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for 2009. I used Kaisercraft's Belle Collection....totally gorgeous papers that can be used for Christmas or any other time of the year. I found a spark brush recently and just love playing with it....it truly adds a special touch.

OMG..

we've just measured 4 inches (100mm) from overnight rain and it's still raining! The overflow channel from the Washpool is flooded and we can see it from the house. While we would never say no to rain, we are now worried about the sheep in a paddock where the creeks go through. As long as none were amongst the channels, they'll be alright.

Our total rainfall is now almost 9 inches.

The pups are complaining that there's nowhere dry outside for them to play...not even under the house!

We've just learnt that our neighbour to the south measured 5 inches overnight!

Look who's snuggled in Nathan's sandpit:

More rain!

So far since Dec 20th we have received 436 pts (109mm) of lovely rain! The green in the paddocks becomes brighter everyday, water continues to run into dams and it's terribly hot and muggy...BUT no complaining here! More storms are forecast for the rest of the week. Wouldn't it be wonderful if it rained every day......

There's Rain

It was wonderful to wake on Christmas morning and find we'd had 2 inches (50mm) of rain! What a wonderful gift! During the day more showers added another 60pts (15mm) to our total. Martin checked a few dams and found a couple of feet of water in our house dam, another dry dam half full and another with the backwater full. This morning we can see a green shoot in the buffel grass.

This gorgeous little girl is my Christmas present form Craig and Kathryn. Khloee is almost 7 weeks old and weighs a neat 1kg, so you can imagine how little and fine she is. Like Charli, she's a mini foxie. She lets the boys know she's no pushover getting the skids after them when she thinks necessary. Charli wasn't too sure of her at first and is not keen to share my lap, but he's warming to her.....this morning they were sharing toys and playing. I must say she has a much better yap than Charli....we are hoping his voice will break!



At the moment we have 7 dogs here as Craig brought his heeler and we are pup sitting for our neighbour!

Turn-Off Decoration

Here is our turn-off decoration for this Christmas. We were very lucky to have the length of fluming to make the chimney. We also have a big star and tree in ropelights on our high tank stand....shall try and photograph it to share with you.

Here he is!

Zapp sitting obediently! lol Gotta love Adam's sense of humour!!

Our young neighbour Hilary was introduced to Zapp yesterday and he gave her quite a chuckle too!

Zapp, the red dog.

On Thursday night, as we headed down to the sheepyards, Adam said "Mum, you'll get some help tonight from Zapp, the yard dog. "

Me: Okay, and who's dog is he? (Thinking he belonged to one of the shearers.)

Adam: Wait and see...but you're gonna love him! He rides on the back of the sheep, bites when necessary, barks when stirred, sits and stays on command and generally does a brilliant job! He has many hidden talents; I'll show you tonight.

Well when I saw Zapp, I couldn't stop laughing....and when I can take a photo of him, you'll see why. But Adam was right, he came in very useful and did do a brilliant job! His only drawback? He doesn't come when called. Bonus? He's very cheap to feed and unlike 3 little pups I know, doesn't get into mischief.

I made good use of Zapp on Thursday night and then allowed Adam to use him when we drafted last night...