Hello everyone!
it’s summer here now, finally had some rain after months without any. It was 38 degrees a few days ago, luckily back in the 20’s this week, sticky though as it’s stormy.
The animals are all doing fine, Piggies are ticking along as always. Finally some decent hay around again now that the farmers are cutting and bailing. We’d had some rubbish and expensive hay over winter.
They got new dinner plates that look like cabbage leaves!
The chickens don’t like the hot weather, but they cope okay. They’re all laying again which means I find eggs in random locations on the property.. such as Cotton Tail, she used an un-used outside pram for a nest. They do have nest boxes by the way!
The horses are okay, There is no grass left in the paddocks due to no rain over spring. The price of hay has been extortionate recently. We use to buy a round of hay for $70..now they are $120. Small squares have gone from $8-10 up to $15-22.
But they are all fat and happy. Lucy is slowly recovering from her hock injury, I think she’ll be retired from riding now. Which is sad, but I’m okay with.
I’m desperately missing riding, really hoping to get my arse in gear and get Binki and/or Cappa back into work.
Oscar had a sit of Lucy last week which felt special, my first Pony with my first child.
Oscar is just over 5 months old now, he’s such a good little baby and I can’t stop smiling about how cute he is all the time. I love him so much. I’m proud of how I’ve become a ‘mum’. I really wasn’t sure how I was going to go with it all as in all honestly..I never liked kids haha.. But yet here I am, absolutely in love with my little boy.
We had Jon’s mum and Auntie here for 4 weeks recently, I found it really difficult. They are lovely but it was hard work.
One of my sisters (whom came last time) is coming back again in January which I’m looking forward too.
I’m incredibly missing my family at the moment, I just want them to be here and apart of mine and Oscar’s life. It can be a bit lonely . But I’m happy..but raising a child isn’t the same without my family. I love my life here though, just wish my family lived down the road..not the other side of the world.
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