Sunday with Scarlett

Scarlett knows that when I pull out the camera, she needs to smile.. and then... she wants to see the picture on the back of the camera... and then to scroll through all the other pictures.  Too clever for her own good!

Freya's solution to Ninja (the cat) and Scarlett wanting to undecorate the Christmas tree was to buy a twin palm tree Christmas tree... the cat was thwarted, but Scarlett just gets a chair and tries to achieve her goals!!

Spaghetti is Serious Stuff and New Arrivals

Yesterday when I arrived to visit Scarlett she was getting ready to eat lunch, a delicious meal of spaghetti and meatballs, which requires good fork skills and a steady hand to eat!

Scarlett decided the flash on the camera was pretty funny this week, and responded with a 'hands up, in the air' pose for each effort  :)

The family cat, Ninja, is a source of great interest, mostly she is pretty good about being gentle, but sometimes the balance skills are a bit lacking and Ninja gets a bit squished!!

I had planned to be a bit earlier arriving to visit, but before I left the farm we had two new arrivals, a light brown female cria for Yolanda and a gorgeous dark grey male cria for Narcissus.

I knew Narcissus was in labour when she left the yards after brekkie, and was watching her with binoculars from the kitchen when I noticed that Yolanda was also in labour, and had a head start on Narcissus.  When I arrived with my birthing kit things were well started.

A little assistance and we had our baby!  Good size, 7.6kg, by my new baby scales.  Very pleased with this baby as it is Yolanda's first ever daughter :)

Yolanda's cria was a bit spluttery so I held upside down for a bit for her lungs to drain.  I went to change my shirt and when I got back, Narcissus' boy was already born.  Also a bit spluttery, so some upside down time for him too ... and another clean shirt for me!!

Nicholai was also a very good sized cria, 8.1kg, obviously so keen to get a good pic of him that I chopped mum's head off!!

Kiki and the Blue Wrens, Freya and Ninja and new bug Dolce

Kiki spends a lot of time chasing birds, red brow finches, sparrows, blue wrens, they all need to be seen off, mostly the birds hide in the trees, which Kiki thinks is just not fair!!

When they arent being harrassed by Kiki, the blue wrens spend a heap of time knocking themselves out on the mirrors on the car!!  Not that bright!!

Wonders will never cease, Skinny and Kiki in the same bed!!  To be fair, it is Kiki's bed, and Skinny is almost never out of it!!

Today I went to Canberra to do a little shopping, it was nice to catch up with Freya and meet Ninja.  Rubbish shot of Freya, but the cat looks good!!

A better shot of the 2 of them, Ninja is a big purr bag, but plainly loves Freya more than the rest of us!!

And when I got home, I found a lamb in the laundry.  Apparently the neighbours had found her beside her dead mother and thought their kooky neighbour (me) might like to try to save her.  They phoned, spoke to Eddy, who took her in.  She's had a rough start, but is very keen to get on in the world, wish Dolce luck, she'll need it.  Now set up in the laundry with towels and heater!!