this morning after having the worst nightmare. I had decided to put a colour through my hair, and as every woman knows who actually has done this at home, you need time to actually get it all right, make sure that all the hair is covered etc. etc. etc. In my dream I had been very meticulous to make sure that all was right... however, during the middle of this very important and time consuming process, Ergon Energy decided to have a planned maintenance outage, but didnt tell us (wouldnt be the first time!) and I was stuck with all this goo on my hair... AAAArgh! I was frantic... I was running around the house trying to find some water to wash this out with and ended up having to stick my head in one of the horses' water buckets to get rid of it.
It was at the point of sticking my head in the bucket in Susie's yard that I woke up. I touched my hair (it was dry). I reached for my cup of tea to see if it was there (it was there). My foot hung precariously out of the bed to find a dog (I found Bess). All was right with the world. Phew. What a nightmare.
I dont expect any man to understand this predicament, however, all women will understand me when I say that it could of been a disaster as big as Hurricane Katrina.
With this nightmare well and truly over with I continued on with my day.
We had 42mls of rain yesterday.... and it was a great follow up to the 30mls previously received. The paddocks are nice and green after being brown and dusty, with a phenominal rate of recovery. Now... a little more follow up would be nice... please, pretty please!!
Its been hot and sticky here today....maybe we might get some more rain? Hah!
The horse swimming pool is now half full (or half empty, depending on how you see it!). I guess we are playing catch up... the ground just seems to soak up all the water after being so hard, so there is little run off. Some of the contours are full.. which is a good sign, but I guess we need some more follow up sooner rather than later. The power went off for about 45 minutes (probably the catylst for my nightmare?) ... and came back on just before a rogue cow came running past the side door from god knows where and started to scare all the horses (Sweetie, Libby, the boys and Nanna).
We had locked Nanna and Maddie and their colts in their stables during the storm... funny when we looked out Nanna was busily trying to herd young Master Billy inside the stable, but he wouldnt have a bar of it and wanted to be out where all the action was!
He is such a sweetie and very good tempered. I havent yet told him that he has no reason not to be a champion with his parentage... It continues to make me giggle when I see their little tongues sticking out the side of their mouths while they try and negotiate a strand of lucerne hay.
In between all of this (trying to get the cow out of the yard etc) and all the lightning and thunder, we had to keep an eye on Sweetie in case she decided that that was the right time to have her foal. It wasnt, thank goodness! Your guess is as good as mine as to when this might happen. LOL
Back to the cow. After being herded out the front gate by Evan in the pouring rain, the cow proceeded into our next door neighbour's and about 20mins after we went back inside we heard Leo trying to get rid of the said rogue bovine. Evan went over in the rain to try to help him.... and he was not a happy camper.
While all this was happening and with all the rumbling of the thunder and lightning, Matilda felt that she was safest in our wardrobe and Milly decided that behind the toilet was a good place for her! Bess and Lance were with me and if I went outside, they had to come outside, or if I was sitting on the lounge, they had to be near me... talk about a bunch of scardy cats!
Well, Iam looking over my computer monitor in the study and I can see sunshine and green paddocks. I dont think we will be getting any more today.
Um, how about tomorrow? Cross your fingers.
Helen.
It was at the point of sticking my head in the bucket in Susie's yard that I woke up. I touched my hair (it was dry). I reached for my cup of tea to see if it was there (it was there). My foot hung precariously out of the bed to find a dog (I found Bess). All was right with the world. Phew. What a nightmare.
I dont expect any man to understand this predicament, however, all women will understand me when I say that it could of been a disaster as big as Hurricane Katrina.
With this nightmare well and truly over with I continued on with my day.
We had 42mls of rain yesterday.... and it was a great follow up to the 30mls previously received. The paddocks are nice and green after being brown and dusty, with a phenominal rate of recovery. Now... a little more follow up would be nice... please, pretty please!!
Its been hot and sticky here today....maybe we might get some more rain? Hah!
The horse swimming pool is now half full (or half empty, depending on how you see it!). I guess we are playing catch up... the ground just seems to soak up all the water after being so hard, so there is little run off. Some of the contours are full.. which is a good sign, but I guess we need some more follow up sooner rather than later. The power went off for about 45 minutes (probably the catylst for my nightmare?) ... and came back on just before a rogue cow came running past the side door from god knows where and started to scare all the horses (Sweetie, Libby, the boys and Nanna).
We had locked Nanna and Maddie and their colts in their stables during the storm... funny when we looked out Nanna was busily trying to herd young Master Billy inside the stable, but he wouldnt have a bar of it and wanted to be out where all the action was!
He is such a sweetie and very good tempered. I havent yet told him that he has no reason not to be a champion with his parentage... It continues to make me giggle when I see their little tongues sticking out the side of their mouths while they try and negotiate a strand of lucerne hay.
In between all of this (trying to get the cow out of the yard etc) and all the lightning and thunder, we had to keep an eye on Sweetie in case she decided that that was the right time to have her foal. It wasnt, thank goodness! Your guess is as good as mine as to when this might happen. LOL
Back to the cow. After being herded out the front gate by Evan in the pouring rain, the cow proceeded into our next door neighbour's and about 20mins after we went back inside we heard Leo trying to get rid of the said rogue bovine. Evan went over in the rain to try to help him.... and he was not a happy camper.
While all this was happening and with all the rumbling of the thunder and lightning, Matilda felt that she was safest in our wardrobe and Milly decided that behind the toilet was a good place for her! Bess and Lance were with me and if I went outside, they had to come outside, or if I was sitting on the lounge, they had to be near me... talk about a bunch of scardy cats!
Well, Iam looking over my computer monitor in the study and I can see sunshine and green paddocks. I dont think we will be getting any more today.
Um, how about tomorrow? Cross your fingers.
Helen.
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