Calves, lambs, and other children 
Sunday, September 13, 2015, 05:46 AM
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Sam (or Cao Sha, also known as Shazza or Kitten Girl) from Taiwan has been here for a week and a half. She's a big kid. She's actually been married for quite a while. Her husband worries that if they have two children, then he will have three to look after. She's been feeding the lambs and going over daily to check for any new calves. Three so far. Three more soon, but we've been warned that the mothers can be aggressive, so we've had to observe from the fence.

We've currently got two lambs in the back garden. Sarah's lamb Leia is in training for the agricultural day, but still isn't too keen on walking with a leash. Cousin Cooper wanted a lamb, but we only had one surviving orphan on the farm, so they got another from a different farm. Angus is crazy. He does this weird strangled bleat which we've all practised imitating. Unfortunately it was too much for Cooper's neighbours, who insisted that the lamb went. So Angus and Leia are now in our back garden. We've put up quite a barricade across, but he can still climb a three foot fence, so we'll probably have to make it higher. Or slipperier.

Sarah named her chicks along the Princess theme to go with Princess Leia. So we've got Jasmin and Sophia. Jasmin is the brown headed one, to go with the one in Aladdin. Unfortunately she's now growing all white feathers, so it will probably reverse later!

Bronwyn's been working four days a week for the last fortnight. Three days next week. Plus she was off to a Baptist Women's conference on Friday. She's also been working hard to put her teaching materials together for the registration, and a pile of song folders for the old folks home roster. Meanwhile, I haven't had a lot to do at work, so (apart from stressing about future income) I've been the one who hasn't had a lot to do. But I'm told that we have a semi major job about to start on Monday, so my unplanned holiday could be coming to an end.

Went to the hot pools last night. Got a family ticket. Two adults, three children. Sam got counted as a child. Technically she's not, but practically speaking she hasn't quite crossed 18 yet. I don't think the girl on the desk believed she was 30!

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