Four Weeks

I've been here for four weeks. In one week Tom will be living here, too!
The night of my birthday we welcomed back two previous visitors - koala and joey. They've been here since, browsing from tree to tree, and finding them snuggled together in the mornings.
The CMA guy came out again, and told me some good news - in with the works will be factored in watering troughs, because the cattle will be precluded from direct access to the creek (which we wanted to do, anyway), so that's a bonus. It's a shoe in. Something drastic would have to occur for it not to go ahead, so sure is our man of our property being prioritised for rehabilitation.
I did some brushcutting last weekend and discovered an old stock ramp by the parking bay - old sleepers and rock, with some bricks as well. I'll have to look over the bricks to see if they are locally fired ones and worth preserving.
Having my horse here is my dream come true and today I took him up the hill at a trot (after some rearing and objecting, initially) and did some canter, hill and flat work up at the top. What a treat, what a view!
Next week we're expecting our stock agent to come and draft the big steers from the little ones and give the big ones the best pasture, till we send them to market in a couple of months. Prices are good, so we're hoping there's no sudden decline.
Tom's been out spraying the last few weeks and most of the work is done...for now.
One more week of doing it alone and then we hit our stride.