A Blog About a Bloke-Living with WHS

The girls waiting patiently for their haircut Braeden learning to shear Rybrae Farm, first bale of wool. Today I am thankful for shearers. I am thankful for our first bale of wool. I am thankful that my kids love shearing time and learning about it.  I am thankful that Braeden wanted to learn about shearing. I am thankful that Ryley likes to help with the sweeping. Yesterday was a very very busy hectic day. We are all exhausted.  But excited about our first lot of wool. Our ram is now in with the ewes and hopefully we will have some lambs next year!!

This was the view from my back porch up at Rybrae Farm the other night. Winter sunset and the very blue Pyrenees Ranges. Not bad. I think this might be my first post for July? We have had a most excellent first week of school holidays and are now into the second week. I just haven't had the time (or electricity) to sit down and blog. I will find the time again. But for now, I am enjoying the cold and the eerie lack of sickness in our household (after our gastro week just before holidays started). Hope everyone else is surviving holidays.

Finally we can introduce 'Rybrae Farm' to our blog followers! (Can you figure out how we came up with the name??). Rybrae Farm is situated in a town called Amphitheatre, which is about 70 km from Ballarat. It is the town that David grew up in and the town where my parents bought a holiday house some 20 years ago. It is the town David and I met as kids and then fell in love some years later. It is where our hearts are. The farm features a 5 bedroom home that is run by solar and wind power and we also have some appliances that use gas (and some lights!). We have approximately 135 acres with 6 dams. There is a lot of bush areas, with some cleared areas too. Braeden exploring the front garden We have so much work to do!  But can't wait to get stuck in. For those who are wondering, we won't be living out there. We will be staying in town. It doesn't make sense for us to move given that we both work in town, Ryley is at school and Braede...