2.1.2024
It is hot and we have had no significant rain for weeks. Keeping the vegetables alive is quite a challenge. Vegetable costs in the shops have risen sharply, and half the time they look wilted before I can get them home so it is worth while making sure we can walk out and pick fresh stuff daily.
Sadly, we did not complete our building efforts last year so work starts again next week. Josh has been working with his electrical team over most of Xmas but he has found time to do some work here too. We have the usual farm and garden work every day but Bo looked after the place for a day last week and we drove down to Rye on the peninsular and met up at Wayne’s mother in laws house. She has this amazing beach house facing south looking right across the bay. The living room and kitchen are on the second floor and as there is only the road between the house and the beach with the wall all glass the view is panoramic.
Al and family had planned to come on the ferry to meet us as it was Edd’s birthday but at the last moment the all got sick so it was just Wayne’s family and us. We had a fish and chips lunch and then walked down to the beach. The grandkids spotted two huge sting rays cruising round under a pier. I have never seen them so close before.
Bo’s puppies now have their eyes open and have started on solid food. The litter runt has survived but is still a lot smaller than the rest. Bo is still giving him extra milk. This is fine with us as the goats are producing much more milk than any logic should expect! The goat Dixie was troubled yesterday but even google could find nothing that accounted for her behaviour. We will just have to wait and see what happens next. She is better rather than worse today and still looks well and is eating but her legs are troubling her.
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