Zoom! What was that? That was your life, Mate! That was quick, do I get another? Sorry, Mate. (Basil Fawlty - Communication Problems 1979)
Friday already! Another long long day. The deadline being to get the kitchen finished for the cheese making classes tomorrow and Sunday and the Shed set up for drumming on Saturday night. Thanks to a lot of hard work all round we actually had dinner in the new kitchen tonight. A splendid piece of roast beef and vegetables prepared by Lynne. We were joined by Charlene the cheese making tutor and her husband. I will try to get some picture of the kitchen tomorrow even though it is not fully set up yet.
The other major achievement of the week is the goats! They are now contained by the electric fence. Less work for us and they were looking noticeably chubby tonight as they are free to roam and gorge themselves all day. Of course when they reduce this area to dust then we will have to build a new compound or move the existing one.
I was also reflecting on the chickens. The original ones arrived here as largish chicks a gift from Annette our receptionist/accounts person. Of the original 9, 4 were boys, 3 became food for the community dinner leaving 1, "Lucky" to become our rooster. As those of you who read closely know we are now on are second generation of these birds. The chicks are now reaching the stage that the original ones were at when we received them. The girls are producing 2 -3 eggs per day at the moment. I harvest them and write the date on each one. Fresh free range eggs are definitely tastier than your standard egg.
A very still rainy day here. The smoke from chimneys was struggling to rise and was spilling down over the roofs like water. Apparently it will be similar for a few days. I am looking forward to having a nice warm shed fuelled by the fire and the heat pump. Should be good for a few social movie nights assuming we have enough helpers to actually have one.
Anyway to bed to bed with the promise of some pictures tomorrow.
Night Folks.
Cheers Simon.
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