The tale of 3 goats

Sometimes it feels like not much is getting done at all. But the pizza oven is on it's way to being useable. In Canberra we built a pizza oven which cooked many a fine pizza as some of you will know. However we thought there was room for improvement on that design so we've done it differently this time. This is where we are up to with it.

Well as you know from last post the word was we were getting ourselves 3 goats. So all week the kids kept asking "when are we getting the goats". Finally they turn up and our little farm looks so lovely with 3 grazing goats in the front paddock.(The perfect Kodak moment.) Kids visit them, no problems they're a bit timid but all is cool.
On Saturday Elliott walked up to the paddock and all of a sudden they just clear jumped the fence and they were off.
OMG how do you catch 3 goats gone mad? Soon 2 lots of neighbors were out helping us chase them all over the place, what a sight. After an hour or so the 3 naughty goats were captured and immediatley sent back to their owners up the road. They had no problem taking them back as that was part of the deal, they just didn't think it would be so soon.
So you think we'd learn't our lesson-not so. So another neighbor( Nice neighbor) who has minature goats offered one of his and we said yes. Little Nuggetts is so cute but he's also partially(maybe fully) blind. Here he is.

Far cuter than the 3 billy goats gruff. Nuggetts knows his name and makes his way to you. How could we refuse him?

Now that we are (very) amature apiarist' and on a huge learning curve, Grahame decided I should check out the hive. Well if only a video camera was around. Not such a good day to check on them, a little too early a little too cold.     Big brave me

yep thats me there all suited up trys to lift the lid off. Bees getting stirred up. I nervously keep trying and walk away several times. Bees hovering all over. Mr" he knows bees is" shouting orders"just get the lid off". Me getting more scared . Ouch, ouch, ahhh I'm getting stung, not fun, bees going mad. Mr who is in shorts and t shirt is soon being a landing pad for bees, he starts running, bees stinging him. Me wants to run but knows to act cool and calm whilst bee is in my boot.

So really you had to bee! there but is was funny. Both of us stung and completely hopeless at what we were supposed to be doing.

Nice neighbors who I did the bee course with(and slightly more experienced) came and sorted the hive I let them have the proceeds which wasn't much .

The honeycombs. There was quite a bit of honey but as I left it out foe several hours the bees took alot back to the hive.

Now I just have to show you how lucky we are to have this on our doorstep. We've been coming down here alot after school as the weather has been so perfect for afternoon swimming.

Here's Harry.
This spot is the Pambula Rivermouth and it is so gorgeous. This area is known as the Sapphire coast but the picture doesn't do justice to what the colour of the water really looks like. Or perhaps it's just my rose coloured glasses!!

I feel very lucky that the kids have this to play in just 10 minutes from home.

Life in Pambula-Blissful.