Bill has been busy picking early spring wild flowers for me. He brought me something that looked like weeds but had lovely heart shaped little flowers. Jono looked it up and it is Shepherd Purse - you can eat the leaves and they are packed with vitamin C. Yesterday I found Bill sitting at the top of the water tank chewing on sourgrass. He said its his favourite place because of the view. "I just love the view here Mum, you should see it". He always wants wants others to share in his experiences :) He has been a really great help with milking the the goats this week and yesterday sang a humming song the whole time. He made this
Both the boys climbed the tree at the front and got really high. Too high I think! They have ridden their bikes up to get the mail a couple of times. Jonah asked Jono to take this photo.
This is growing in the pantry! Hoping to get it in the ground before the end of the week :)
Bridget took this photo of Tamei from inside the house. She has been on heat this week (Tamei, not Bridget) and we have talked about how we might let her have puppies sometime if we find the right male dog. We talked about how it would be bad for her if a large dog impregnanted her because of the size of the puppies. She stinks too! Bridget really needs to wash her today or tomorrow.
Bridget is reading as usual. She finished The Power of One for young readers and really enjoyed it. I was glad to find this version and I truly loved the novel but it was way too graffic for her. Now she is reading My Fathers War, a my Australian story novel that I bought at the War Memorial. She's also reading YHWH, The Flood, The Fish and The Giant by G.P Taylor, a gift from Michelle. and she borrowed The Dog who loved the Queen by Jackie French.
Other borrowings from the Library this week ;
- 'Bodyline' DVD (no doubt there will be some cricket games as a result)
- The Ultimate history of fast Motorcycles - Roland Brown
- Full Throttle, Lamborgini - Tracey Maurer
- Wild about Planes - Ticktock publishing
- Built for Speed Cars - Ian Graham
- Speedy Machines, Cars - Vic Parker
- DK Battle - Ancients to WW1
- Weapons and Warfare, WW1 - Adrian Gilbert
- Weapons and Technology WW2 - Windsor Chorlton
- How it works, Battle Tanks - Ian Graham
- Animals, 100 questions and answers - Jinny Johnson
- Wonders of the North Pole - Catherine Guigon
- Farmer Schulz's Duck - Colin Thiele (we read Murray River Mary last week. So impressed with that book!)
A few more shots of goings on ... Jonah took these of two of his cars. He knows each one intimately, and exactly how fast they go in real life :) (Actually I think the blue one is a Bugetti Veron and it belongs to William).
A painting of the garage by Bridget :)
