding??????

Nope!!!!

Not even if you say please!!!!

But l will help you carry it..............

But only if you will you come back soon????