Leanne - that's me, I’m the luckiest girl I know! Married to my best friend for over 20 years, raising two beautiful children. I was a Bank Manager in previous life (before kids) and now a kept women - home schooling our two kids.  I enjoy writing & sharing  views on "The Good Life" eg menu planning, living on one income in a two income world, home schooling, dyslexia, severe food allergies, raising coloured sheep, goats & hens, quilting, reading, cooking, gardening and of course cats.

The cats like to help in the garden too. When you visit us You will notice my vegetable garden in the front of our house, I missed my vegetable garden soo much we had to move it so the cattery could be built in its place - I just had to have another, I figure most people drive past our house at 100KMS they won't beable to tell it's veges not flowers.

Abbey is very active in the cattery - she helps with the delivery - can tell apart kittens & remember their names. Abbey has a keen eye for a good show cat & maybe one day might train to be a judge. Abbey enjoys routine & likes to set the cattery up her way. She is a big help with the day to day care of the cats & kittens and enjoys spending time with each one. 

 Abbey is a wizz at the web design - Hopefully she will get to my pages I have errors on & fix them for me! 

Photo of Abbey doing her school work with Briar's help. 

James also enjoys our cattery - and is a big helper - doesn't particularly enjoy the birthing process but happy to email & text waiting owners of what the mother cat has had.

James is very much an out door boy & when Brent is home is his shadow - he has helped Brent build the cattery and hopes to be a chippie one day..

Photo of James making an eel trap with Brent.

He has confused many children who come to visit their kitten with his "long hair lout look" one wee girl asked Abbey after being told James was a boy. "Can you tell me if you are a boy or a girl, I can not tell" James likes to play the guitar so the long hair look is cool you know for rock stars.

James enjoys the many animals we have - especially his rabbit & girls (hens) he is a big help with the sheep - being their Shepard & trained them to follow him - he calls this Slaughter school as every once in a while the follow the leader brings them in for shearing or to meet the butcher. 

Mack the Mastiff. Well he has been a handful! But thankfully has grown out of the puppy & teenage stage! We had always had Dobermans before - and people said Dobies were a handful - in my experience nothing compared to a Mastiff - he is Brent's dog and very good at keep ferrel cats away and uninvited humans!

Molly our goat is well loved by everyone - she was from Lindale as one of their young petting goats. Only problem is she loves my & the neighbours roses!

We raise coloured sheep in the beginning we named them roast lamb, lamb chops, woolly ragwort etc knowing they were going in the pot at some stage. But I'd strongly recommend you not do this! James had great delight informing us we are eating Mamma & even my appetite went! Our sheep have a good life while they are with us & we are proud to feed our family & pets on food with no hormones etc - we know what the sheep have been eating & everything is used! Manure for compost & we plan on keeping coloured wool for spinning & knitting.