Animals and painting

It has been a while since my last blog post.

Christmas and New Year have been and gone and life is settling again after a busy time.

I have plenty of work in my garden after a spell of dry weather and now lots of rain.

The first crop of apples are ready to be picked and made into apple sauce for the winter.

I had time to finish my oil painting The Good Shepherd and the painting is about a shepherd after mustering carrying an exhausted heavy Merino sheep back on his shoulders to the flock.

His sheep dog by his side.

                                              

 Also I got my botanical water colour painting printed as cards and I am selling the cards on my New Zealand web Felt shop and in a local shop in Mapua.

 One of my hens got broody and I don't have a rooster, so I bought 6 fertile eggs from a local breeder and 3 of the eggs hatched and now I have little baby chooks, hopefully not all roosters.

 My other chicken feels very lonely now, so she hops on the deck and sits near the window and I am sure she would like to share the dog bed with Ollie if she could.

 Ollie learned to sit in kayak for the first time and is enjoying every moment.
I love all my animals!