Hello and Happy New Year!  It is soooo cold right now that it is really difficult to jump out of bed and feel the excitement of new projects and finishing projects.  In fact, we are so cold that the first thing Gnome does is to light our home-made charcoal stove and stick it under the table next to our feet.  The cat, of course, joins us at the point when it is all warm and toasty.

Foot Heater (TM):

The geese are also especially reluctant to their thing and are spending a substantial amount of time loitering outside the house making trouble and noise.  I have to get out and shoo them to the pond but even me with a broom doesn’t get them going!

“Nobody on the farm wants to do anything!!  And there is so much to do!!”

Yes indeed, we need to crank up a gear (or rather, switch the engine back on) and get on with it.

Munchkin:

“Can’t we go by the lunar calendar this year so that the year doesn’t have to start so early??”

(Chinese New Year starts on the 16th of February this year).

Gnome is feeling a bit more driven…we switch roles to keep each other going.  This is what happens when you don’t have a boss…you have to encourage each other along the way.

Gnome:

“We can do it…Munchkin…against all odds!!  We can beat the laziness out of us…”

Oh, if only he could wave the magic wand and all the work was done!!

Anyway,  back to reality… first we need to fix the wonky gate.  Here is our jungle tune to get us going:

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