February 17, 2013

Saturday 16th February

Gathering/Living off the land...

Saturday was wood splitting at our place

 Stella even helped gather the wood.




Plenty of wood for winter - what a great feeling.


Stella was a great help.

 I really must stop wrecking my tee shirts...
Abbey was not pleased with me asking to take a photo, she has been on the day bed since Tuesday in a bad crash again. SOB!. Abbey thought I had picked her some berries so was quite vocal on her disgust. But was a good sport and took the photo for me LOL.

 The chickens lined up for their tasty treats.

 They wait eagerly by the shoot for me to place one huhu bug at a time. As the huhu bug lands down the shoot the chicken cluck with delight.

 The sunflower has opened - she is soo tall one can't really see the flower smile.

Quote...


A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

-Marcus Annaeus Seneca 


Owned by a MandaBurms....
We are soo lucky owners of the cats we bred often send us emails with photos of how the cats are doing - it is lovely hearing from the owners and seeing the photos.

Tosca. - mother Cinders, father Lordy

 Amber Mother Caro - Father Lordy

 Amber and Tosca waiting at the rabbit hole.

The family

 Linking to A favourite thing...
Gosh cats, sunflowers, wood , chickens the whole of Saturday was full of favourite things.
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24 comments:

  1. A good Saturday at your place. It is always good to appreciated the good things in your life.

    Enjoy your Sunday - hope you get some relaxing done too.

    Julie and Poppy q
    xxx

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    1. Morning Julie and Poppy Q - hasn't the days been wonderful and sunny with blue sky.
      Sunday I was a good girl and finally got some study done that I just keep on putting off - always more exciting things to do I find than study...
      Love Leanne

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  2. beautiful, healthy cats! :)

    love your helpful pup, too! as a kid growing up in wisconsin, my father cut wood every summer and we kids helped pile, throw, stack, cut, whatever for the winter. :)

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    1. Yes the cats are all healthy - their coat show it doesn't it.
      Lots of work gathering wood for the winter but a satisfying role.
      Love Leanne

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  3. Hello Leanne - and many thanks for stopping by via Claudia's cottage! Well what can I say..........I love NZ although I've only been to Auckland to board a ship in 2010 and sail way to the beautiful NZ sub-Antarctic Islands! My dream is to return and see NZ in detail and travel everywhere possible across your two beautiful islands.........one of these days I'll get there.

    Love your beautiful kitties...........and reading about your lifestyle in the country.
    Have a wonderful weekend as you prepare for the cooler weather coming your way soon.
    Mary -

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    1. Mary - it is on my bucket list since I was 14 years old to travel in a house truck around New Zealand. Soon I hope!
      Hope you get to come back to New Zealand.
      Love Leanne

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  4. That is a seriously good wood splitter. The shoot for feeding titbits to the the chooks is a great idea.

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    1. Susan - totally worth every penny to hire the wood splitter. Yes James' design of chicken feeder works really well.
      Love Leanne

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  5. Thanks for visiting my blog today and now that I have visited YOURS I am just smiling in delight...you have so much stuff going on in the one or two posts that I visited ! :) So much FUN to visit here! :)

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    1. Thank you Debra, the blog is just a journal of our days and of the cats staying with us. It can be a bit random at times LOL
      Love Leanne

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  6. You look like you have quite a bit of land & with your own pinetrees for fire wood?
    Stella the wonderful helper. We had a truck load of wood delivered yesterday, so bit by bit it will get stacked into the shed.......oh I am looking forward to winter, the fire, soup, snuggling under a quilt.....pure bliss!
    It must be lovely to get to see your 'babies' happy at their new homes.

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    1. Leeanne we have just over 3 acres. The trees are all on the neigbours property and are very tall. I did mention again how I would love the ones behind the barn gone. but it is a huge job for the neighbours to chop the trees they have got too big. Any that fall over our side of the fence are I bags. And I collect the pinecones - and always laugh at myself how I HAVE to reach over to the neighbours through the barb wire fence to get any pinecones on their side within my reach.
      I prefer summer, spring and autumn - not a fan of winter at all. too cold.
      Yes it is lovely to have the cats come and stay - I am enjoying it. BUT missing breeding very much.
      Love Leanne

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  7. And who was the unsuspecting person who said " You are so lucky to have trees, wood and a fire!! " Let them work, all of it is hard labour, but like us, in the cold days, we will all so enjoy it, and you will have another fire to stoke, the " POT BELLY " who will want a full tummy to heat your bath water!!!! LOvely to see the other photos, greetings from Jean

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    1. Oh It is hard work. Even just picking up[ pinecone after pinecone walking up steep banks and watching your back from the ram...
      Love leanne

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  8. I enjoyed your sunshine, I'd forgotten what it looks like LOL

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    1. Kath I am soaking it up knowing that autumn is not far off and winter brrrrr. I'm a sun lover.
      Love Leanne

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  9. Beautiful cats!

    I can just feel the sunshine in those photos - especially the one of the sunflower. Oh, how I long for spring and warmer weather.

    Thanks so much for joining in this week!

    xo
    Claudia

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    1. Morning Claudia - ye the cats are beautiful aren't they - it is fun seeing the kittens we bred come back and stay. We can see their parents in many of their antics.
      Love Leanne

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  10. Love all your favorite things, so much fun! Stella is a cutie! Wish I could have chickens.

    Happy weekend filled with your favorite things!

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    1. Sally Annie, I have way too many favourite things living here.
      Stella is cute and has a very big important day today.
      Love Leanne

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  11. Looks like a really productive day splitting the wood. What a great help Stella was. Does she cuddle up by the fire in winter? Maybe she knows if she helps now that she reaps the benefits later down the track?

    I have to say that Amber is one beautiful looking cat. I take it all the family of cats get on well when they come to stay. Such a beautiful quiet, peaceful place, I have no doubt that they would.

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    1. Stella is not a year old yet, she likes to be a lap dog - will be interesting in the winter if she prefers laps over fire. (NB It is never my lap - I'm still not a dog person)

      The cats when boarding never get to mix with other guests. We have separate rooms for each family. The four boys staying at the moment are all from one family.

      Feel free to recommend us to owners who cherich their cats.
      Love Leanne

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  12. Lots of wood splitting going on here too! Those grubs are called whichity grubs here. (not sure on spelling ) the aboriginal tribes of Australia eat them, apparently they re full of protein. I haven't had the guts to try them so I cannot report on how they tast. But our chickens love them.

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    1. In NZ they are called huhu grubs and yes are eaten here too. I am told they taste like peanut butter and the smaller ones are best. Not that I have been brave enough to but Brent and James did one year. The chickens LOBE them and I must admit I enjoy sending one huhu grub at a time down the shute to the waiting chicken. Naughty huhu grubs were eating our firewood...
      Love Leanne

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