Happy for the endless rain to be over

October 19, 2016
cheeky, grass, rain, school, shady, shelter, waimauku, walking, water

Mr. Shady is happy in the new grass strip. Just two weeks ago the alpacas have been in there and kept it nice and short so he does not get overexcited.

After all that rain, the ground is getting better and the grass has been growing since. It must have been drowned in water before.

Not too long and we can let the new moos (calves) onto the grass as well. We have been walking Cheeky already yesterday and she has been extremely excited about all that new stuff outside the shelter. So many new smells. And she and Jolan will be having their great debut at the Waimauku School AG(ricultural) day on Friday.

Mixed bag weather – it must be spring

September 11, 2023
animals, cold, dry, mud, night, rain, sun, weather

September came and marked the beginning of spring. Two days prior however it was the coldest night of the year with frost on the car windscreen.

July Cat Special

July 31, 2023
background, box, calves, cats, content, food, grass, moonshine, mud, rain, weather

What can I say, the cats are special here. They are probably special everywhere, but I feel that we have an interesting mix of personalities. Especially Moonshine, he’s always good for entertainment.

May, June, same old rain and mud

July 23, 2023
animals, dakota, ducks, flooding, goats, grass, milking, mud, puzzle, rain, repairs, shelter, water, weather

We had flooding and cylones. The ducks have been the only very happy creatures but they turned their area into a slimy, muddy mess. Guess that sums up the last few months.

Fly free ‘The Real Slim Shady’

March 27, 2023
animals, background, cheeky, content, death, family, farm, forest, horses, rain, rainbow, rusty, shady, water

Shady our little Bush Pegasus has peacefully crossed the rainbow bridge today. We are so glad he was able to go gracefully and peacefully with all of us and his best mate Rusty by his side.

February was more exciting than needed

March 1, 2023
animals, cats, cylone, farm, fire, flooding, house, land, life, mud, muriwai, people, rain, rusty, valley, weather, winter, ziggy

February was thought to finally bring summer. What it brought instead was more rain – and storm.

It’s almost February

January 29, 2023
animals, christmas, event, farm, feed, flooding, garden, grass, land, outdoor, rain, rescue, shearing, tree

The month is almost over and has been rather eventful. From rain to sunshine to torrential rain again and alpaca shearing in between.