 |
Looking over the back fence at a forestry burn off today. If you look closely you can see the Telstra phone tower just to the right of the smoke. The big powerlines in the foreground are from "The Hydro" Having checked the Map it is actually an Optus tower methinks. |
Hi folks,
through tired eyes with last nights late night and wine catching up with me. Eric and Kaye headed off into Devonport for a day out this morning leaving us to do our thing.
We decided that I should start on converting the last bay of the old dairy into a pen that the sheep can use. Susan helped me move the pile of old fire wood stored there before returning to her tidying of the garden shed. I then set about demolishing the old entrance (or was that exit) shute/doorway. It struck me as ironic that something that looked so rickety and decayed was actually very solid. It probably had to be with dirty great big cows leaning up against it at milking time. I took down the frame which conveniently had two doors and broke up some concrete on the floor. I can use one door as the new entry door and the other to block a gap in the side of the pen. I have an idea about how to mount the door which should work as long as we can drill a hole in the 20cm of concrete that makes up the lower wall. While i was working the sheep came over to check me out since they probably though i was bringing capsicums for them. They mooched around before one of them knocked down a lump of wood with a clatter causing them to run away to the other side of the paddock. I don't know whether we have mentioned they are sheep that shed their wool and don't need shearing. Dorpers and Wilshires. Must take some picture for you tomorrow.
Susan knocked up a sheperds pie for tea with some pan fried brussel sprouts.which was good fare.
Our chuckle for the day was when she was using a rather large axe to make some kindling. She was chopping it flat fashion rather than the traditional end on way. I encouraged her to do it properly end on, which she did while saying, "I don't want to do it this way because..." and as if to demonstrate missed the wood and hit her finger. Fortunately no damage!
night folks
cheers Simon
No comments:
Post a Comment