Just living out the Farm Life

And another night of listening to the kookaburras laughing at each other in the tree outside our house...Must be around 7pm again...

So it's been a little while since our last post. At present I'm sitting on this chair roasting hot. The air conditioning is on and it's still hot. Today was a beasty 36 degrees, we spent most of the day sorting olives and putting them into jars. We had to go outside a few times to fetch more olives and man it was hot!! We got pretty cold sometimes in the Cool Room but soon warmed up after a few seconds outside.

So The Heart, Kidney, and Liver we had from our slaughtered lamb provided us with a meal during the week. We cooked them into a casserole and with some mash, I (David) would prefer not to eat this again, though Holly seemed to enjoy it. It smelt good looked and seemed to taste nice, though eating heart is not my idea of enjoyable food. It was an experience though, I'd recommend it to anyone who isn't squeemish about what they eat.

Last night Daryll and Donna invited us out for Supper at the Tavern which is a nice seaside bar/restaurant by the bay in Lancelin. Donna is an animal lover and raises orphaned Joeys and on our way to Lancelin there was a kangaroo standing on the side of the road which she slowed down for, she honked at it to make sure it didn't run into the road. As we passed Holly and I looked back and the cheeky beggar looked like he was giving her the finger! He raised his arm as if to express frustration at her for honking her horn.
We had a great evening talking and laughing over drinks and some really tasty food. We had a great night view of the bay, the town and the aftermath of Australias biggest sporting/gambling event of the year. They Melbourne Cup. I can never understand the fescination of gambling and racing horses but it was fascinating to watch. We watched the main race during our lunch break and the winning trainer nearly had a baby I think.

On Saturday, we headed to our Irish friends' place for a small gathering before they left to continue travelling. Along we travelled through the winding bush road untill we arrived at SoulHaven. Dellis' place, we have heard so much about this lady and we finally got to meet her. We had the impression she was a battle axe but turned out she was quite a sweet and very sociable mature lady.

After work today we headed down to see lamby on the bike and had a little treck around the property. It was prime time for Kangaroo activity at Dusk and we saw heaps of them. There were families of them hopping around and some who just watched you ride by with their hands tucked into their chest. Cute as!! Funny creatures...

We're heading to Perth this week-end to work the week-end markets and joining in on some family celebrations at Catherine's house on friday. Her mum is looking forward to seeing us after we spent an afternoon with her when she brought Prince up to us.

The next blog will probably be when we're back at the farm next wednesday.

David and Holly

P.S. Tomorrow is November 5th for us which is Holly's grandma's Birthday.
SO, Grandma if you get a chance to read this: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Love you and miss you Lots!! I hope your Day is Special.