It is raining heavily at our farm, and Lulu’s Crossing is holding up well, the water flowing swiftly and easily through the new tube, the animals went out to the pasture on their own early this morning and the donkeys are having a riotous time eating shrubs, leaves and the tall grass. Zelda and the sheep followed them out – you can see in this photo Zelda and Lulu both spotted me immediately with my telephoto lens. Animals take their own time – they checked the pasture out with us, and now went on their own.

Simon led the donkeys on a fence tour, he checked every inch of the fenceline, he knows the boundaries, sniffed the bones of a dead deer.