Well what normally happens when Dunc and the boys go away without me?? A new animal arrives, exactly. At least that is what happened five years ago when I went to the Blue Mountains with Helen for a weekend and came back to find a grey rabbit called "Graham" had joined the family! This time was no different, except I stayed home with Iona and the boys all went camping. They managed to come back with two budgies!!! The striking blue male was instantly named 'Tashi' and the paler female has since been named 'Pema' which means Lotus Flower in Tibetan. Apparently lots of couples in Tibet are called Tashi and Pema so although the boys had named our own 'Tashi' after the elf-like character in one of their books it seemed appropriate to give the name 'Pema' to his wife.
Lulu is now 10 months old so may still grow a tiny bit but as you can see she is way bigger than Pumpkin. Lulu weighs in at around 34kg and Pumpkin at a mere 19kg!!
Baby Jesus is also coming on a treat. Nearly the size of his Mum.
The three ducklings are easily bigger than their surrogate mother now. Hilarious how they all stick together and waddle around in threes at all times.
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