The Echidna is Back!!!

Darwin was barking at a bush!!!  Brie thought it may be a snake so very carefully investigated

No snake to be found.  Instead the echidna had returned.  Well I think he or she lives around here now.

Darwin ans Mopsy had to come inside and be quiet.  Within about 20 minutes the echidna was all brave again and wandered off.  Thanks for your quick thinking and the photos Brie.

And I promised photos of Darwin swimming in the creek. So here he is having a look around.

Each day Darwin likes to swim in the creek or the dam.  Mopsy likes to walk but is not so keen on the swimming.

Darwin's life has not been dull after the echidna left for a more secluded home.  Cows and calves have moved into the paddock opposite to eat down the grass.  One cow gets out at least once each day much to Darwin's amusement.

Just a hole

All that is left under Mopsy's kennel is the hole.  The echidna left and didn't return.

Lovely to see some spring colour.

My crab apple trees are covered with blossom.



Echidna Update

No photos.  Well I could show you a photo of dirt under Mopsy's kennel.

The echidna is now asleep where Mopsy's kennel used to be.  We tried to gently persuade the echidna to move this morning but it could dig faster than us!!!

After a phone call to the Wildlife Service the plan was made to move the dogs.  So we moved the kennel and the dogs when of course the heavens opened and hailed upon us.  It is thought that if the dogs are moved away the echidna might wander off on his/her merry way.

Not so simple.  The dogs found great joy in their new homes and needed to bark and tell the world.  I have just been into town to buy big bones.  Now the dogs are quiet.

And the echidna is sleeping soundly and hasn't moved an inch.

All Creatures Spiky and .....

Our week of adventures began when Darwin found a snake when walking with David.  Darwin thinks all things that move make for play material.  Luckily no snake bites and we will be very careful where we walk now.

And today we have earth moving works happening.

Darwin is the guard dog. Maybe he will divert me from finding out what is going on in dog world.

This is the echidna, the cause of much barking, interruption to my afternoon of wool dyeing and a cross Mopsy.

An unhappy dog.  I have shut Mopsy out of her yard as she was digging  like crazy.  Firstly I thought she was trying to retrieve a hidden treasure.  Mopsy has many hidden treasures.  The digging frenzy made me then realize there was more to this.  After the snake sighting I became wary as I saw movement under the kennel.  Then I saw the echidna.  The echidna has obviously gone into shock or is just stubborn and won't come out from now a lovely soft earth home.

Still have barking dogs, an echidna on strike and dog yard fence to repair.  I am surprised how far down Mopsy has now dug under her gate trying to get back into her yard.