Thursday, January 13, 2011

Godzilla - Our hand raised goose

Godzilla was saved from certain death, as his mother abandoned him while still in the egg. We hand raised Godsy from the egg and he came to be our family pet.


Godsy as a gosling, yes he used to live inside.


Godsy turning into a fully grown goose.


Once he grew up gosy had to live outside, but that did not stop him from trying to come back in.

Xena - Our current dog, 1999-Now

We got Xena at around 6 Months old in January 1999, since then she has been and still is living a relaxing life on the farm.


Xena right after we got her, around 6 months old.



Xena and Oliver playing in the mud.


Xena at Puppie pre-school, learning some tricks.


Xena at around 1-1.5 years old.


One of the few photos of Ulti and Xena together.

Ultima - One of our old dogs

Ultima was one of the Dogs Oliver grew up with, unfortunately she is no longer with us.


Ulti climbing the main stairs


Ulti in the lounge room on her mat.


Ulti starting to go white and showing her age.

The day the pool burst - 1999

One sunny morning in 1999, the boys were playing in the pool. Oly jumped in and the side of the pool burst, sending water rushing down the hill.


Tom and Oly sitting in the burst pool.

Our prized male Peacock from 1999


Oliver hand feeding the peacock.


Strutting his stuff.


Giving us a show.


Posing for a photo.

Some of the Ducks we've owned...


Oliver and some Ducklings


Some wood ducks we found, near to where their mother had been killed, we raised them.


An assortment of different aged ducks.


An assortment of older ducks.


The ducks and geese having a stand off.

Some of the cows we've owned...


A very old photo of some cows we had a long time ago.


More cows

The House in the year 2000

Here are some old photos of the outside of the hosue.


Looking up from the road.


The front of the house where the main entrance is.


The side of the house.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Kitchen Renos 2011

Here is the start of the Kitchen renovations.


Rolf Cutting out the area where the new sink will live.


The area for the new sink.


The sink in place.


Looking a little more finished.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Hello and welcome...

...To the Hoffmann-Patz family blog.

Rolf, Petra and Oliver 2010

The plan here is to, over time, add pictures and stories from the Hoffmann-Patz Family. So keep checking back and hopefully more and more info will be added the blog.


Rolf, Petra, Oliver 2000