More chook-proofing

Picked up the screen door I got on TradeMe last night and we fitted it this morning. It's one of the security type ones but like most of them on TM, it doesn't have keys. The mesh also needs replacing so will do that to help keep out flies. But mostly it's to stop the chooks from making themselves at home in the kitchen.

We discovered that a really good way to clear your windowsill is to put a chicken on it.

Anyway, the new door is up and working, albeit a bit of a no-8 wire type job! But that kind of suits the house anyway...




It is just a stunning day today, and am working from home which is great but it's so nice out there I just want to be outside! Will have to make do with gazing at the view right in front of me. Not bad huh?

If it wasn't quite so hazy you could see the top of Coromandel peninsula pretty much halfway along the horizon line. Rangitoto is to the right just out of shot.

Sent the last of the big cattle off to sale today. There is a sharemilker up the road who goes to the sales every Saturday at Pukekohe, we bought our last mob of weaner heifers from him and he's great to deal with, accurate with prices etc and just a nice guy really. Bit sad having the last of our first mob of cattle going off, but we bought them to make money out of so hopefully tomorrow we'll get a good price for them.

Will probably get some more weaners once the hay has been cut, or maybe just before its cut, depending on what prices are doing. I suspect it's going to be dry this summer again which is good for us in terms of buying weaners as prices will come down.

Got the report from the MRI of my shoulder today and I think it's good news... bit hard to tell as I am not so familiar with the muscles etc around the shoulder joint but the key things I picked were that there is no evidence of a tear in the supraspinatus tendon which is what the doc was worried about.

This means (I hope) that it is non-surgical and we just need to work on getting it stronger. Sounds like just tendinosis although there is mention of some bony irregularity. Anyway have an appointment in 2 weeks with the specialist so I guess all will be revealed then!