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A Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Or Two)

Behind our house there is a small creek that provides all of our family with hours of entertainment. Country Boy has been planning to build a small bridge over it since we moved down here, so on the weekend, with the help of my father, he did. Twice.

I arrived home from work on Friday to be told that they had already built it. I thought it was rather quick, but we set out to inspect it….

with 3 lambs and 6 chickens in tow!
The foot bridge looks like fun to play on, and the kids gave it a good try out.

To be honest I thought they were going for something a little bit bigger – considering all the lumber that had been collected to  build it.

Not wanting to rain on the parade, I made ‘discreet inquiries’ about the changes to the plan. I was then informed that they planned to make a second bridge a bit further down the  creek – of course!!

On Saturday morning the serious bridge building started. You know it was serious because the tractor was being used. The lambs and kids had lovely time playing along the creek.

By Sunday afternoon, it was pretty much complete.

The lambs and kids both approve.

So now we can nip across the creek and into the paddock on the other side. Here is a picture of the back or our house from across the creek.

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