I know some of you are expecting snow but we had hours and hours of rain yesterday and OH it was glorious.
Quiet, firm and even heavy at times. All the animals stood out in it.
I was milking an unrepentant, dripping wet cow.
The fields are waterlogged. The troughs are overflowing. 
Just lovely. Though I cannot stand the waterbarrels back up to save any as it is due to freeze again tomorrow. However, that water is soaking into our wonderful earth and will wait in there.
Of course this morning is windy and cold again but I will not be downhearted. Spring will come one day. It has to. And every little drop of rain that we store in the ground will contribute to grass growth. Though looking at the dead fields it is hard to imagine it all covered in clover and grass and alfalfa. But spring will come in a while.
Good morning. Yesterday the children and I milked the cow and gathered some eggs and made baked custard for lunch. They were thrilled. Today we are off to the junk yard again to look for glass for John’s recycled glass house soon to be built adjacent to the Coupe. Won’t that be a fine thing!
Have a lovely day.
celi
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Rain, beautiful rain!
Have a beautiful day, C!
morning darling, are you getting that snow then?.. c
Yay Rain …. lovely mudpies
OOh nooo, Spring there means Autumn and then winter here, not ready yet. Have agreat weekend. 
Laura
I think you’ve got time, we are back to freezing temperatures now! I had to knock the latches open on the gates with my little hammer.. c
Wonderful. Just love that first photograph. Enjoy the rain.
We did, and we might even get more on sunday.. hopefully the dry spell is beginning to break.. c
I’m glad you’re glad it’s rained, and hope the cold that’s coming is not too cold. Here it is cold and windy, but the sun is shining.
I know, you have too much rain and i have too little!! Aren’t we a pair!! c
Great splashy capture! Morning miss c…it’s raining here now. t
I thought you were going to be getting snow! ah well. rain is good too.. c
We lucked out this time, no snow. But parts of the NE – uh oh!
Will your landscape be covered in ice this morning? That is what would happen here in Minnesota if we got that much rain. We are due for a wintry mix this weekend and the resulting ice makes every surface treacherous.
Did I miss a previous mention of a recycled glass house?
Yup, all ice, icy puddles, icy path and icy latches, but we do have wind which is helping.. We are still working on whether we can make the glasshouse work, so we can extend the growing season plus over winter; lemon grass and lime kefir, a vanilla vine, things like that. It will not be big and is dependent on getting old sliding doors as glass panels, and miserably these are hard to find out here, not many people have sliding doors in their houses out here in the cold, it is probably the same out your way. so we will see what we can find.. c
the rain is on it’s way to us too! will you have a greenhouse then?
Hopefully! Wouldn’t that be something!! c
Looking forward to seeing John’s glasshouse! (He might like to visit us at Garybuie to see a familiar face!)
Christine
I went over to your blog and WHO DID I SEE!!! What a wonderful surprise.. I shall pop the link in tomorrows pages so everyone can go and have a look! You weather looks terrible, no wonder you are keeping indoors painting.. Christine you are so talented! c
No, you just have pets who pose perfectly!
Christine
Your rain = a foot of snow for us today! We’re hunkering down by a wood fire.
You are such an amazing school teacher!
That is a lot of snow, I miss teaching so much, it is a joy for me to have captured a few kids to work with for a while.. c
You learn to appreciate rain when you need it for survival. I know when I moved to Spain I saw it in quite a different way!
It is comforting to see puddles in the fields, even if they are all turned to ice now!! Morning tanya, love your lamp, sorry my dumb system would not let me comment but I popped in! c
Did I miss something? There are plans for a greenhouse? That surely will make things easier each Spring. Can’t wait to see it.
We, too, got the rain but then it turned to ice and, finally, snow. One more cup of coffee and I’ll get out the blower. This stuff is far too heavy for any of my neighbors to try to clear.
Have a great day puddle jumping, Celi.
The green greenhouse is still in its infancy as far as planning. But I am very excited about it.. and am hoping i am allowed a tiny corner!! John will probably hang the swing chair from a beam, take the paper and move in there every sunday afternoon in the winter! I can just see it! c
They are very fortunate children to have time with you at the farm..That experience stays with you forever. I am so blessed to have so many memories of times at my grandfather and my uncle’s farms in Amish country in Ohio.
I appreciate your gratitude for the rain. Even though I wish our precipitation was not impending blizzard we are very behind in rainfall here in Ct.
I cannot wait to see the glasshouse.
morning cheryl, the glasshouse is going to be a treat for sure.. lets hope we can find enough materials! c
Great rain shot at the beginning of the post. Really well seen. I wish I could be as jolly about rain, but then I’m not a farmer. Come on Spring, move your arse.
i am with you on the arse moving! c
A glasshouse! That will be so wonderful. We had a sun room in our last house in MN. I LOVED it in all seasons, but especially winter. It was a way to soak up sun without getting cold. So glad you got some good rain. We had a bit here, then more snow. The kids are in heaven. It finally snowed!
I love snow too but our snowfall down her has been pitiful! You got my share I think.. c
We had lots of rain here too yesterday. So nice. Hope you don’t get the bad side of that huge storm up north. I wondered if I was the only one who didn’t know what the green glass house was going to be, but how wonderful and I’ll bet it will be really cool looking, too. Have a great day!
Only farmers truly understand just what a blessing a good soaking rain is, especially after this drought that we seem to have a hard time breaking.
I am glad of your rain. The blizzard here is just beginning and we are in the possible 3 feet zone!!! Hunkered down with son and daughter in law and the two babies so son can help dad prevent the new greenhouse from collapsing from the weight of it all! He and my husband will be out plowing all night to stay ahead. I am secretly excited. Snowshoes are ready!
I have never even SEEN that much snow, I would be secretly excited too.. but three foot is a lot!.. c
Rain is a very good thing.
We are supposed to get rain this evening. And a huge dump of snow in the mountains tomorrow, then by Tuesday it leaves heading toward you. So far we have lovely sun and it’s warmer than usual. Which I’m not complaining about!
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Celi, be careful about the clover when it comes. When the spring rains came after our worst months of drought we had way too much clover and some of our neighbor’s cows died of bloat before he could intervene. Please be sure to buy some bloat blocks when it starts to pop up!!!
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Thank you Andrea that would be horrible, our fields are tiny PLUS I electric fence.. bloat would be a terrible thing to happen, thank for the reminder i will be wary, and I am so looking forward to the spring!
Celi, that first photo is just magnificent! And I love your Kupa header! Stay warm, darling! Did you buy any of that fabulous Icebreaker clothing when you were in NZ? Pete and his brothers swear by it!
Shame you can’t store any of it…. I guess you’d need underground water stores, so the ice wouldn’t form on them?
We have more snow predicted for Sunday, at the moment.
Good morning, c, and all the farmy! I have a request, c. One day when you’re up to your nose in eggs, would you do a post on the proper method to steam eggs? Ta, darling.
Oh yes i shall, I do that all the time! I will make some asap.. we got 18 eggs yesterday! c.. c
Brill!
It’s been snowing like crazy since last night. We’re expecting about a foot today.
I love your photos of the rain. I feel drenched in the loveliest way.
It’s a happy rainy day for you – and a happy sunny day for us. How we glory in what we are missing. I found a few snow drops blooming in the sun. They were as happy as I am to see the sun. And I know how happy you are to have the glorious rain. I love the idea of the glass house. The sun will shine there through the winter months, the seedlings will have their own shelves and John will have his own chair. All will be right on The Farmy. Have a wonderful wet week-end Celi. V.
also we can open the door in the winter and let the warm from the glasshouse flow into the house, what an idea! c
I bet the children loved baked custard
I had to fight them for it! I love it too! c
Me three!
I love the top photo. Do you save the rainwater in barrels?
yes all summer we have barrels under the down spouts from the buildings, this water is used for the plants close by.. or dogs .. whatever comes first.. c
That rain looks wonderful, Celi- I’m assuming it’s very good for the farmy?
sometimes I wish the farmy was in the UK so we could get the rainfall you have, it has been a very dry winter, following that dry summer so the rain is wonderful! and now I must pop over and see how you are writing about.. c
Ah, the long awaited greenhouse…..how wonderful! Jude just posted a recipe for fresh strawberry ice cream……….looks gorgeous. Thank you for the kefir advice; I obviously need to divide now with the amount of grains that have grown. I find this hot humid weather all my fermenting projects mature in record time; I was thinking of using my kefir to make Celia’s buttermilk scones…….
that is an excellent idea, evidently it is a great buttermilk supplement.. I will do that too .. and the borscht!.. remember to only drink a tiny bit, only gradually grow up to a cup a day, it will start a war with the enzymes in your gut otherwise, it needs to go to work gently, or you will get a sore belly.. c
So glad I’ve just read your reply, I was thinking of having some in a smoothie……….certainly don’t want a war in my gut!
Oh C, wish you were closer!
I started freezing 500ml lots of kefir today, just so much more than I can deal with…..and grains, grains everywhere.
oops!!.. maybe you should find a dark cool cupboard, it is best kept out of light, but I would be tempted to get yours cool too, you have a very active strain.. mine is still quite sluggish.. c
I became desperate and put it to sleep in the wine fridge at 14C……..settled down now. I’ll try and find out is origins tomorrow.
I can just imagine how you feel about that soaking rain but am surprised all the animals moved out and enjoyed it too! One Q if you find the time: I am still trying to figure out how far you are from your nearest neighbours and/or township. Today – second photo down looking at the fields there is a rather big shadowy collection of buildings or trees or both on the left :township or another farmy?
no it is a farm.. my daughter calls the farms little villages.. the nearest village is.. 6 miles.. actually you could put 6 miles to one, 10 to another, maybe 7 or 8 to another. This area is dotted in tiny settlements similar to europe except in the midwest they did not have enough time to establish, so they are dying as fast as they rose.. so sad.. c
Thanks! Got a better viewpoint now. Oddly enough I am in a similar situation: 8-9 Km to the next two in a triangular form to us. I too thought I would feel sad and mine would slowly die, but Sydney has grown so fast and become SO expensive, all of our little [English or European] villages are growing at the rate of knots: great as far as shops go
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maybe that will happen here too, I do hope so.. at the moment we are desperately trying to hold on to our little rural P.O.s. the govt is determined to get rid of them .. it is such a shame.. and makes no sense at all.. without a Post Office or a store or a pub; towns quickly die.. c
The top photo is wonderful! Living as we do with a creek that must be driven through, rain is sometimes an enemy (especially if you’re on the wrong side of where you want to be). But if it means that spring is coming, then I’m all for it!
Yesterday Chicago had mostly rain, but I would really love to see some snow stick around. I like your water droplets photo!
The recycled glass house sounds intriguing.
Glorious rain!
Mandy xo
LOVE your last shot.
I can feel the wetness from here! Such blessed rain, such a gift for the earth. Here, it is still summer-dry and I am carrying buckets of water up to the garden at the bach yet again. But the plants are surviving. Those kids are so lucky, and it must be so satisfying showing them how to live from the land.
I think it is more important now than ever before that kids really learn how to grow their own food and make really informed food choices, there is so much bad food out there, fresh really is best! c
Blessed, cleansing, refreshing rain!
Celia, I don’t comment as often as I think to
LOVE that first image!!
We’ve gotten torrential rains beating on our old metal roof most every evening, these days. Just love the sound, the energy of RAIN.
Hugs to you!