Balu a sad day

Balu my faithful boerbul is no more. -- He like myself have a shared problem being a hip disarticulation which at times can be fine or painful. It was this shared history that made me prolonge his life beyond the moment that others would have have put him down. But as long as he was eating with pleasure I just could not put an end to his life. He is now burried next to Juliet his mother and will remain in mine and many others memory. Fairwell Balu - I hope you will find dog heaven

water

the single most worry on a farm is to run out of water. Well it happened on Wednesday. First we thought the electric surge had destroyed the pump's controlling electric board, then the mechanic declared the pump to be worn out and needed replacement. Fair enough it lasted 13 years in daily use. For all of you who don't know: the main electric 100 KVA transformer had melted down and a power surge of over 900Volt had destroyed 8 air-conditioners, 1 fridge, 1 microwave, 2 computers incl. UPS and some smaller items. So maybe it was a late damage ?? But no, the answer was: yes the pump was worn out but also the borehole dry. So we are drilling for new water this week and hoping the best, as you can sink a fortune into nothing. But the bad news did not end here. The tractor finally gave up all together and I had to replace it. So we are two weeks behind the vineyard work and are hoping the rest of the season to be less costly.