Our Little Piece of Heaven
Our dream home
Isn’t she lovely?
The river behind our dream home
We want to live here. So we bought it. Just kidding. But isn’t it swell. We’re inquiring on the asking price. Kidding again!
We stumbled upon Rathmoy Lodge, a gorgeous lodge on 1,000 hectares of farmland with beautiful views of a river in a small town that I’m sure ends with “kiki” or “tata” or “dada.” I can’t remember.
We got to the lodge, and it was empty. So we had this beautiful home all to ourselves. And we decided we never wanted to leave.
I mean, who wouldn’t want to live here?!
Cooking dinner in our dream home
Seth skipping rocks in our dream river
After going for a swim in the river (and skipping rocks, of course), the lodge owner, Mark, came by to say hello with his wife, Andrea, following closely behind with one of their little dogs. Mark and Andrea welcomed us with wine, Chardonnay in fact, so I knew I loved them. Mark then took us out on his quad to help him herd hundreds of sheep. The little dog at some point had gone missing, but somehow when we got into the pasture (or paddock), the dog just walked on up, and Mark propped him on my lap. So here we are, dog in tow, shepherding. It was really, really cool.
Holding onto a wannabe sheepdog on a quad
So many sheep!
Mark doing his thing
Running, running, running!
Guess what, we’re not leaving, we love your farm!
We later went on a short hike to these incredible boulders. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves (as we do).
Stunning view on our way to the boulders
There’s sheep here too, right in our trail!
Seth on top of a boulder
Boulders.
They are green.
Staring in awe at the big, green boulders.
Seth is strong.
Oh, beautiful life.