Spring has Sprung!

Another lovely day on the farm with lots of chores to complete. Very sad this morning when I had to cut up our old apple tree that has been here since before we came 20 years ago. It had been looking very tired after a large split in the trunk last year, but the recent stormy weather finished it off. It is amazing how barren the area looks now. We are going to visit our favourite garden centre and perhaps plant some nice vines to grow along the extisiting wire fence to brighten up this empty corner. Lots of activity on our dam today with more ducklings swimming about. This is the third family this year, totalling about 18 ducklings, however our resident hawk "Darth Vader" has been busy decimating the families including a large mallard drake. Our Paradise ducks have had one duckling (normally about 6)and we think that the eggs may have been damaged in the recent floods. I noticed one of our thrushes had rebuilt her damaged nest and is busy sitting on her eggs, all the while keeping an eye on what I am doing