A Busy Morning

This morning the puppies raced around like mad things after breakfast and then fell in a heap!!  But not together, Yoyo curled up with Kiki and Coco went back to the crate for a nap.

Meanwhile out in the paddock Eugenie gave birth to a medium brown male cria and very shortly thereafter Narcissus dark brown male cria.  These are cria numbers 2 and 3 for Dad, Mandrake, and they are his second and third brown males!!

New Puppy!!

Yesterday we got a new puppy.  He is a Chug (50/50 Pug/Chihuahua), but he is a lot smaller in person than he appeared in the photos and it looks like the only pug characteristics he inferited are his colouring and his curly tail.  Not to worry he is as cute a button and Kiki loves him!

Today he is chillaxing on the couch with Parker.  Kiki has given up her favourite cushion for him :)

In the Garden

The garden is looking very nice at the moment, and the orchard is a sea of blossom... a fact not wasted on the local corella population :(

Trying to do some work at the computer today - this is the amount of chair that Kiki can spare for me to sit on .... apparently!!

Met a puppy today - my mailman Steve's new (female) mail buddy, Trixie.  Good to know my letters will be in such good hands!!

Christmas Eve

We celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve with lots of food and presents :)  At first Scarlett wasn't sure how to tackle them....

But with a little instruction....

She soon got the hang of it!

And then got stuck in....

There were lots of toys, and books

and clothes to try on....

And hats, which sensibly come with chin straps so she'll be able to keep them on in the sun... won't you Scarlett!!

Quiet time with Eggy

until Ruby and Kiki invaded!

Fortunately Scarlett quickly developed a handy back hand to fend off the ever vigilant Kiki!!

Not sure who enjoyed the Christmas episode of Geraldine more... but they both had to be told to move back from the telly!!

And then on Tuesday....

... Scarlett and her parents came to the farm to visit us :)

Kiki and Ruby were very pleased to meet Scarlett, and both behaved very well.... although they were both very licky licky licky!!  And after another funfilled feeding time, Scarlett was in need of a good wash!!

A 'shower bath' is the current favourite for getting clean :)

The only hat Scarlett really likes to wear is this 'bath hat' which means she can have water poured on her head without it getting in her eyes.

Kiki made sure that bath time was well supervised!!

Gardeners and Garden Gems

Sometimes the dogs want to give more help in the garden than is actually useful!!

Kiki:

Ruby (now with her second ear up!!) .... who has been pruning my kiwi vines whether I like it or not!!:

And some 'shots' of colour around the garden, blue star flowers - several clumps amongst the roses:

Some lovely little daffs, a bit bashed by dogs!!:

The daphne a riot of blooms again this year - star!!  And heavenly perfume :)

The flowering quince, tons of flowers and ignored by the crimson rosellas this year... maybe thanks to the dogs?

Have been looking around the shops for a red japonica, since the flowering quince is doing so well, but then I found I already had one!!  Not very big yet, but very pretty :)

A couple of pockets of grape Hyacinths looking lovely :)

And not to be forgotten the natives are also doing well, the grevillias are in full swing:

 Jonquils, nearly past it:

And just 2 flowers so far on the prunus, small but perfectly formed!