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  • Exonerated

    I am pleased to announce that Romeo, 2 year old white male standard poodle, has been exonerated of all charges of duck killing and, by extension, of chicken mauling.Yesterday late afternoon, around 7pm, while out in the paddock with the horses, Romeo and Barney were allowed to stretch their legs in

  • From now on he shall be known as Ben

    Meet Ben. Benjamin Franklin. When I told Merrill she asked if it was cause Benjamin Franklin had a big nose. I asked 'Did he have a big nose?'But no. I just liked the name and of all the names that Wayne and I both liked, thats the one I settled on. Its a nice name and I like names I can play with:

  • My boy

    He's really coming along. Or should I say, I'm really coming along. This afternoon I took him out and worked with him a while while Wayne looked on approvingly. I didn't hardly stuff up at all! I was so proud.I haven't named him yet. I have a list of names, some of which we both like. I figure I'll

  • I want a second opinion

    The horse that is still nameless is settling in fine. He and Wally are becoming inseparable which is bad when you want to work one horse. We take my horse into the paddock and leave Wally in the yard and all my horse wants to do is get back to Wally... Wally meanwhile goes galloping around like "I'm

  • Our family grows by 4

    I have my own horse!He's not the prettiest thing I've ever seen, in fact I think he's quite plain, but I love him anyway. Merrill thinks he's athletic looking and beautiful and in about a week I'll have him sitting in my lap.

  • Four seasons in one day

    I always thought that described Melbourne... but it turns out Tasmania is just as guilty. Since my spontaneous weeding session the other day the weather has been unpredictable. But perhaps that's unfair. Its been predictably unpredictable. The kind of weather you can't make any plans in. The sun com

  • What do you reckon, thistle breath?

    When we bought the farm we inherited a vegie patch, complete with a nice high wallaby-proof fence, watering system, weed barrier underneath the entire lot, 4 raised beds with gravel paths between and raspberrie stalks or whatever they're called. In fact, its probably the only thing around here which

  • The big brown dog

    We bit the bullet a couple of weeks ago and let Wally into the front yard WITH the dogs! It was a huge success. I'd been a bit worried, knowing that Wally likes to chase Barney and Mischa and that the poodles like to race along the fence line with Wally, barking at him. But when we let him into the

  • 3:1 in Wayne's favour

    Well, Wayne isn't the only one who bogs the ute around here. I managed to do it too.This is how it happened: We took the dogs out into the paddock with Wally as we looked over the mess-that-will-one-day-be-a-stable. The poodles ran around, chasing rabbits and kicking up their heels when suddenly the

  • Flamin' Flamenco!

    Yesterday Merrill and I had a girl bonding day. We went to see The Dance of the White Stallions by El Caballo Blanco. Not all the horses were white, but that was totally forgivable as the black ones were my favourites. However, the flamenco dancing I could have done without. I mean, I've seen flamen

  • Back in the saddle again...

    This morning I got back in the saddle after something like 17 years. Since Wayne has Wally I really want to get my own horse so we can ride together. I mean... its always been part of the dream. Living in the country, dogs, horses, riding... (the chooks weren't part of the dream. Neither were the du

  • Life as we know it

    Note: Re-enaction of the dead rat scene. This is not a real rat.DRats!

  • Nailed it!

    I got an early birthday present!!!! You know how men are supposed to listen when women mention things they want and then use that knowledge when shopping for gifts? I've been saying I wanted a nail gun since I met Wayne. Especially since we moved to the farm. Every time renovations are mentioned I g

  • Good dogs!

    Sunday was father's day. When Wayne went into the kitchen this is what greeted him. Aren't they good dogs?I was peering around to corner to see his reaction and caught him smiling. I think Wayne was pleased though Ihe wasn't willing to eat their gifts.

  • Doubt and second guessing

    I'm back. For a while there I wasn't sure I wanted to come back. It just seemed so stupid to be keeping a blog at all. I was one of the first people who scoffed at the idea of blogs, I mean, really... I come back to what I say again and again: who cares about someone else's mundane everyday life or

  • Build an ark!

    Its raining. Or should I say, its still raining. Ok. To be fair, it hasn't been raining constantly... It does stop occasionally. For instance, I think it stopped for about 5 minutes 2 days ago. But I could be wrong...We have mud. We have puddles. We have a lake in our bottom paddock. We have a water

  • Galloping fuffballs

    Wayne loves working with metal. Hot metal mostly, but till he gets his forge sent over from South Australia he's been trying his hand at all kinds of wierd and wonderful things using cold metal. Wonderful for sure, wierd cause some of them have no real practical use that either of us can see. YET.Re

  • Making pigs of ourselves

    Its been a long time since I wrote and I apologise to the multitude of readers who've been waiting with bated breath for the next installment of the adventures at Wind Dancer Farm. To be honest I've been so busy with STUFF that I just didn't have the inclination to sit down and write at the end of a

  • Crunchy grass

    This morning we woke up to find a white world outside. Once I wiped the dripping condensation off the window (how do you stop that???) this is what I saw. Only it wasn't snow. It was the heaviest frost we've had since we moved here. Pretty isn't it? Pretty cold too...One thing I love about the frost

  • More

    Its been a seriously LONG week! I'm glad its over. At least for me it is. Sure, I have a couple of dogs to groom tomorrow and the To Do list from hell to tackle over the weekend, but for the next three days I'm at home and my only boss is me. I can be a slave driver of a boss (refer to the aforement