The return

Hi guys..well i am super happy that the roos are back, they have been around but staying closer to water and food sources of which there are little to be found.
I had not mentioned it before but two weeks ago i found a dead roo..on the vacant property in our street.
I had thought it was sleeping and the next day no it was still in place..
I stopped my car and entered the property to find the big roo dead..no idea what had happened there was a pool of blood but the body had been dragged by foxes and no doubt Wedge tail eagles.
It was pretty smelly and flyblown..i tried to see if i could tell what had happened but no idea.
I took some pics on my phone to see if i could try and examine them further but nothing.
Nature is amazing this poor roo within a very short time had been reduced to scattered bones.
Roos can get ill and die,they age or are hurt but this stinks to me.
See our neighbours are ALL very protective of our mobs..but in town just when the big storm hit awhile ago the rescue was called to a female roo with a joey in pouch that had been shot with an arrow and the arrow was still in her.These amazing people went out in that storm dodging trees and danger to dart and catch her.
She is recuperating in their shelter as i type.
The thing is someone in this town has it in for the roos..and if i see anyone near our street or anywhere else with a bow and arrow they cannot outrun my car if you know what i mean.
So i hope and pray this roo i found was not a victim of this sort of thing.
My eyes are out now all the time..watching..
So i went today to see how low our dam is..super low..really bad..the roos have been drinking from it and from the sheeps bath tub of water so we are refilling it everyday.
There is roo poo everywhere and they are camping again on our property and the neighbours over the road.
I was super quiet but they heard me..they leapt through the bushes and stopped at the crest of our property and watched me..so i took some pics and they went on their way..a nice sized mob about 13 with a few joeys in pouch..glad they are here..where no man harms them..ever..

Caught him by suprise

Striking a pose

So proud looking

Time to go

CONDITIONS ARE GRIM SO SEND YOUR GOOD VIBES

CONDITIONS IN OUR STATE FOR THIS WEEKEND ARE NOT LOOKING GREAT..I WON’T BE BLOGGING MUCH AND I ASK ALL VICTORIANS TO BE AWARE OF THE FIRES SERVICES COMMISSIONERS WARNING…WE HAD THESE WARNINGS IN 2009…LET’S PAY HEED!

SUMMER NEEDS TO TAKE A HIKE..I AM SO TIRED OF LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY AS AN ENEMY…I CAN’T DO TOO MANY MORE SUMMERS HERE..I JUST DON’T HAVE THE STOMACH FOR IT.

 

 

 

 

FORREST AND DOC COOLING OFF IN THEIR POOL

WEEK OFF FOR THE WEATHER

ALL GOOD HERE FOLKS..DUE TO THE SEVERE FIRE WEATHER THIS WEEK I WILL ONLY BE POPPING IN BRIEFLY AS IF I HAVE TO DROP THINGS I WILL…A RESTLESS NIGHT WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES STARTING FIRES AROUND THE AREA BUT DUE TO OUR AMAZING FIRIES AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ALL IS WELL..THE LIGHTNING SHOW WAS AMAZING BUT VERY LITTLE RAIN IN IT AND AN EXTREMELY STRONG WIND HAD OUR MOBILE PHONE APPS CONSTANTLY BUZZING WITH FIRE ALERTS..TEMPS DID NOT REALLY GET BELOW ABOUT 26 INSIDE AND AFTER A DAY IN THE MID FORTIES WE ARE PRETTY TIRED..THE PETS ARE ALL TIRED TOO AND UNSETTLED..THE PUPS DID NOT REST UNTIL I LET THEM IN OUR OOM WHICH MADE THE ROOM EVEN MORE STIFLING AAAAAGH..TODAY WE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER DAY OF ABOUT 44 45 AND THE SAME TOMORROW AND FRIDAY..FRIDAY BEING THE DAY TO WATCH ACCORDING TO THE CFA…WE HAVE NOT HAD A WEEK LIKE THIS SINCE THE WEEK BEFORE BLACK SATURDAY LUCKILY WE ARE NOT COMING OFF THE BACK OF 13 YEARS OF DROUGHT BUT THE BUSH IS READY TO BURN..SO I WILL POP ON WHEN I CAN AND STILL TRY AND VISIT EVERYONE BUT IT’S A BUSY TIME.

HUGS TO ALL FOZZIEMUM

ANOTHER WONDERFUL WEDDING

BOY I AM STILL EXHAUSTED! ANYONE WHO HAS HAD CHILDREN GET MARRIED WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN. IT’S NOT JUST THE DAY BUT THE LEAD UP AND ALL THE FLUFFING AROUND..IT COMPOUNDS AND DAYS AFTER YOU STILL FIND YOURSELF TIRED!

HAVING SAID THIS …WHAT A DAY..THE WEATHER FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WAS A SHOCKER!! THE DAY BEFORE CLOUDS  AND DRIZZLE  SO I MADE THE MOST OF THE BREAKS IN THE WEATHER TO TAKE SOME PICS.

WE WERE AT A LOVELY PLACE CALLED THE HARVEST FARM AND PHIL AND I ,CHRIS (THE GROOM) BRAD OUR ELDEST SON AND MICHAEL (CHRISTOPHERS TWIN BROTHER) AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ALL STAYED IN THE FRONT COTTAGE… BRAD’S WIFE SARAH WAS AT THEIR PLACE ON KITTY DUTY AND RHIANNON OUR DAUGHTER AND HER BOYFRIEND WERE ARRIVING ON THE DAY. THE BACK COTTAGE AMBER THE BRIDE TO BE AND HER SISTER SARAH WERE STAYING.

COTTAGE VIEWS

THE COTTAGE WE STAYED IN

THE MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND

THOSE CLOUDS ….

CHRIS AND HIS BROTHER MICHAEL TAKING BALLOONS DOWN TO MARK THE WAY TO THE CEREMONY

LONG AND WINDING DRIVEWAY

SUCH COLORFUL FLOWERS

 

AND ON THE DAY …THE HEAVENS OPENED UP…WE HAD BLACK CLOUDS,THUNDER,LIGHTENING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN!! WE ALSO HAD A BRIDE IN TEARS….

SO THE MEN GOT BUSY..ALL CHAIRS WERE BOUGHT IN TO THE BACK COTTAGE AND ROSE PETALS STREWN ON THE FLOOR..THE BRIDES MUM AND I HAD A TIME TRYING TO CONVINCE HER THAT IS WAS OK..POOR KID WAS INCONSOLABLE..

THE PLAN HAD ALWAYS BEEN TO MARRY UNDER THE BIG OAK TREE..THE WHOLE PLACE WAS CHOSEN FOR THIS REASON..AND NOW IT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN..

THE OAK TREE WHERE THE WEDDING WAS TO BE PERFORMED

CHRIS WAITING FOR THE BRIDE

WONDER WHAT MY THREE BOYS ARE THINKING

 

IT WAS AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE WE CRAMMED INTO THAT COTTAGE..AND HOW QUICKLY IT WAS DONE!! HENCE THE LOOK ON MY BOYS FACES..THINK THEY WERE BEWILDERED!!

THE CEREMONY WAS BEAUTIFUL ,THE WORDS THEY EACH WROTE WERE LOVING AND FUN JUST LIKE THEM..THEY CLEARLY ADORE EACH OTHER AND AS MUCH AS IT WAS NOT HOW THEY PLANNED IT…THEY ARE NOW MARRIED AND THIS WILL ALWAYS BE A MEMORABLE DAY FOR US ALL.

I SHALL CATCH UP WITH YOU ALL SOON..I AM STILL IN FRAZZLE MODE!!

 

 

SUNDAYS ARE SUN-DAYS

FIRSTLY A HUGE THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO LEFT LOVELY BIRTHDAY MESSAGES FOR DOCS 11TH BIRTHDAY.

HE IS THE JOY OF MY LIFE THIS LITTLE GUY..HE DRIVES ME MAD,HE BARKS AT INVISIBLE MURDULATORS HE PEES ON MY TREES BUT HE IS MY BOY..

SECONDLY I STILL SEND HUGE HUGS TO SHERRI-ELLEN AND NYLABLUE  AS THEY GO THROUGH WHAT ALL US PET OWNERS GO THROUGH AT SOME STAGE…THESE TIMES ARE INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL AND DEVASTATING TO US.

AT THIS STAGE NYLABLUE IS STABLE AS SHERRI-ELLEN HAS TOLD ME SHE IS STILL FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT AND LOVE LIGHT AND HUGS WE SEND TO THEM BOTH.

ALSO I AM DEVASTATED FOR THE POOR PEOPLE OF NSW WHO AT THIS TIME ARE BATTLING TERRIBLE BUSHFIRES.

WE ARE IN SPRING IN AUSTRALIA AND THIS DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR THE SUMMER COMING UP.

AT THIS STAGE 200 HOMES HAVE BEEN LOST AND ONE PERSON HAS DIED.I CANNOT BEGIN TO IMAGINE THE STOCK AND WILDLIFE TOLL AS IT WILL BE HORRENDOUS..THIS GREAT SOUTHERN LAND CAN INDEED BE CRUEL.

I WISH OUR FIRE BRIGADE VOLUNTEERS WELL AS THEY HAVE SET OFF TO JOIN THE CONTINGENT THAT IS MAKING IT’S WAY TO THE FIRES AS I TYPE.

PLEASE NOTE FRIENDS THAT WHERE I AM IS AT LEAST 800 KM AWAY AND AS SUCH WE ARE SAFE .

I WILL OF COURSE ALWAYS MAKE AN UPDATE ON MY BLOG AS TO IF WE ARE BUNKING OUT AT ANY TIME DURING THE SEASON..I THINK YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT AT TIMES I WON’T BE BLOGGING AS WE HAVE STILL PREP OUTSIDE TO TEND TO.

WE HAVE HAD A WINTERY SPRING..MORE COLD THAN WET AND TODAY HAS BEEN QUITE WARM ,THIS IS HOW OUR SEASON WENT LAST YEAR..WINTER NO SPRING BANG SUMMER!

I HAVE GOT THE GO PACKS SORTED AND WILL DO A BLOGGIE ON THIS WITH SOME OTHER INFO OF COURSE.

I WATCHED ACROSS THE PADDOCKS TODAY AND THE GREEN GRASS WAS RIPPLING IN WAVES..I SAID TO HUBBY THAT IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL THE WAY IT RIPPLES LIKE WATER AND YET I KNOW IN SUMMER WHEN IT HAS BROWNED AND DRIED THIS SIGHT WILL HAVE ME CONCERNED..GRASS FIRES ARE INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AND VERY UNDERESTIMATED IN SPEED AND FEROCITY..

ANYWHO ENOUGH OF THIS QUITE SERIOUS CHAT..TODAY SINCE IT HAS BEEN WARM IT WAS TIME TO SET UP ‘SCOOBY POOL’ THIS BEING A PLAY ON THE FACT THAT DOC AND FORREST LOVE TO SWIM BUT DOC DIVES..WE JOKE WE ARE GOING TO GET HIM A SNORKEL BECAUSE HE ENDS UP WATERLOGGED FROM BLOWING BUBBLES..SO DOGS ..SCOOBY DOO..SCUBA DIVING..’SCOOBY POOL’

HE WAS MOST IMPRESSED THAT IT WAS FILLED FOR HIM..FORREST PREFERS TO RUN AROUND LIKE A TWIT AND WORK UP A SWEAT FIRST..DOC IS STRAIGHT IN..MY WATER BABY.. HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY ALL

TODAY IN WRITING

INSTEAD OF PICTURES I AM GOING TO WRITE ABOUT TODAY.

IT’S SPRING AND TODAY WAS GLORIOUS,THE SUN WAS SHINING AND THE WEATHER WAS QUITE BALMY.

WE HAD A STRONG,VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND  WHICH WHIPPED THE TREES AROUND AND I COULD HEAR THE BRANCHES IN THE GUM TREES RUBBING AGAINST EACH OTHER AND GROANING..A DAY FOR BRANCHES TO FALL.

I SPENT THE DAY WEEDING,SITTING AND TENDING MY MUCH NEGLECTED GARDEN AND ENJOYING THE SUN WHILE THE CATS RUBBED AGAINST MY LEGS AND THE DOGS LAID IN THE SUN LONG ENOUGH TO GET WARMED UP AND THEN RETREATED TO THEIR VERANDAH BEDS.

I WAS A BIT CONCERNED THAT A PLANNED BURN OF 228 HECTARES WAS TAKING PLACE TODAY JUST 19 KM AWAY..ODD CHOICE OF DAYS TO BURN OFF.

I WENT FOR A STROLL AROUND THE PROPERTY AFTER LUNCH TO GIVE MYSELF A BREAK FROM WEEDING,THE DAM HAS FILLED UP A BIT MORE AND I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE LARGE TADPOLES TWITCHING IN THE WATERS EDGE..THE DAM IS INDEED THEN HEALTHY..AND WHEN THEY BECOME FROGS THE SOUNDS WILL FILL THE BUSH OF AN EVENING…IT’S THE MUSIC OF SUMMER FOR ME,ALONG WITH THE CICADAS AND CRICKETS.

IN THE SUBURBS ALREADY A TIGER SNAKE HAS MADE AN APPEARANCE SO I MUST BE VIGILANT NOW,THE BROWNS WILL START TO MOVE ABOUT LOOKING FOR MATES AND FOOD AND THEY WILL NOT TOLERATE CARELESS FOOTSTEPS IN THE BUSH..THE DAYS OF LETTING THE DOGS RUN FREE AROUND THE YARD WILL STOP AND ON LEAD WALKS WILL BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY.

THE WASHING DRIED QUICKLY WITH THE GUSTY WIND AND NO SIGN OF SMOKE FROM THE BURN,I MUST GET THE SUMMER FIRE PLAN SORTED AND THE ESSENTIALS PACKED AND ORGANISED..THINGS REMOVED FROM THE HOUSE UNTIL THE FIRE SEASON ENDS AND THE CAR PREPARED FOR THE SEASON.

SPRING IT MIGHT BE BUT ALREADY IT’S SHOWING SIGNS OF A NASTY SUMMER..IT’S NEARLY 11.30 AT NIGHT AND IT IS STILL 20 C OUTSIDE..MORE LIKE A SUMMER EVENING.

THE WIND IS STILL BLOWING,THE JASMINE IS STARTING TO FLOWER SO SCENTS ARE FILLING THE AIR,I CAN HEAR THE POBBLEBONK FROGS IN THE NEIGHBOURS DAM DOWN THE FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY..THEY ALWAYS MAKE ME SMILE…FUNNY THINGS THEY ARE..

TOMORROW I WILL WEED OUT THE BACK,ANOTHER NICE DAY IS EXPECTED AND I LOVE THAT I AM NO LONGER FEELING FLU RIDDLED AND CAN GET SOME NORMALITY BACK IN MY LIFE.

HAVE A GREAT MONDAY EVERY ONE STAY SAFE AND ENJOY WHAT THE DAY BRINGS TO YOU