23rd October, 2024

The warm days ended with a crash today, some parts of Tassie are getting snow and the rest is getting the wind off the snow.

I called Elders about the job, and they confirmed that for "business reasons", which in most places means "trying to make our budget look better", they will be holding all the applications until February and then progress as normal. So nothing will be happening there until next year.

I had an email from the Dorset Council saying I wasn't successful in that application process. I didn't get an interview this time. I will call them and ask for a quick chat about why I am not being successful, as this is the third job I have applied for with them and they keep telling me how well I interviewed and they want to keep my application to hand for more positions, but not giving me any of those positions when they are advertised. If there is a logical reason fair enough, but I'd like to stop wasting my time if they are just trying to be politically correct.

The vet came back out to check on swelling on Pickle's face, the sheep that had a tooth removed. He feels that she either has a bad bone infection in her jaw, or bone cancer. He's given her a shot of exceed, a strong antibiotic, which will make a difference if it's an infection. If there's no change in a week it's probably time to put her to sleep. It's always the favourites...

The dogs were groomed again today, Poppy jacked up at standing for so long so the groomer finished her off laying on the floor. The carprofen helps with the joint pain but can't cure the back weakness. Her time is approaching too, she struggles more and more with getting up and down. Old age sucks.

Here is the back of the chook house, the left side was done a few years ago and is now weathered. The right side is now weather and wind proof and will last for another few decades. It's a very sturdy chook house.

The two eight foot gates to replace the bent ones in the automatic gateway have arrived at the ag shop. I will pick those up tomorrow probably, and buy the posts when I have paid for the timber used in the chook house and the silo stairs.