We have had to laugh over the last couple of weeks, our 5 female piglets have learnt how to climb.  They run up the slope of their shelter and have now discovered that the corn growing in the raised boxes next to them is delicious.  The things that go on at our place, life is never dull, I can assure you of that.

Also Mark has started on our stone barn conversion.  The barn nearest the house was in desparate need of some TLC and we thought it would make awesome barnstay accommodation.  So we have had to replace the walls which were just rotten timbers somehow miraculously still holding up the roof. Mark thought of blocks for the structural walls and then they will be faced with stone.  I was lucky to find a matching set of character windows in a salvage yard, so the project was set to go ahead.  Can you picture the end wall with the roof just on props and the news of an approaching cold front coming, I have never seen Mark work so fast.  Blocks are back up on the end wall, so all is good which was a great relief.  I think this is going to be a longer term project than he thinks, but will ultimately give us two units for when friends come to stay or for paying guests down the track. One year is the timeframe to complete the exterior and one unit inside, we will see how it goes!!