Amy was hoping that the next foal born would be named Pistachio...... but no, this is Chips, with his very attentive Mum, Gimella ( ??? ).
Chips was born on Monday so he is just 4 days old.
That's Peanut in the background.
Peanut spends a lot of time lying down sleeping just like most babies except that he accidentally rolled out of the paddock yesterday and couldn't get back in!!!!
They are adorable.
The roof of our new room still looks like this.....
The roof arrived today and looks like this....
The roof men are going to work here at the weekend.
The roof will be the same as the house roof but over 27 years the colour has faded.
You can see in the photo how much dis-colouration has taken place over that time.
The colour at the bottom is the original.
They match the new roof to the faded colour or as close as possible.
It was so beautiful out there tonight.
There is a mass of apple blossom on our tree that smells divine.
Not sure how the apple tree came to be there. I think it may have planted itself!
The forsythia also looks beautiful.
I would normally pick those branches of yellow and bring them inside but I'm not game to mess with it any more than we already have.
We moved it from the middle garden bed a few months ago.
The burnt trees behind it are on our neighbour's property. They are pines which will not recover. We hope they will eventually cut them down.
Our borrowed landscape looks very ugly in that corner.
We bought four more young plants a few months ago when they were just sticks. They too, are looking great and are waiting to be planted.
The tag reads....Shrub which covers all its branches with canary yellow flowers in late Winter. A hardy shrub for full sun which needs hardly any watering.
250cm by 250cm.
Perfect!
This pretty grey leafed plant is called snow- in- summer or at least that's what I call it. I really like it and it grows easily from bits. It's just coming into flower here now.
I bought these over-sized cups from the op shop for $3 each. I couldn't wait to get them home! They look perfect with the Summer quilts.
I've just finished putting away the Winter quilts and bringing out the Summer ones. The Summer ones usually have some white in them ( in case you're asking!!! ). Mmmmm, I know, but I can't help myself. That's just how it is!
Little rascally boy.....
And then there was Jack.....
Jack and his Mum, Nigella (???!!!) have become buddies with Peanut and Donna.
Gorgeous little things.
It's been terrible weather here today. I'm surprised the roof is still intact.
The wind has been gale force and our poor builders have frozen to death out there.
However, after days of measuring, sawing, nailing, measuring again, lifting, climbing, crouching in confined spaces and using all manner of electrical appliances, the frame is now complete.
( Bill is still eyeing off that pile of scraps....)
We are hoping the roof will arrive tomorrow.
I noticed the potatoes that we bought ages ago, still sitting in their bags in the laundry and remarked to Bill that we really should plant them somewhere.
In fact I think my words were....."Let's just poke them in that pile of dirt up the back there!"
Then on my afternoon walk I saw this.....
Bill could never just poke something in the ground!
He even taped the bags together in the order in which they were planted.
Dutch Cream, Ruby Lou and Kippler.
Bless him!
I am looking forward to reading this article about strawberries that appeared in last week's Weekly Times.
Mum's friend Olwyn gave us these and they are starting to show lots of new, fresh growth.
I didn't know you could have so many different varieties.
We still have freesias to pick....
....and I started another cushion cover this afternoon.
Flynn sent Amy (Ahmee) a birthday video message.
This is how he looked in the video.
This little boy makes our hearts sing.
It's so quiet here tonight.
We said goodbye to our Warrnambool family on Saturday morning. ( that's why!!!)
Bill loved having his little helpers around.
They helped us decorate with streamers and balloons to celebrate Amy's birthday. ( not that you can see any decorations in this photo! )
So now it's just us again......
I wandered around the garden after tea to see what I could photograph. I can never work out what time it is on the first day of daylight saving!
The apple blossom looked so fresh and gorgeous....
The first flower on the red carpet rose was already being attacked by something but still looked lovely.
And the spears on the irises are looking ready to burst. ( Are they early this year?)
Our precious little willy wagtail family are much happier in their new location......
.....and this beautiful girl is another year older.
We love her more than words can say.
More building work tomorrow.
