The bug swooped in from nowhere and knocked a couple of us for six; one of the couple was me. In the space of a Friday afternoon, I rapidly shifted from a heartsore, weepy-eyed mess over the loss of our number one goatgirl, Leia, to an all-over-achey, bent-double-coughing cot-case with lungs reminiscent of a beginner pipe band. Not selfish, I took The Engineer along with me, misery loving company and all that. On the positive side, it wasn’t Covid and we had the distraction of the Olympics on TV (and how awesome were they?!) but, even with Aotearoa/New Zealand’s 20 medal haul, being sick is no fun and it was one of those obstinate lurgies that appeared to have no interest in going anywhere fast. “Give it three weeks,” the chemist ladies told me when I donned a mask and went cough medicine shopping. They were bang-on.
But while we were out of commission, things didn’t stand still. The goats slowly came to terms with the disappearance of their constant, for the first while shunning the shelter whatever the time or the weather
The days have also grown in length to the extent that it is now light when I open my eyes of a morning; a couple of times the sun has actually been shining! Daffodils are getting ready to unfurl and the plum tree even has a sprinkling of open blossom.
The sky put on a bit of a show earlier in the week and The Farmer’s fancy phone caught what our eyes couldn’t see.
Colin.thelab would have us believe the pretty sky was a universal celebration of his fourth birthday on Tuesday but Babette is having none of it.
But by far the biggest news on The Homestead is the arrival, on Monday, of our first lambs.
You can’t keep feeling sorry for yourself with this kind of thing going on in the paddocks.
I know it’s not Spring yet, but I can feel it in the wings.
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Lighter mornings and daffodils – spring is on its way! Hope you are feeling much better.
Definitely on the road to recovery, thanks
You had one heck of a cold/flu bug. I hope you’re fully over it.
I’m getting there. It was the weirdest bug: hit like a freight train and then hung around for ages.
Oh, gosh! I have had flu/bugs like that. No. Fun. At. All. A long three weeks! On the plus side of the ledger of life, you have daffodils and lambs and a beautiful night sky. Plus, more daylight. Spring is coming.
Life is good, when it all boils down. When I’m under the weather I tend to lose sight of that and grumble on a bit 😊
Understandable! I think most of us do the same thing.
Hooray for the lambs. The aurora was a good shot. We had sightings of ours locally but I saw nothing when I looked out in the night.
The prolonged ailment was annoying but perhaps spring and better weather will put paid to the chance of any more illnesses popping up.
Cameras pick up stuff (like Auroras) that the naked eye doesn’t see which is both amazing but also feels a little cheaty😊
I’m really hoping I have now paid my dues re: winter bugs. Getting sick despite having a flu jab seems very unfair – and I have plenty to be getting on with!
That does seem unfair.
I didn’t know about the way cameras pick up unseen auroras until this year but I haven’t managed to take advantage of this yet.
Murphys law in effect getting laid low just when everything starts to happen. And such a lot happening…wow!
Kind of a blessing I was initially too ill to worry about what I was neglecting 😁