More new arrivals

Flowers in my sun room jungle.

7.21.19

Apparently, we have a new great Granddaughter.  Bo has just rung me to pass on the news that Ti’s daughter was born in the night. I have not seen any pictures yet, so I have little to add but it is early days. This makes Al a grandfather for the second time and I suppose Pip is a step grandmother only a year after becoming a mother. The generations are getting very muddled.

We have also had a shower of new arrivals in the form of lambs that are arriving at the date they most often arrive (ie. during the tour de France).  There are now 7 lambs counting the one we are hand rearing in the shed who’s mother died.  We are letting the sheep graze the house site to give them fresh grass.  It is a bit of a nuisance doing this because it means opening and shutting gates every time we drive off. We also have to move the sheep out before dark so the dogs can have their run without scaring them.

The weather is varied. Yesterday it was warm and sunny, but we have big winds overnight and it is colder and over cast today.  The daffodils are in flower as is the native wisteria and rosemary.  The red-hot pokers are the brightest flower and the arum lilies are sprouting up. I can not remember if this is the usual time.  I do know that the potato plants are still growing well which means there have not yet been any significant frosts.  We still have lots of lettuce, turnips, silver beat and pumpkins to eat and we have had the broccoli that the sheep could not reach.

I am hoping Edd will get time to fix the garden fence soon so that the area is protected.  The first job, though, is to sort out the small donga. It has been used as a store room since Josh moved out but we now need it as an extra bedroom for when the permaculture group stays. Yesterday I sorted out and washed the good clothes that people have left there and put all Josh’s stuff into a box.  I am not sure why but there are rolls of barbed wire and other odd stuff that needs moving.  Edd is going to rearrange the fencing so that it can be reached without going through the chook paddock.

I finished the baby knitting yesterday, and now I really must sort out the accounts.  With jobs I hate I force myself to do at least one small bit a day so that eventually things get done. So, I had better leave off this now and make a start.