Nosy people

Well, summer is really almost over now. Ironically, the weather has been very nice, and should be nice for a while yet, probably till the end of September. I've been doing as much work as I can afford, when I have a spare moment to do it. Our friends have started moving stuff out here in preparation for the Big Move. There's now a big 5th wheel trailer sitting here, and there will soon be another smaller trailer for some more of their kids to sleep in temporarily. They're insulating both trailers heavily to prepare for the winter chill, and save propane/electricity.

We now have llamas! We located some free llamas and brought them out here just a few days ago. They've been roaming around the land here, almost in a regular patrol pattern. We had to stretch a gate across the entrance just to make sure they wouldn't get out, and they've been drinking from a huge wetland area that covers almost a quarter of our field, which brings me to another topic.

Our neighbors are being NOSY! Twice in two days, I've had a visit from a gov't official regarding a "concern" about what we're doing. The first was the development officer, who came to investigate why there is a trailer here, and a building being built. Someone apparently thought it was a house! He mentioned that we might need a development permit for the trailer, since it's going to be occupied full time, but he didn't seem too concerned about it. We don't need a permit for a workshop, and it's not really any of our neighbors business anyways!

Then, today I noticed the Bylaw officer had stopped his vehicle just outside of our entrance, and was just sitting there. Now I already know the officer, and I know how to deal with gov't and police (since I am one), so I went to chat.
Apparently someone had a concern about our llamas not having any water..........not joking at all.
WTF!!!!
I laughed and told him about the two troughs of water that we put out, and the huge wetland, and he just said he'd close the file. They have to investigate, so it's not his fault at all, in fact he confided in me that people in the county tend to be nosy like that since they're all quite elderly.
I'm not sure what to do about these neighbors, whoever they are, but we're here to stay, and I'm not too pleased with the harrassment.

On a more pleasant note, I was pouring through my taxes and all of the farm expenses we've incurred, and I think I can get about $5000 back in taxes from last year, and maybe another $2000 from this year. There are quite a few things I can write off, and I've got to collate all the receipts and numbers to file the right paperwork. It's a real pain in the hiney, but it'll be worth the money when I get it back!

I should go now, and resume my work outside while there's still sunlight to do it!