Why cities are key to the future
I believe cities are the key to the future. A bit controversial maybe - and no doubt many will disagree with me - but let me tell you...
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Funny animal friends - Pohangina style
One of the things we enjoy about living in the country is observing the interactions of the animals - both among their own kind and with...
'Cuteness' has no place on a real farm - lucky we don't have one
On a farm (even just a pretend one like ours), there are always arrival and departures (see Sheep Diaries: The day has come). But Sunday...
Sheep Diaries: The day has come
At last the time has come to say goodbye to our boys: the boys born this spring (see Sheep Diaries: Our first lambs). They were weaned a...
Why we should be nice to Australians (especially ones who have been here a long time)
During dinner a week or so ago, we noticed a couple of spur-winged plovers in hot pursuit of a swamp harrier; we were alerted to the...
A Sheep Diaries' revelation: Sheep are good at maths!
On Tuesday 25th September we had our last lambs. The last of the floppy-eared three had twins: one black and one white. This followed the...
Sheep diaries: Not so black & white
We had come to the conclusion that lambs would either be born all black or all white, and in an alternate sequence, as it turns out. (The...
Sheep diaries: Pinch and a Punch!
A picture of Bliss. Mum snoozing in the afternoon sun with Pinch and Punch (or maybe Punch and Munf, or Munf and Pinch ...?) The birth of...
Sheep diaries: An exposition on bouncing
Next, it was the turn of one of the 'Pohangina Three' (two of whom lost lambs to pneumonia last year [see: Sheep Diaries - the...
Sheep diaries - Fatty's fate
Last time I wrote [Sheep diaries - Our first lambs], the fate of Fatty and her triplets hung in the balance. We had intervened to save...
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