I haven't done this for ages, a sign that I've had nothing to tell you that I thought you'd be interested in, been very lazy or been doing other stuff. Well all of the above apply.
My plans to tighten up our birthing season paid off this year and Rebecca and I went on a little holiday to Rhodes for a week, Peter stayed at home, he doesn't do holidays, very handy, meant all the animals and pot plants were looked after, bless him. I had forgotten just how beneficial a complete break away from everything was ... definitely to be repeated next year! Rhodes is lovely, my first visit. The weather was perfect, hot and sunny every day, lovely warm sea to swim in and those wonderful warm evenings that we just never get in the UK. We hired a car and explored the island - the old Town being the highlight, if you like ancient castles and little twisty lanes with cobble stones full of little shops to get lost in, then this is the place to go.
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| Ancient walls round old Rhodes |
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A very hot day for a climb to the top of the Acropolis,
no we didn't ride on the donkeys! |
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Came home with seeds from this plant - no idea what it is but will
try my best to grow it! |
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| Typical little lane in Rhodes - I think we were lost at this point! |
All was fine on our return, we made the most of the last few lovely warm and sunny days of our summer with days out to the beach, a toe in the sea here was was freezing!
So Rebecca back to school and time for Autumn jobs with the pacas. With our birthing season in mind for next year I had done all our breedings over a 4 week period finishing at the beginning of August. Time to do the last spit off and we have 25 rejecting, which is plenty for us. Most of them from our new Snowmass boys and a few from The Sorcerer.. can't wait to see the results ... roll on next June!
That done, the round of toenails, weighing crias and moving into new paddocks. Now some sad news.
Little Hunky Dory, the one with the splint on my last post, sadly passed away last week. Apart from his very crooked legs (the splint was actually working really well) and being very small, he had always had problems in the pooing department. I was regularly giving him enemas, as he always seemed constipated and I suspect that he wasn't quite right inside.
Last Saturday we had Alresford Show, our group of pet boys in our marquee were very popular as usual and we had a lot of serious enquiries from prospective purchasers. I slipped away in the afternoon to go to the auction at the Classic which was fun and very interesting - this time I managed to sit on my hands!
This Saturday is the Romsey Show, and as at the moment I am keeping everything crossed for a dry day - the forecast can best be described as dodgy. We have over 100 entries and with Nick judging it promises to be a great day, whatever the weather. I will take some pics and report next week.
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| Sun setting so much earlier now |
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| I love Autumn |
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All was fine on our return, we made the most of the last few lovely warm and sunny days of our summer with days out to the beach, a toe in the sea here was was freezing!
So Rebecca back to school and time for Autumn jobs with the pacas. With our birthing season in mind for next year I had done all our breedings over a 4 week period finishing at the beginning of August. Time to do the last spit off and we have 25 rejecting, which is plenty for us. Most of them from our new Snowmass boys and a few from The Sorcerer.. can't wait to see the results ... roll on next June!
That done, the round of toenails, weighing crias and moving into new paddocks. Now some sad news.
Little Hunky Dory, the one with the splint on my last post, sadly passed away last week. Apart from his very crooked legs (the splint was actually working really well) and being very small, he had always had problems in the pooing department. I was regularly giving him enemas, as he always seemed constipated and I suspect that he wasn't quite right inside.
Last Saturday we had Alresford Show, our group of pet boys in our marquee were very popular as usual and we had a lot of serious enquiries from prospective purchasers. I slipped away in the afternoon to go to the auction at the Classic which was fun and very interesting - this time I managed to sit on my hands!
This Saturday is the Romsey Show, and as at the moment I am keeping everything crossed for a dry day - the forecast can best be described as dodgy. We have over 100 entries and with Nick judging it promises to be a great day, whatever the weather. I will take some pics and report next week.
