We've had an interesting week. Mostly cloudy, but Friday saw 70mm of rain and today was 23 degrees and clear, cloudless skies with a perfect breeze. I went to a baby shower at Bridport and the weather couldn't have been more perfect for the seaside.
The chook shed and the silo stairs have been finished. I have put a barrier of sheep panels around the stairs so the cows get used to them being there without being able to "explore" them. By the time I remove the panels it will be old hat. I think I will paint the stairs "Scottsdale cottage roof red", a nice deep red that will blend in with the sheds.
While I was down the far end of the farm checking on feed conditions, I saw a black cat in the brush around the soak. This may be a relative of the tom that Finn killed. I thought it was Shadow at first, but it ran instead of coming over to say hi.
The feed situation is still balanced ready to go either way. The rain yesterday followed by the sun today has done the grass the world of good. The fertiliser I ordered went on on Thursday, and there was enough grass to hold it despite the heavy rain so it all dissolved and went into the ground. Robyn has said I can use her little dam paddock to put the cows in to rest the main paddock if the pasture is slow to recover. With any luck that will let me hay both the knoll paddock and the main paddock and put away a good amount of hay.
Here are the photos from the recent aurora event, I tested all the phones in search of a decent picture. I think most of the problem was operator error, but the best pics were on my drone phone. This one was the aurora over Robyn's farm.
And this one I think is a related phenomenon known as a STEVE. It is caused by the same solar wind as the aurora but the light comes from heating in the upper atmosphere.
On the jobs front, I received an email from Elders HR telling me that "Due to changes in the business this role will not be available until early 2025. We would still like to keep your application on file as it is still under consideration for this role, however we wanted to let you know that we may not have any movement for some time."
This is unusual, so I will call them on Monday to find out what is going on. I think there have been 34 applicants for the job at Muirs, so I won't hold my breath there. No word on the Council job or the work from home one. I found out that was advertised Australia wide so I've pretty much written that off.
Arfur at Ringarooma gave Geoff another duck in return for electrical work. I think we might start declining the ducks. Arfur is getting very old and his plucking skills are not improving. Plus we are not very skilled at cooking them and while I love well cooked duck meat, what we are producing tends to be dry and chewy. Might as well not waste them.
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