Lots of Rain, the Dam, and a New Lamb

While I was driving home from Melbourne on Sunday afternoon Sherrie gave birth to a ewe lamb.  It was raining at the time, and there has been a lot more since, and more is forecast for the next 5 days!!  Eddy wanted to call the lamb Sunday Roast if it was a ram, but as she's not, we've called her Sunday Rose.  She has had a rough start and yesterday managed to get herself on the other side of the fence from her mother.  She also has been scouring, not a good look for a day old.  Yesterday afternoon I brought them into the shearing shed, gave her antibiotics and some glucose and electrolyte water to see if I could help her improve.  Yesterday evening she was looking very poorly, but this morning she is looking much better :)  With a river running through her paddock I think I'll be keeping her and her mother indoors for a while.

The creek broke its banks yesterday afternoon, but during the evening subsided.  More rain over night and its back up again this morning.

 I can see some fence repairs will be necessary.

The dam is as full as it can get - YAYYYY

The llamas and alpacas have crossed the 'new creek' to come in for breakfast this morning.

Rain - Now We're Talking and a Quilt

Finally, after only getting dribs and drabs we're getting some real rain, tanks are filling, dams are filling and animals are getting wet!!

Not sure if you can see it, but up there on the ridge line is one very wet sheep!

This is a sampler quilt made by Louise Omrod, I love the colours and the layout - lovely work, will enjoy quilting this one :)

Chickens, Ducklings and MAKE IT RAIN!!!

The incubator has been popping!  Luckily I have a mother duck to take all the ducklings, but I am rearing some silkie chicks as there are far more than Tinkerbell can look after!!

Shake Me Up Judy is a good little mum, she kicked Saffie off her nest, so these are really Saffie's babies even though Judy hatched them!!

 Not far from here its raining cats and dogs.... please let it happen here!!