Posted in Farm Life on Feb 19th, 2008 1 Comment »
I never thought I would cry over a tractor.
Today the bloke who bought our Case Loader turned up with his Semi and Low loader to take it home with him.
My heart leapt when I went outside and saw the loader on the trailer, the new owner chaining it on, making sure it was safe for […]
Posted in Farm Life on Feb 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
has been and gone.
I woke Wednesday morning, after a terribly restless nights sleep. The nerves were all ready in action, the day had arrived.
My husband was long gone from bed, getting up at 5am to finish the last laps of placing his farming life in the front paddock. I could hear the 4 […]
Posted in Farm Life on Feb 11th, 2008 No Comments »
We had to start selling our sheep a few months back. We sold them in groups, bits at a time, with still a few here to sell.
The first two groups of sheep were sold, a the truck turned up to pick them up.
3 year old son, his ears pricking up at the sound of […]
Posted in Farm Life on Feb 11th, 2008 2 Comments »
As I sit here writing this my dear wonderful husband is outside driving back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
He’s not moving sheep or carting grain or any such thing, he is out there driving back and forth, putting his whole life - the last 28 years of work out in our front […]
Posted in Farm Life on Feb 11th, 2008 No Comments »
The tag line of this blog, A Fortunate Life, I decided on due to the fact that right now I am re-reading this wonderful book by Albert Facey - A Fortunate Life.
Reading this book has reminded me how fortunate we really are. If AB Facey can go through all that he did in […]
