more to worry about

29.6.20

The news is not good this week. There has been a surge in virus case numbers here in Victoria whereas other states are OK.  We are waiting for test results for Silkie and Al who both have flu symptoms.  This means that for now at least Al’s Bo’s and our households should be in self isolation.  Our friend Benie and our tenant Citybeth are also in lock down as they have both been in hotspots where cases are concentrated.

All hope of us getting a winter holiday are now gone so we have ordered Edd a new shed instead. His machinery shed is so full of stuff he can ‘t get vehicles in to work on them. The idea is to move all the stuff into the new shed and then put a top floor in the old shed to make a usable loft and keep the birds out.  The birds come in and make a terrible mess which makers keeping the place tidy an impossibility.

It has actually stopped raining for the last two days, but the land is still saturated and impossible to work on.  Edd and I took a large round bale down to the horses today and the tractor left deep muddy grooves in the paddock.  The goats are not even attempting to go off and just hang around by the shed for most of the day.

We have moved the sheep into the house site because the neighbour’s dog was chasing them, and they are pregnant.  They are keeping all the grass down for us whilst it is too wet to mow.  The sheep markets are still closed so if new lambs start to arrive, we will have a big problem with numbers.  We give them barley every night, but they could do with more grass.

The good thing about the bad weather is that I have been able to stay indoors and work on the accounts.  I always feel a lot happier about life when I have dealt with all the receipts and other scraps of paper and organised them into a form I can deal with.  It is not even the end of the financial year yet, but I am well ahead.

We were looking forward to visiting Wayne and family when they moved into their new house, but it looks as if we won’t be going anywhere.  I am so glad we have the internet and we can see pictures of the grand kids.  They are all growing up so fast and we are missing the early stages of their lives.