had a week off!
It seems that winter certainly is on the way with the mornings very cool and the evenings proving to be real heater weather. Most of the residents have started to grow their ready made evening jackets, however, we will be assisting some of them with nice warm rugs for overnight. Even the frogs have decided that its too cool to be out hanging on the window sill waiting for the insects! While we havent had a frost yet, it will not be a long way off.
One of the great things about living out here away from the city is being able to watch nature in all her glory. A few property's down the road from Massie Lodge is a line of trees that seems to be home to what it seems thousands of white corellas. Every morning at around 6.45am - 7.00am, the corella's make their way from the tree's to the dams for their morning drink. First stop is Leo's dam next door - which becomes a massive white carpet with all the corellas. In what seems to be specific groups and order, the birds leave Leo's dam and fly very close to the ground to go down to our back dam. The first wave of birds weave their way over our fences and make their way from Leo's dam. Then a few minutes later, the second wave and so on and so on.... with the whole process taking about 15minutes in total. Its an absolutely spectacular sight to behold and the noise the birds make is unbelievable!
Would you want to be anywhere else?
Today being a public holiday sees a relatively quiet day here at Massie Lodge with some time to give the Massie Lodge canine's (pictured above, not happy at all! Look at the look on Millie's face!) some attention. After rolling in horse pooh (a favourite pastime of the Massie Lodge dogs!) and swimming in the dam, it was high time to give them all a bath and a flea treatment before winter sets in. And as you will see from the photos, they are very happy to be having this done to them.
Not.
In fact Millie was so happy about the whole matter that as soon as she was washed off, she found herself some dirt to roll in, in an effort to try and regain some of that beautiful odour from the horse pooh.
Lucky Hamish (Sir Weather Vain) pulled the short straw and got himself a wash as he was caked in mud from the bit of rain (yes we had 14mls!) last week. Hamish was not at all impressed and neither was Evan for that matter.
Both Hamish and Bob (Centenn) will be going back into work in the next few weeks. Which is probably a good thing as they have both had enough rest and need something to keep their minds occupied!
Time to go and feed the 4-hoofed ones.
Lest we Forget.
Helen.
It seems that winter certainly is on the way with the mornings very cool and the evenings proving to be real heater weather. Most of the residents have started to grow their ready made evening jackets, however, we will be assisting some of them with nice warm rugs for overnight. Even the frogs have decided that its too cool to be out hanging on the window sill waiting for the insects! While we havent had a frost yet, it will not be a long way off.
One of the great things about living out here away from the city is being able to watch nature in all her glory. A few property's down the road from Massie Lodge is a line of trees that seems to be home to what it seems thousands of white corellas. Every morning at around 6.45am - 7.00am, the corella's make their way from the tree's to the dams for their morning drink. First stop is Leo's dam next door - which becomes a massive white carpet with all the corellas. In what seems to be specific groups and order, the birds leave Leo's dam and fly very close to the ground to go down to our back dam. The first wave of birds weave their way over our fences and make their way from Leo's dam. Then a few minutes later, the second wave and so on and so on.... with the whole process taking about 15minutes in total. Its an absolutely spectacular sight to behold and the noise the birds make is unbelievable!
Would you want to be anywhere else?
Today being a public holiday sees a relatively quiet day here at Massie Lodge with some time to give the Massie Lodge canine's (pictured above, not happy at all! Look at the look on Millie's face!) some attention. After rolling in horse pooh (a favourite pastime of the Massie Lodge dogs!) and swimming in the dam, it was high time to give them all a bath and a flea treatment before winter sets in. And as you will see from the photos, they are very happy to be having this done to them.
Not.
In fact Millie was so happy about the whole matter that as soon as she was washed off, she found herself some dirt to roll in, in an effort to try and regain some of that beautiful odour from the horse pooh.
Lucky Hamish (Sir Weather Vain) pulled the short straw and got himself a wash as he was caked in mud from the bit of rain (yes we had 14mls!) last week. Hamish was not at all impressed and neither was Evan for that matter.
Both Hamish and Bob (Centenn) will be going back into work in the next few weeks. Which is probably a good thing as they have both had enough rest and need something to keep their minds occupied!
Time to go and feed the 4-hoofed ones.
Lest we Forget.
Helen.
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