The Great Bush BBQ

Well a great bbq was had recently in the great Australian Bush. Gum trees, broombush, magpies, ants and of course tree spiders. Anyway it is Gods great creation and I love it. Peaceful, not too many tourists and lots to see and do. Feeding the magpies was great and watching mother dealing out the food to 6 young ones was entertainment plus. All this and only about half an hours drive from home. Who would want to live anywhere else?

when things dont go to plan

Well Lucy is now at the end of the 28 day sit. She hatched 4 ducklings and there is now only one survivor. Think she is standing on them but not sure. It maybe chill too coz the weather is cold at night and not too much warmer during the day. But who knows. She gets first prize for dedication though. Maybee the incubator and brooder needs to be bought out of retirement. It is up to Isobelle now to provide us with duck dinner. hmmmm

12 days to go

Well Lucy the duck has been sitting on 10 eggs for 16 days now. She is very dedicated and will hatch some ducklings. Maybee not 10 but think she will have about 70% success rate. It takes 28 days for a duckling to hatch, and about 12 weeks if I remember rightly for a duck to mature as an adult. Then it is roast duck. Yum yum. Last time she hatched 3 ducklings, from 4 eggs. One egg was a dud, she trampled on another duckling which died, and the 2 survivers are down the back, being a duck and a drake. She is a Muscovy duck and is a good mother. Go Lucy.

The Joys of Motoring

Well after 340,000km the Falcon is showing signs of old age. The diff is leaking from somewhere and the clutch went off with a bang last Thursday night. Thanks to RACV it is on the road again. (I'm sure it likes the song "Off the road again, I just can't wait to get off the road again")Hmmm anyway a little clip on the clutch cable was responsible for the trouble, and had decided to jump off, therefore rendering the clutch useless. So now it is held in place with a hose clamp and I am wishing I had thought of that, coz if i did, it would be there. Well the car lives to fight another battle, and I will be continuing my RACV membership

A quote Forest Gump

"Mama always said that dying is a part of life, but I sure wish it wasn't."
Well my Uncle died yesterday afternoon, and it makes one realise that it is the end of an era. He was 90 years and 2.5 months and had had a good life , which is good. But the last 3 months was not good,being in a nursing home with advanced parkinsons disease. I remember going fishing with my Dad and Bert on many occasions. He was always fun to have along and was one of the "true gentlemen" that aren't very common these days. Well out of 9 children there is only 2 left now. My Dad and his sister. A whole lifespan come and gone. We will all miss him lots.

Gone fishin

After many many many weeks of waiting, we finally got to worry the fish, and scored a carp around 4lb or nearly2 kg. He took the worm on the bubble trick and was not impressed when he realised he was heading for the bank. However we dragged him in and on trying to remove the hook, it actually broke so he is a very unlucky carp. Of course as far as I know no one else caught one all day. (No wonder with dogs in the water, yelling, swimming, stones and sticks being thrown into the water all day). A real good 4 or 5 hours spent.

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