No earth-shattering projects today: more chores that required another set of hands – for the Homesteaders not passing their afternoon in an end-of-semester physics exam, that is.

So, weve got;

✓ Upstairs woodpile  (for when the fire’s dimming but the movie has half an hour to go) replenished

✓ Tree lucerne trimmed and fed out to a very appreciative flock

✓ Square sheep chaff bucket, matching the goat’s for ease of stacking and lugging around, sourced and its puppy-Colin-mauled handle replaced

✓ Food stores topped up

✓ Fence sign (which possibly in disbelief at the idiocy on display in the world in general and the World Cup in particular threw itself off its anchor and broke in two) repaired

Now the student has returned, smiling and bearing takeaways for tea. I’d say, day is done.