9˚ outside in morning, 17 inside.

Whole body ache.

No cows in the early morning.

Did some harvesting in the patches. Everything looked nice and no animals or insects had reeked havoc.

Made lunch. M oiled the front stairs, I did dishes and some other needed small chores like labelling the squash, sharpened a knife, prepared for tonights dinner, etc. We watered the patches and all still looked good. Touch wood!

The sun set behind the mountain ranges at about 17.20 but it was still light outside.

We have a little mama wallaby again. 4 wallabies are back and turn up now and then. I think no one likes the cows. When we returned from Japan it was dead silence around the house. No birds, no animals. First back was Willie Wagtail and slowly some of the regulars returned but nothing like before we left. It was like someone had gone past and spread poison all over. Weird and spooky.