Craft Sale At Underberg

Today Liz and I went off to the local church craft sale and poitjie pot competition.  Within the first 15 minutes the first wagon was sold and I have two confirmed orders for wagons as presents in December.  The sign did not do so well but I'll continue making them and see what happenes.  I sold one "Under 'OLD' management" and the guy who bought it was happy to pay R25-00 for it.  We'll see how it goes.

Oh, and we did not get any telephone orders. (For telephones or wagons)

Spring Has Sprung

We have had our first spring rain. 3mm!  Well spring has starting and the grass is growing.  The green is a welcome sight to us and the cows.  The problem with the lawn starts as well.  The grass grows faster than one can think.  So it will be back to pushing a noisy electric motor mower around the lawn thinkinrg that's it for two weeks.  Well, in two weeks we are back in the long grass in which the cats get lost.

Speaking of cats, our two. Ruby and Alli, seem to have a drug problem and we are trying to help them beat the odds and survive.  Actually they love it and it is a healthy drug problem.

This speaks for itself (Hey Alli!)

Eh?

I wish that my room had a floor;

  I don't so much care for a door;

    But this crawling around

    Without touching the ground

  Is getting to be quite a bore.

Spring is is the air?

Well I certainly hope so! It has been a lot warmer for the last few weeks but our weather will sneak up on us and the next thing we'll have snow again. The days are really wonderful as it is warm and sunny. We have, so far, had a lucky fire season this year as there have not been many runaways. The grass in the block-burnt areas is quickly turning green and the lawn mower will soon be taking strain on our lawn.

Block burning on the farm next door

Family spent a few days with us and so we caught up on news and all had a pleasant time. Nev took some fantastic photo's and has added to his vast collection of pix.


"The Country Wagon Company" has produced the first wagon and material (plus a mountain of sawdust) is being prepared for the production of lots more. They will be available in several colours and I'm sure kids will enjoy them. Take a look at the picture below.

Number 1 wagon off the production line

We have a Longcrested Eagle that patrols our telephone line every day.  He is one of our most beautiful birds on the farm.

Nev's pic of the Longcrestad Eagle