Hi everyone,
A beautiful warm autumn day here - so nice to have a chance to thaw out!
Michael and I spent the morning over at his place. The original plan was to go and rehang a couple of gates, but we got sidetracked by gardening work. First, cutting down a cypress tree in the yard, which went from this ...
... to this:
There was another tree taken out, and also one planted. In the big blow of wind last week a sheet of iron had come loose on the house roof (repairs were effected) and a couple had come off the shearing shed roof altogether.
Repairs to the shearing shed will be effected tomorrow.
We eventually got to the gates. One of them, I noted, is an old "Sunshine" type made by the McKay works under the name HV McKay Pty Ltd (which puts the date of manufacture between 1921 and 1930) [http://www.search.asic.gov.au/cgi-bin/gns030c?acn=004092684&juris=9&hdtext=ACN&srchsrc=1] Yep, I'm this exciting all the time!
In the event we need a few more parts to lift the gates, so we'll return tomorrow with them and also the gear to do the roof repairs I mentioned.
Returned to the farm here for lunch. I was interested to note that Pepsi we're sponsoring the cricket World Cup this year - hadn't noticed that before.
Most of the afternoon was spent splitting firewood. Gave the dog a good long walk and also fitted in a ride in the evening.
More tomorrow.
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