May 26, 2012

Sticky dog

Snowy and Maggie

I took Snowy for a walk this morning and noticed he had some red stuff in his white fur. It was sticky, and it wasn’t blood. Juliet tells me the babies plastered him with strawberry jam! Tweet Pin It

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Fate and circumstance

I went cycling up the Buckland Valley today. I don’t ride much in winter, but conditions were balmy today, more like September than July. Going past the Lumsden’s dairy farm I noticed the newborn calves and pondered their existence. Never to know their dads, these little one have already been weaned from their mums. Half [...]

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Chinaman’s Hole, Porepunkah

Snowy at Chinaman's Hole

I took the big kids today to the place they call “Chinaman’s Hole” along the Ovens River just out of Porepunkah towards Eurobin. There’s a fantasic swimming hole there, with a sandy bottom and deep water. We spent more than three hours enjoying the water in hot sun. Snowy came too and had fun floating [...]

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New member of the family

Snowy as a small pup

We welcomed a new member of the family today in Snowy (pictured). He’s a maltese/shihtzu cross, about eight weeks old. The kids have been wanting to get a dog for a long time now and we gave in, providing they share responsibility for looking after him. He’s a cute little bloke and won’t grow too [...]

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