Oh it was a feral day out there!! The wind was dislodging all kinds of gum tree bits that bounced off the roof all day!
The rain didn’t fall either, it hurled itself down with such vigour that it created an upward spray off the shed roof!!
Would have been soooooo easy to not go for a walk. But it was the first day of my new years resolution in May and I felt like such a slacker woosing out first up because of a bit of weather!! So I put on the walking gear, said see ya to Jeff and Mana – who both suddenly decided to join me in my madness. (Actually Jeff said I wasn’t allowed to hog all the idiot points) 😀
I was all prepared to take a selfie when we got home of me totally soaking wet and cold and miserable (and another 8kms skinnier) when, Tasmania, being Tasmania, the sun came out and shined for the whole hour and ten minutes!!
We took delivery of four gorgeous new hens this morning!! I will have to ask the lady when I see her next what they are again. (I’ll write it down)
We put them in the smaller portable chook run (that we borrowed off cousins ages ago and haven’t got it back to them quite yet!)(Its ok… apparently they don’t need it at the moment)
We fished them out late in the afternoon for a run about in the yard
Meanwhile, on the other side of the fence… I have started making warm mash late in the afternoon for the girls. Happy chooks, warm bellies, more eggs.
Within seconds I have to step back as a LOT of this gets flicked all over the place during their enthusiastic scoffing.
I had to pick up another bucket of windfall apples of course, fetch more wood and a few other outdoorsy things. It was so great coming back into the house – enveloped in a cocoon of warm. So nice I went outside several times to get cold so I could enjoy walking back inside to the fire. (yeah probably weird but little things like that make me happy)
Kept dinner simple tonight – roasted some pumpkins to make up some soup…
And I also baked a loaf of garlic/herb bread – most of which is now gone….
Nice to finish the day in front of the fire, a movie and getting my Knitting Nanna persona happening!
Enjoy what is left of your weekend.
Cheers
PS you can see what we get at the end of our rainbows via Facebook
Lisa, really like your inner Nana knitting! Could you do an explanation of how you make the wrist warmers? Know I’ll never get to visit your table to purchase a pair.
Absolutely – I meant to ask if there was any interest in that! Stay tuned 🙂
Your new chickens look like Black Sex Links – my favorite chicken! They are excellent layers. Large brown eggs.
They have the best personality! So sweet.
I think the lady said they were a mix of a couple of breeds…. but they gave us two eggs yesterday, so I am hopeful they will lay well. They are not in with the old girls as yet – still waiting for a better weather day so I can keep a good eye on the introductions!! I will look up that breed – thanks for the info!!