Badger Galore
Staying ‘Up Over’ for a while.
Improvements.
So...in the last week we have had 87 mms of rain with 58 mms in one night. The result of this means we have gone from having about 3000 litres in our tanks to now having about 12000 litres. The dam has come up about a foot too.
While I have been at the book cave Will has been busy working on the deck extension.
The upshot of having four broody hens means that we finally have 9 new chicks in the 'Chickery' with Pacha, our Arucana hen. Five of them are from her own eggs, two black and three grey chicks. The other four chicks, one black and three brown are from eggs laid by our other hens.
Today we were visited by this grumpy fellow.
It's too darn hot!
However, storms rolled in tonight and we have already had 18 mms of rain but need lots more!
Some like it Hot...but I don't!
So...our weather station here recorded an outside temperature of 39.7 degrees today. It was still 27 degrees outside at 10.00 pm tonight and the inside temperature in Blue Moon was over 30 degrees, even with the breezeways and double doors open.
So we have come outside and are hoping to sleep on the deck in our tent inner tonight.
I don't know if it was because of the heat but the cicadas were still calling at 10.00 pm. They usually go quiet at sundown. Thankfully they have stopped now at just after midnight. I can hear a few frog calls, the whirring of the fridge (as the doors to the house are still open) and the occasional thump or footsteps from our furry, nocturnal friends on the deck roof.
There is very little breeze but hopefully we can get some sleep at least.
Not so alarmed.
So...the fire nearby has been downgraded. There is nowhere near as much smoke as the first day but the wind is taking it away from us. There was another day of planes and helicopters yesterday but they all disappeared by mid afternoon.
It was all just a little too close for comfort. Let's hope we get some decent rain soon.