New babies in the household

Meet my new babies. Two beautiful Orpington pullets. The black one, who is now named Shania is about six weeks older than the splash coloured one (which is white with splashes of black or blue on it). My splash is called Faith. Yep, there is a bit of a country and western singer theme going on here. I have three blue orpys on order (since last November…didn’t realise my chosen breed would be that hard to get). They will need names too, so a bit of research is needed. Donna thought one of them could be called Dolly. Nope, sorry, I don’t think so lol. Now these girls have spent their lifetime (October and December born) in a coop, never free ranging. They are pretty scared of the big wide world, so I’m glad the school holidays are only a couple of weeks away and I can spend time getting them used to walking and pecking on grass.

The photos don't really do Shania justice - she is gorgeous, with striking green and black feathers that glisten in the sun and reflect light. I will have to practice my chicken photography. Sorry, you'll have to look at them for a while yet LOL.


Well the twinnie challenge this time round was to make five cards. I did make five, then I threw one away. One of the criteria (which is very loose at the best of times lol) was to use stamps and colour them in – I did. And the four year olds at work could have done a better job. So four cards it is.

My plan for this weekend is to finish the book I made at Louise’s class a couple of weeks ago. Just the journaling and the roof to go. The journaling is printed but needs to be cut into strips and glued and the roof is cut, just needs to be glued. Might even get a layout started.

This last week has seen Lyall and I relaxing up at Hanmer Springs. We hit the hot pools and even went down the new twirly whirly slide…about twenty times lol. Wouldn’t want to be going up those stairs with a southerly blowing, you’d turn into an ice block! Being a bit more alpine than us, means autumn is starting to hit up there – glorious colours abound on the trees and that lovely light that only comes through in autumn is just gorgeous. Best of all we got to sleep in and just relax.

We got home though to find the water pump has been damaged by the latest aftershocks and so had fun trying to get a plumber to come and sort that out. The plumber had fun trying to get a water pump as they are, as you can imagine, in short supply. However it did get sorted and we certainly aren’t the only ones who are now starting to find things getting more and more damaged. Funny things too – we have one side of our tv cabinets doors lower than the other… However you find out who your friends are - thanks twinnie for offering your shower, washing machine etc.

Dogs are all good. Archie is going through the teenage years. This basically means he has really selective hearing and is pushing the boundaries lol. The sheep poo in the paddock next door is much more important than listening to Mum. Trouble is the little bugger can fit through the fence and since we haven’t done half as much obedience training with him, his recall isn’t great, even with a packet of something yummy dangled in sight lol. Will have to work on this.

Right, better go and get that book done.
Have a great week everyone.