As arranged, Tim and Gwyn called in on their way down south after attending a Havelock North funeral. We haven’t seen them for a long time and they both look remarkably hale and hearty given they’re only a few years younger than us. I bored them with elaborate tales of our Gabrielle experience and “the hip” incident. We showed them over the homestead which they haven’t seen since before the renovations began. They had seen the cottage but not the homestead.

The triplet ewe lambs are still OK, not looking underfed nor very plump but their mum, #814, is distinctly unwell, shuffling along on her front knees or just lying down. I called Marcus Ormond who has offered to help if we have sheep issues and he agreed to pop by the next day and assess the situation.

It was a real wintery day – cold, heavily overcast.

Oak Avenue Weather:0.8℃—17.9℃ 3.4mm rain [?] TdP eggs=3