I'm back!

Hi there everyone. We're back home from our travels and I'm back into visiting here on Blogger.

As usual we hit the ground running (not really, but it sounds action packed, doesn't it?) and this morning I was down at the river with Namusa and of course, the dogs - who are thrilled to be walking all over the farm again!

Grant had gone out on the small motorbike to Ant's farm to replace the injectors in a tractor engine he's been repairing. This tractor will come to the farm when it's up and running and Grant cannot wait for the ultimate iconic symbol of husbandry (in his eyes) and that's to drive his tractor across the lands! 

Meanwhile, a friend of Debbie's had asked me if I could dig up seven plane trees growing at the river and several bulbine plants just beyond the boundary gate. Which Namusa and I did. 

Before I followed Namusa down the hill, I caught these two cats relaxing in the shade of the rondawel. 

Father and son: Ginger and Ambrose - aren't they so alike? 

Skabenga hurtles off down the hill (Namus, precious lady, was already digging up the trees)

And then it was time for a hardworking guard dog to cool off with a dip in the river

Eddie sniffed around in the reeds on the river bank

Namusa wheeling the plane trees up the hill

What an amazing lady Namusa is

To help ease the weight in the wheelbarrow, I picked four of the trees and carried them up ahead of Namusa. I asked her to take a photo of me but somehow she cut my head off. Oh well...

Ce'st moi with four of the plane trees. 

Musi chopped my head off but I'm sure you get the picture. LOL! 

Tomorrow we're off to meet with our fellow hikers after being away from the club for two weeks. We're doing a walk through and around the pine forests which supplies the community with wood. Nowadays we fire our boiler with pine chips - most efficient and much cheaper than the traditional logs John had brought in previously.

Happy Monday to you all!