So much has happened, changed, improved and we still love it as much as we did when we decided to pull up stumps and move from the big smoke to the country.
On the positive side of the score sheet, we have completed the majority of renovations and improvements to the property. Each day waking up to this beautiful landscape, fresh clean air and sounds of the native wildlife is nothing but spectacular.
We have met some wonderful people that have opened their arms to us and we look forward to forging long lasting relationships with everyone that has embraced us. It can be difficult moving over two and a half hours from your original neighbourhood where you have solid roots and friendships.
Boyd and I (just like everyone else in this world) may not necessarily be everyone's cup of tea, but we are who we are.
The beautiful thing is to get to the stage in your life where you have seen and experienced so many things, that you are just simply thankful for all that you have. Thankful that you have wonderful people around you and you are happy to give back all that you can.
The biggest lesson has been, don't sweat the small stuff and if you come across someone that doesn't treat you well, simply turn the other cheek.
So we feel that life has such a beautiful exciting glow that we continue to embrace.
We have also had some interesting experiences thus far.
Morris the Wonder Dog is a continual source of entertainment. We have had the dog whisperer out to see him and as we thought, all his reactions to people coming on to the property are all based on fear. We are confident that we can work this through with him and get him to a calm state.
Morris's herding instinct is so strong. The other evening he managed to gently pick up 5 green tree frogs in his mouth, one by one and place them in a circle. He then rounded them all and kept them together until he tired of the game.
Last night at about 1am Morris decided to bring a tree frog into the bedroom.
I heard it squealing and did think that he took it back outside and released it....... I WAS WRONG.
This morning I saw something out of the corner of my eye move on the bed under Boyd's pillows.
Was it a SPIDER???????? Was it a baby SNAKE?????????? No......... FROG.
Looked a little like this.
After I got a bit of a shock and then had to wait for the adrenalin to stop pumping, I had to then find it as Mr Beastie the ginger ninja then started to chase it around the bedroom. All fun and games.The next part of the adventure will be to plan our vegetable garden and sort out what we might be able to grow with the limited water supply that we have. We could do with more rain.... but in saying that..... we are luckier than some. Our tanks are reasonably full, the trees and land is a beautiful green and we are heading out of Summer. Time to do some research and planning.
