Our new kid

Mr Divine wanted to get a new lawn mower.......

and he did.

Meet Clara-belle.

31/2 weeks of kid cuteness.

But the thing that excites me the most is.......

I now know I will not be that crazy cat lady later on in life (like I thought I would). I will now the the goat governess.

Storm Damage

New Zealand was hit by a huge storm last night. We got off quite light.

Our shade sail tore so Phil had to deal to it (see that stripped thing to the right? Its our peg bag that's tied to a line. As you can see its nearly flying).

A tree came down in the back paddock and took out a fence.

And this tree in the front fell over.

And here's Phil picking up the washing that has been strewn around the property. My neighbour 3 houses up the road tells me my knickers on her roof. lol.

Our posties fibre glass boat came through his ranch slider last night which would have been handy if their property flooded and friends nearly lost their roof. They had to re-fix it on this morning.

Flooding

We have had some bad flooding around our area.

Here are some daffodils.

The Waikato (pronounced Why-cut-oar) river spilling over the road.

See that post behind me? That's where the boats normally launch from.

This photo is just down the road from me. The flax bush is usually part of the garden and the white line to the left is the car park.

This house is going to need a boat to get to it.

Can you see the fence line in this paddock? NO, neither could we but it is there.

Boys at work

Peanut loves helping his dad doing all the farm chores.

Today it was wood chopping.

What a pair of cuties.

Piggies

I am selling my piggies. Its a sad, sad day.

You see, we have had a severe drought and now severe downpours.

This means we have no grass and lots of mud. Whilst pigs love mud they also love food and the breed of pigs we have eat mainly grass.

So I'm being very adult about this and hoping and praying they go to a good home and NOT the freezer.

My gorgeous Dudley and Delilah.

Piggy love

Love is...........

Dudley and Delilah.

Rain, rain go away!

As you can see the drought is well and truly over.

I can't believe only a couple of months ago the field looked like this, and the maize was harvested early due to lack of rain.

Luckily, the farmer moved his stock yesterday otherwise they would be brushing up on their swimming skills.

I wonder if these water views have increased our house price. Riparian rights anyone?

Ruth in the field

Seasons are a changing.

This was our outlook this morning.

Our neighbours maize fields.

My mid morning the harvest was well underway

And by dinner time our view was well.......

So, I decided to be like Ruth (out of the bible) and go and gather up the left overs

for our chickens and pigs.

There were so many ears of corn that we only gathered from a couple of rows before dark.

This is the reward of a evenings hunting and gathering. Can't wait to get out there again tomorrow.

Delilah

My husband said to me "Either find Dudley a girlfriend or it's time to eat him".

Basically, mate or plate him.

So....... I found him a girlfriend.

Drum roll please.

Here's Delilah (aka Houdini)

We only brought her yesterday and so far she has escaped twice. She is fiesty sow when she wants to be and has put up a huge fight both times we have tried to bring her back home.

If she escapes again I will be tempted to eat her!