Further progress.

The first coat of render is almost complete on the house.

Duncan put in huge hours on the render when he was home over July, and I've been able to continue  since.  The really high stuff is a pain to get on as we don't have access to decent scaffolding, but we're getting there.

The heifer (Poppy) seems to be progressing well with her pregnancy, with the battle being to keep the weight off her so she doesn't have calving issues.  Complaining about too much good feed is not a bad problem to have, I guess.

..and as part of the preparation for Spring, Alex (my granddaughter) has started painting hive boxes.  

The copa hanging with the prosciutto.

 The view out the kitchen window this morning as I made breakfast.

11.5.19

 The 12kg prosciutto hanging in the homemade meatsafe.

Only a year or two to go

and then - yummo!

I've also hung a 2.2kg copacolla today.

Will upload a photo shortly.

Spectacular double rainbow from a few days ago.

Poppy, the heifer, went out to a nearby farm on Thursday to spend some time with a little Dexter bull.  He was immediately very interested in her and she seems rather appreciative of the attention, so we hope they get down to business so we can have a fresh supply of dairy products in about 10 months, and another beast for the freezer in about 2 years.

We have been told that we only have 2 years to have the house completed, so the pressure is on now to get everything done and dusted.  Plumbing, electrics, rendering and roadworks to be done.  Most of the rest is either completed or almost so.

2.4.19

The prosciutto after 2 weeks in salt.
Looking, smelling and feeling good.