June 23 2014
The deadly deed is
done! Edd and I realised that we would not get our yards built before the dairy
heifer market day and we really did not want to keep them for another month.
After due consideration we rigged up a temporary ramp using yard panels gates
and the yard timber nailed together to form a ramp that was raised at the stock
crate end with concrete blocks.
done! Edd and I realised that we would not get our yards built before the dairy
heifer market day and we really did not want to keep them for another month.
After due consideration we rigged up a temporary ramp using yard panels gates
and the yard timber nailed together to form a ramp that was raised at the stock
crate end with concrete blocks.
Most of this set up
was lashed together with bits of rope, so when we got up on Monday morning to
try and load the girls both Edd and I had missed a lot of sleep just worrying.
These beasts are horned and quite heavy so forcing them to do something that
they do not want to even think about is OK with the right equipment but rather
dangerous without! It was a bit tricky and they broke out once, but we
eventually got them on board and they fetched a very reasonable price at
auction. It feels good when we turn our problems into cash!
was lashed together with bits of rope, so when we got up on Monday morning to
try and load the girls both Edd and I had missed a lot of sleep just worrying.
These beasts are horned and quite heavy so forcing them to do something that
they do not want to even think about is OK with the right equipment but rather
dangerous without! It was a bit tricky and they broke out once, but we
eventually got them on board and they fetched a very reasonable price at
auction. It feels good when we turn our problems into cash!
The shortest day of
the year has been and gone and we are planning our midwinter feast for next
weekend. This weekend would have been better timing but Bo was off on holiday.
Her parents in law were looking after her children over the weekend but on
Sunday her mother in law had a fall and injured her hip. She is having a hip
replacement today, so we are all hoping that goes well. When she was taken to
hospital my eldest Grand daughter, Indi, drove down and picked up her young
cousins and I met them in Yarra Glen.
the year has been and gone and we are planning our midwinter feast for next
weekend. This weekend would have been better timing but Bo was off on holiday.
Her parents in law were looking after her children over the weekend but on
Sunday her mother in law had a fall and injured her hip. She is having a hip
replacement today, so we are all hoping that goes well. When she was taken to
hospital my eldest Grand daughter, Indi, drove down and picked up her young
cousins and I met them in Yarra Glen.
I had been back on
yard building with Edd but there was no way that I could continue with three
youngsters. By a lucky co-incidence a circus was in town so I decided that the
best plan was to go with the flow. The kids enjoyed the circus especially the
clowns. It was a bit low on animals, four Jack Russel terriers, three liberty
horses and a tiny pony but at least they had some. It is good to know that even
in these days the kids can still enjoy something we did when we were young.
Actually, I still enjoyed it now and was rather glad of the perfect excuse to
spend the afternoon under the big top.
yard building with Edd but there was no way that I could continue with three
youngsters. By a lucky co-incidence a circus was in town so I decided that the
best plan was to go with the flow. The kids enjoyed the circus especially the
clowns. It was a bit low on animals, four Jack Russel terriers, three liberty
horses and a tiny pony but at least they had some. It is good to know that even
in these days the kids can still enjoy something we did when we were young.
Actually, I still enjoyed it now and was rather glad of the perfect excuse to
spend the afternoon under the big top.
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