Fingers crossed for you and doing a raindance. Praying for more rain as well as we've had a pretty dry winter ,not like last year when my dam and soaks were full. Currently paying nearly $15 Aud for a bale of hay. Luckily I'm only feeding the stallions ,got plenty of feed on the paddocks for the others and they're all as fat as mud. Dreading this summer as I have a feeling I'm going to have to get the tanker in a few times to top up my water tanks. Feel for the rescues ,awful situation to be in.

Well my daughter is at the airport waiting to board her flight home. She's thoroughly enjoyed her time in the USA ,she said she'd love to be able to spend more time there,it's a fantastic country to visit. Be glad to have her back on home soil though,I've missed her.

Been using DMSO on horses lumps an bumps for years. Get a leg swelling,apply it and it's down by next morning. Used it on myself as well. Great stuff.

Happy Independence Day. My daughter is currently visiting from 'down under' and enjoying your celebrations. She's discovered chicken fried steak and green fried tomatoes hehe.

I heard it was cold there,a friend there said the same. I imagine we will get some snow on Bluff Knoll in the next few weeks if these temps stay the same.

Southern part of Western Australia.

I am so sorry you lost a friend. Thoughts with his family and friends at this sad time.

Got up this morning to white paddocks. There's ice everywhere ,0c. Looks pretty but it's damn cold. Nothing like some places I know , but cold for us.

Blasted cold here .Ice on the windscreen this morning. Was on afternoon/evening shift and just finished work,had the heater on full blast in the car on the way home.

Haha classic. Good job dad.

Ceterizine (Zyrtec) is good for allergies in dogs and cats. Has to be just ceterizine as active ingredient not the Zyrtec plus. You can get generic ceterizine also.

Started back at work this week at my old job and the owner came up from the city yesterday and gave me the biggest hug and said he was so pleased I was back so it was very nice to feel appreciated and wanted. He's such a lovely old gentleman.

She's really enjoying the time there so far. She said the people have been really friendly and nice.

Her in laws live in Texas.

Loads for me .

Think she's looking forward to seeing the 4th of July celebrations.

Sorry to hear it's so expensive there.

My daughter sent me pics this morning of the places she's visited and things she's seen so far on her trip to the USA. They're mostly of horses ,cows and saddles. I had to laugh ,she travels to the opposite side of the world and I get pics of animals, can take the girl out of the country but can't take the country out of the girl. She's sight seeing in San Antonio today so looking forward to seeing those pics.

How damn annoying. Feel your frustration. Lived in a place where power could be out for 3-4 days at a time ,sometimes even longer. That's one thing when I was looking for a new property I wanted stand alone power. I'd never go back on mains power now. Is there any way you can set up a small solar system to at least run your essentials?

Prayers for this lady,how terrifying. Hope she'll be ok.

Thanks. It'll probably be a dugite or tiger snake,that's what we mostly get around here.

I don't know about abortions but I know when my second child was sadly stillborn at 36 weeks they issued a death certificate before a birth certificate . I still had to apply for a birth certificate within the required time and this was after the funeral. It then arrived with stillborn stamped on it.

That's pretty cool.

Thanks. They're good neighbors,I don't mind helping them when they need a hand. Just feel very sad for them as there isn't much you can do. Unless you actually see them bitten it's generally too late and even then the odds aren't great. You and me both hate them.

Well what started as a good weekend finished as crap one. Get a call on Saturday late afternoon from a neighbour ,their horse was bleeding from a back passage and theres a pool of blood on the ground,could I go look. Said sure ,sounds to me like you got a snakebite from the symptoms they described.Go over take one look and I'm 99.9% convinced that's what it is as I've seen a number of horses with it. So I said I don't like your chances ,never seen one survive yet even after aggressive vet treatment but you need a vet diagnosis to be 100% sure that's what it is. If you want to borrow my horse trailer then come grab it and I'll help you get it on the float but she may collapse on the way as it's about an hour's drive to the nearest vet,or you can get the vet out but she may still need it in the clinic for treatment. Up to you. So said I'm going home to feed my ponies ,let me know what you decide and I'll give you a hand. I wasn't home five minutes when they ring and say the horse has started crashing into trees ,has started bleeding from the nostrils and has collapsed and can I go over put it down for them. Unfortunately with certain snake species bites they go blind. So I go back over put it to sleep and then said I'll come back over in the morning and bury it . Well do you think I could get the damn loader started,no ,flat battery and even with jumpers on wouldn't start. So finally after whacking it on the battery charger for a few hours it kicked over and I go over bury the horse which of course by that time was starting to smell nice and ripe 🤮 Geez I hate damn snakes and it's a load of crap they hibernate in winter, we had a warmish day Saturday and their other neighbours had been mowing.Poor girl.