The old Blue Tractor
We have to go out to one of the back paddocks to retrieve the old blue tractor. We’ve only had 3 mm of rain so we should get there up the black soil tracks. On the way we see a number of ...
Frosty morning
Come with me on a walk beside the road paddock. Watch out for the sloppy cow pads as the weaners are feasting on the clover. Yesterday they escaped but today they are heads down and bums up, ...
Paying attention in the silence.
I have just been listening to author Charlotte Wood talking on ABC radio. She was considering the value of stillness, the ‘richness of silence’ and quiet especially for the creative ...
A Day in the life of a farmer after the rain
I’ll take you on a quick tour . We are just moving the weaners onto new feed. The irony now is we do not have enough cattle to eat all the grass! The dogs help us shift them quickly, as the ...
Wine and Cheese
My blog focus has changed in these ‘unprecedented times’. We have been isolating since March 5th, because as the kids remind us, we are in the vulnerable age group. This is fine as we ...
Moving Day
David has mended the leaky poly pipe and the blue float, so now it is time to try and move the cows. Without the help of any dogs sadly. We bump along the weedy track to the highest point on our ...
Come for a Drive?
Do you want to come on a drive? Not a Sunday drive but a Saturday drive though we are not really sure what day of the week it is!! We check the weaner calves and admire the vista across to the ...
Monelli and Me
Review of ‘Monelli and Me’ by Teena Raffa –Mulligan www.booksontourpr.wordpress.com Sea Song Publications 2020 www.seasongpublications.com a recently established small press publisher in WA. ...
Magpies
I love magpies. I see them in my garden every day and they have an ambivalent relationship with our old kelpie. He doesn’t mind sharing but he likes his space too. I have been down a rabbit ...