It’s a beautiful day today. The sun is out; the deep blue sky is lightly dabbed by fluffy white clouds, the grass is dotted with fresh spring daisies and there’s a hint of warm breeze that’s gently drifting around. Spring days in rural Victoria don’t get much better.
For lunch today Lisa made up a plate of sandwiches and we went and sat on a rug near the paddock.
Brendan and Matt finished off the fencing pretty late today. I’ll head out tomorrow morning and get some photos of the finished result. This is the fourth time we’ve got Brendan to come over and do some fencing work for us, and as usual, his work is absolutely top notch.
Lisa and the kids made some cupcakes today. Adelaide did a great job of getting the cake mix into the pans, as you’d expect.
Eloise didn’t do quite as well.
Adelaide lent her some moral support in the form of sisterly love, but I’m not entirely sure it helped.
She kept trying though.
In the end, she gave up and just starting eating it.
When there wasn’t any left in the bowl she started eating what had fallen onto the table.
Our alpacas are starting to settle in really nicely. They’re pretty comfortable around us now.
The light we’re getting from this cheap little umbrella I bought is fantastic:
When you compare this to what you get from the little built-in flash it makes it worth every cent you spend getting an external flash unit and shooting it off the camera.
A few weeks back Lisa came out to the SES training area when we were cutting cars up and took photos. One of them was published in yesterday’s paper:
The accompanying text was a message asking people to take care on the roads during the next few weeks (school holidays here in Australia):
Drivers urged to take care on the road these holidays
The Maryborough State Emergency Service are advising people to take it easy on the roads during the school holidays.
They warn people to observe road rules, speed limits and to especially pay attention to traffic and road conditions when travelling about.
It is never easy when a loved one is taken from their family too soon through tragic accidents on the road, the SES stress. The reality is you can’t replace them.
The SES also warn drivers to not use mobile phones while driving, avoid distractions from passengers, make sure everyone in the car has a seatbelt on and keep kids occupied so they don’t become a distraction.
The Maryborough State Emergency Service volunteers are continually practicing their skills maintenance to ensure that they are able to perform their tasks in a timely and professional manner when called out to a situation.
Our Alpacas arrived today!
We ordered them a few months ago from the Millduck Alpaca Stud and they were dropped off today. They seem to be right at home; getting stuck into the grass and sitting down – all the usual things that comfortable animals do.
They’ll need shearing in a few months – November some time – and for the first batch of wool we’ll get it cleaned and spun so Adelaide (who is getting right into knitting) can make herself a scarf or beanie from our own wool.
Today is a very wet day in Maryborough. The view outside our front door:
It was raining pretty solidly when I got up at 5:30am, and it’s only backed off in the last half hour or so. Four good hours of soaking rain. Lovely stuff.
Who said what?