Comfort away from Home

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when farm animals get bored, let me introduce you to Caramilk, the most entertaining cow on the farm.

We have been using the good weather over the last two days for maintenance and weed spraying outside. I could not initially find our cows. They were hiding in a corner behind the manuka trees.

“Silver Shadow” is her full name, typically just called “Silver”, and she is the queen of the house. She is an excellent model and she goes beyond the typical cat posing characteristics.

After some hints from the trapping community that possums seem to like carrots, we prepped a trap with a piece of carrot as well.

Auckland stays peaceful during the holiday exodus as farm life continues. Time off work means tackling essential fence repairs and dealing with cheeky goats testing boundaries.

And the weather is a bit of a roller coaster with ups and downs in temperature, wind and sun, interleaved with rain. One day you burn and roast in the sun, the other days it’s southerly with clouds and 10 deg.