Welcome to Words from Willow Pond

Willow Pond is the home of Deb and husband, Ian, their three adult children, Jossy, Kimmy & Dylan, Joss' husband, Chris, two lippizzaners, Dutchy & Obie, an Old English Sheepdog called Mitzi, the cutest Cavoodle ever, called Oscar, two orphaned Ringtail Possums, named Tamigotchi and Saori, two brush tail orphans, named Penny and Sheldon and other resident ringtail and brush tail possums and many geckos and frogs. Otis our rainbow lorikeet, whom we looked after for over 11 years, finally flew the coop and is enjoying the freedom of the skies.

Deb and her family have lived at Willow Pond for the past fourteen years.

Deb & Ian can sometimes be found down by the willow tree on a hot afternoon sharing a cold beer after spending the day gardening and mowing lawns.

Deb & Ian planted a young Willow tree about ten years ago down near their pond in the back paddock, and it has grown into a very fine specimen. They have since planted four more Willow saplings, which are growing well. The Willows inspired Deb to name the property Willow Pond. It is their hope that native wildlife will find shelter and a haven here like the characters from the children's classic, Wind in the Willows.

Deb enjoys creating ideas and writing here at Willow Pond. She intends to dedicate this blog to the adventures at Willow Pond with her family.

If you have found us by accident, or intentionally, then - Welcome and thank you for dropping by. We hope you enjoy your visit.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Instalment 20 Tuesday 26 April 2011

Well I spent most of today working on programs and lesson notes for my return to school tomorrow. Back to reality! Ouch.

I must admit I was a little nervous as to how I was going to manage the possums, as well as teach and fit in a regular working day. I nutted out exact times to feed the possums so they wouldn't impact my work commitments. But, because I am working with animals, I know at some point things may get tricky. You know what they say...never work with children or animals...and it seems I'm a sucker for punishment because I work with both!

It is a great week for my situation, though. Today is normally a paid working day for me, however, it was deemed a public holiday so I got the day off. This means Wednesday is my Monday and my Friday - for this week only.

This is a bit of a break for me, so I can now ease into this new territory calmly and make any necessary adjustments.

I enjoyed a productive day and managed to get all my preparations completed and now everything is packed and ready to go.

Both possums are fine and Tamigotchi is now officially off his medicine. Now time will tell. I weighed both the possums this evening.

Tamigotchi is now 90 grams, and little Saori, who looks like she is getting bigger, according to my scales, has not put on ANY weight! I have no idea what is going on. She still only weighs 57 grams. How can this be?

How frustrating to think she is healthy, happy, her fur is shiny, she is very alert and energetic, and she drinks all her milk so well, but yet she is not putting on an ounce of weight. I don't know what to do.

I'll see how she goes over the next couple of days and then give Gillian a call if there is no increase in weight soon.

This is little Saori...she is my little princess. The photo above is of Tamigotchi.
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