Now the blog's back I can fill everyone in on some more news, firstly SnowWhite kindled a good sized litter, a few white ones, a few black and even a few agouti, not sure where the agouti came from but they'll still be edable!
You can see the Littlebush stock calander if you want here. Here you'll see what and when we've done stuff, it's not complete yet, but I'm going to make a big push to finish it this weekend.

Last weekend, Steph and I took Markissa to Tielcy Park (an equestrian center in Palmerston North) for a saddle fitting clinic. We were expecting her to be a bit crazy, as in the paddock she is quite excitable, but once we sussed out how to
get her on the float (a bum rope, we tried a lungeing whip but that did not go down well) on Friday, we were pleasantly surprised on Saturday when she was very well behaved.
Saturday morning, we got up nice and early (after not really sleeping), and I prepped the car, and Steph got Markissa ready. It took us about 5 minutes to load her onto the float, and then we headed off. We were taking it really slow 'cause it's been a long time since Markissa had last been taken for a trip. By the time we had got to Masterton (20 minutes normally), she had settled down into the ride. 2 hours later we pulled into Tielcy Park, and were expecting snorting, eyes on stalks and possibly some crazy behaviour (going by how she reacted when the Alpacas were brought in). After finding somewhere to park, Steph backed her out of the float, and lead her to the side, where Markissa promptly saw some grass and was nose to the ground....After speaking to Margo, we got a stable to put her in for the day, another new experiance...but she just walked in, and then found the hay! The most excitement from Markissa came from when she saw herself in a few big mirrors in the indoor arena, and then when one of the stallions from the same stud she came from walked past. She has a very deep and loud whiney (esp when it's in your ear!)
Steph and Markissa were the demo horse and rider for the clinic, and from the looks of things, this type of saddle fits reasonably well, a few adjustments, but nothing major, so that looks promising.

The trip home wasn't to eventful (which is a good thing).

In addition to the baby rabbits and the saddle, I've also made a start on the planting the big tank (see photos, a much better way to describe it).
Whilst on the subject of fish, one of my clown loaches died yesterday, and unfortunatly is was one of the older ones, so that sucks...