School holidays · Back to Gates

Last days of the long summer break. Suzy called it back to gates. Spike called it the boss-level gate check.

They walked every latch the autumn pack had taught, plus summer extras: shade cloth ties, water reliability, goat rail honesty, coop heat sense, cattle main gate.

Canberra offered a line that felt like term-time already. London queued for school in spirit. Harare stayed with enough grass. Little Thunder calm at the rails — ready for ordinary days.

Spike practised still at noon. Suzy practised lists. Together they practised ending holidays without ending care.

Kids: pack the Farm Keeper folder, keep one farm chore in the week, read a Year Vault short on Sundays if you have Full — Christmas manger stays Free for everyone signed in.

Manila watched the neighbour side as if wishing them a good term. Denver took the high paddock like a lookout for routines returning.

Spike sat at the first gate. Suzy sat with him. Back to gates means we know how to open and close our days, she said.

Summer pack complete. Autumn 2027 school shorts wait in the vault as wave-2 deepen-later reads.

Holidays end. Gates remember. Soft eye continues.