A new friend ..

Meet Anna ...



... our newest little companion for the farm on Thursdays.

She had the most wonderful first day with us, taking everything in and the easiest of little companions to have along.

Learning from the others, she made me smile.  Milana, who gets called, 'nana by Farrah, and Boo-lana by Cosmos and Ma-nana by Daisy became 'Ba-mana to Anna.  I thought  she did pretty well given she heard all the different names all morning long !

She kept asking at any point in play when someone was out of sight, where that person was, 'Where's Cosmos?'  ... when he was rolling down the hill ... 'Where's Ba-mana?' ... when she was hiding in the grass.  She had very quickly taken in who was who and that we all belonged together.

Meanwhile, everyone else was having fun !!

Cosmos is becoming quite the clown,  he was rolling in the grass and making himself laugh while doing it, then climbing up the hill, ambling on all fours.  Suddenly he noticed what he was doing and looked at me beaming and said, 'Like a monkey'.





Farrah was making sure everyone was O.K., even Anna's baby ...

Daisy and Milana had a beautiful game together in the sand ...

 ... and we all mooched over Saturday the beautiful little calf ...

At one point Milana and Cosmos discovered a baby in a pram and they couldn't get enough of it ... the baby loved the attention and Cosmos and Milana were like little love beings, mooching and cooching and smiling and stroking this little person.  Along came an older sister who told them both off (mind you the older sister was only their age).  Milana and Cosmos stood their ground with the baby watching on.  As tempers rose, I encourage Milana and Cosmos to come with me.  They did and peeked out round the barn door to see what was happening with the baby.  As soon as the older sister went in for a guinea pig cuddle, they both snuck out to resume their time with the baby, who cooed and laughed as soon as he saw them again.  They were totally besotted and very gorgeous and the baby LOVED it!

We have a fabulous mix of personalities in the little thursday gang and with Anna amongst us as company, it just got better. 

I look forward to things unfolding over the next weeks for everyone ...