Sheep Jesuses

Toffee in hot pursuit of a tennis ball. Panorama style makes it more arty, like.

The rain has finally come. Last night it poured, moving from the west across Victoria, and we got an inch. Heading home from the gym this morning, there was already a subtle green tinge to the paddocks. Alright!

In other developments, we have had at least three immaculate conceptions. That is, our ewes have started dropping lambs, but they've not seen a ram in over a year. Apparently this is not as strange as the time when Dad bought some weathers (castrated rams), one of which gave birth. Anyway, Dad reckons that a ram has jumped the fence, seduced a few ewes, possibly with his feats of jumping, enjoyed a bit of rumpy-pumpy, and hopped back over the fence, promising to give them a call in the next few days.

Since I've put off going to Brizzy until Sep, it looks like I might go on holiday with the olds and Abz for a week or so at some point before then. I've been pushing for a week skiing in NZ, mainly because that involves speed and danger, two things dear to my heart. Mum isn't buying that though, because she wouldn't be able to ski and "doesn't like the cold". She wants to go some place warm, possibly Phuket. That sends shivers down my spine. We would not be a spry and nimble force, like a pair of backpackers, able to get out of the tourist traps and chill out someplace. I'd actually rather go to Bali, just because it's so bloody horrible and we would blend in with all the other working class Aussie yobbos, wandering around pale, bewildered, and entirely odious to the native inhabitants. Another place which has been proposed is a Malaysian island called Panang. Anyone got an opinion on this place? Is it ready for the Peacock family portable conflict factory?

I downloaded season 1 of that show B-roq was on about, 'Trailer Park Boys'. I found the first two episodes amusing, but not hilarious. I think it's like a Canadian Kath and Kim, but more hardarse. They do say 'oot' instead of 'out', you know. I'd never noticed it anywhere before.


Got my harness today. Oh yeh. It looks like the one pictured, but mine smells different, being blessed enough to be imbued with my musky man scent.

Music update: if you like rock and roll, and rocking out in general, perhaps you should listen to the band called Decemberists. I can see Pharmacy Matt liking it.

Over'n'out, my african-american compadres.