Mixed weather again.

Monday's weather came as a wee bit of a shock - back to the white stuff which blanketed the green stuff, much to the displeasure of the boys.  They get bored very easily when they can't get at their grass!  With magnification you'll see them in the middle of the picture just outside of their field shelters.  This photo looks north.

There is a certain beauty in undisturbed snow in a garden - this is the Phormium plant at the back of the house before the sun was high enough to get a melt started.

Mid week and the warmer sunshine had returned allowing the boys to get back to nibbling their grass.  Mid afternoon and they go for sunbathing and chewing the cud - all except Faro the guard who remains on his feet.  This photo looks west.

Gully enjoying  a bit of sunshine and a mouthful of supplement!  Gaucho is behind him eating from his bowl.  These two are great pals but it does not stop the occasional serious neck wrestling and spitting between them which happened shortly after this photo when Gaucho tried to pinch some of Gully's food!  Bad move.  They were soon up on their hind legs, 'chesting' each other and spitting for about a minute before peace returned.

This is Fidget showing a clean set of teeth.  Not the quickest boy in the herd, in fact he is always trailing behind the others, but he is a lovely chap.

Rufus, bedecked in hay after a rolling session with Gaucho behind.  The boys have all had their Verm-X granules in their food over the past week.

'Waste not, want not' down in the chicken compound as Hunkey Dunkey and his hens get stuck into a couple of  cabbages which makes a tasty change from layers pellets, mixed grain, grass and grubs!  Cabbage flavoured eggs anyone?

And finally.............to end the week yesterday, the Crocuses put on a colourful display.  No daffodils in flower here yet but plenty of shoots ready to open when the weather gets milder.  For those of you who attended this weekend's Futurity in the south - hope your hangovers are lifting!