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Closeup of a horse

Fly free ‘The Real Slim Shady’

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.
Wom standing in the water in the paddock

February was more exciting than needed

February was thought to finally bring summer. What it brought instead was more rain – and storm.
Goat looking of the backseats of a car

A goat ending story

How do you transport a goat that does not want to lay down, is somewhat hyperactive (on three legs) and takes interest in everything?
Closeup of brown

Springtime again and lovely weather

It’s so nice to get outside between rain break. The weather has been warming up over the the last days and we are getting 20 deg during the day.
White alpaca standing a green grass in front of a strip of pine forest

Quiet times

While we had no guests, have not been out to see any people and had no coffee other than the home made one due to COVID-19 lockdown level 4 and 3, we fixed a few things around the farm, moved animals around the paddocks and got more feed in.
Picture of stairs

Day 4 of COVID-19 lockdown

We have been busy on various little projects to keep us busy. From cooking to exercising, watching some movies to projects outside.
Shorn alapacas looking like stick anaimals running through a gate back into a wide paddock

Hard work weekend

A weekend of alpaca shearing, vet attendance, fixing fences and water troughs.
Bunch of alapacas on a green grassy hill behind some white electric tape fence

Animals moving (themselves) around

Most animals stick to electric fences – our alpacas do not.
House with paddock, fence and horses in background

Automowers at work

The weather has not been too amazing over the last couple of weeks.
A charcoal coloured cat with her shorn back and the stitches visible

Ziggy having a bad day

Our two horses in the new shelter

Horses ready for the next storm

Another storm has been announced last night, so early this morning we finished the horse shelter area and moved the two boys over so they are going to have a more comfortable place during the day when the weather closes in.
Rusty and myself

Happy Horses

The munchers are happy again after I moved them over into the other paddock – the one with more grass. Seemed to be appropriate for them for Christmas.