It must be Springtime!

We sometimes find it hard to believe that we are getting anywhere with it, but there is so much work going on in the cottage...

Much of it is difficult to see, because it consists of time-consuming (boring) jobs such as sorting out the damp problems, and then it seems as though we are never making any progress, but it is definitely starting to look much better now. We are getting through litres and litres of paint, and it is going somewhere - most of it on the walls and ceilings, but some of it does end up on the floor from time to time! Mango and Alfie even helped do some painting last week. Mango spread it on the floor with her paws, and Alfie painted the walls with his ears!

Kitchen area - gloss paint going on.

Living area - ceiling and some walls painted.

Living area - more paint going on!

There is a lot of work going on in the bathroom as well. The ceiling is being painted, and there should be paint going on the walls next week.

Other things happening around Brookway Farm:

The chicks are growing bigger. We can see that they don't all look the same now and they are starting to get their feathers, but we still can't tell which ones are male or female yet.

Our fruit trees were pruned last week so, hopefully, they will look better next year and will be able to produce more and better fruit. We are still not sure what some of the fruit trees are. We will have to wait a few more weeks until they get their new leaves to be able to work out what they are, but we know we have lemons, quince, guava, pomegranates and almond.

We also bought three more trees - a lime tree, an orange tree and an almond tree. In all, we have planted forty new trees since we moved into Brookway.

Spring is definitely on the way although, as I write this, we have heavy rain!. Until a couple of days ago, we had some beautiful weather, which has really encouraged the blossom. The rain certainly makes everything grow!

We have some guests staying with us for a few months. They promised they would keep the front paddock grass down. It meant a few repairs before they could move in though.

Gate and fencing needed fixing.

Some of the wildlife seen around Brookway recently:

Cape White-Eye

A tiny Slug Eater

Raucous Toad

Gymnogene raiding a Weaver's nest

Gymnogene devouring its prey

Just need to decide which looks better in the new flower bed:

1. Salvias

or:

2. Alfie