I am home again. As you can imagine it has been a busy day today. All the animals are present and accounted for except for a few of Houdinis chickens. TonTon has already forgotton I had been away. Mia (little ewe) was immediately at her special door waiting to come out and play. But the look on Daisy’s face! Not impressed At All. She reached her huge head over the door, nudged my shoulder with her nose and burped at me. Just burped into my face. Case closed, she said.
On the way home from the airport, quite a long drive, John told me that he had a surprise for me at home. He had bought me something very special. Something exciting. Something I will just love. 
Yes you are right. It is a haybaler. It is just the right size for HIS tractor. He saw it for sale on the side of the road and .. well, you know the rest. He hitched his checkbook out of his pocket then hitched the baler to his work truck and towed it home. He is very pleased with himself. And he bought the rake as well, but the rake does not have a bow. I guess he knew the Jig was up by then. At this very moment he is putting the baler back together after he took it apart to see how it worked! 
If all was fair in love and war I would buy him a single cow milking machine for HIS UnBirthday present! Daisy is still unimpressed. But she will be impressed when she gets to eat the sweet alfalfa hay that John will harvest, next summer. If John can work out how to untangle the strings. I find it is best to leave the men alone when they get their strings tangled!
Tomorrow if it is fine I will take you for a walk around the Farmy and we will do a proper inspection. I think I might light the fire this afternoon though, it is getting a wee bit chilly don’t you think?.
c
The Kitchen's Garden 
73 responses to “Home Again, Home Again, Jiggedy Jig.”
Welcome home! After Cali it will feel cold here! But a fire does sound nice.
California was beautiful weather wise and this morning i certainly got the bite from the Illinois wind..! Thanks Harold c
That man is all heart 😉 Welcome home!
Thank you Cindy, I hope you are finding some quiet time in your busy life… c
How sweet to wrap it. He must have been chuckling in delight.
I bet he was Annie, for such a quiet fellow he does surprise me sometimes~! c
Daisy is very pretty cow – don’t let her see the bright lights or you won’t be able to keep her down on the farm.
She knows she is pretty too. Naughty Cow. c
Welcome home! The airport was “… quite a long drive … “. Tsk, tsk, tsk. At least you were in a car. In the old days, we hitched up a mule team to get to the airport — and there was no fancy schmancy baler waiting for us when we got home. Just that same mule team and a cow named Daisy. Daisy! Wait a minute …
Mule team to the airport is a gorgeous and very confusing anachronism, I think you need to pop down to the farmy for a rest!! c
Hehehehe my husband gets me these sorts of gifts sometimes..now I know what to give him for his unbirthday..thanx for the inspiration
I bet all that good food he gets to eat from your kitchen feels like an UnBirthday every day!! c
As they say … there’s no place like home. 😀
So they do and it is true, Though My starter sat out on the counter the whole time i was away as i forgot to stash it back in the fridge, so i am Hoping that it will come back to life, it is being reluctant! (worried frown) c
Aah, home-sweet-home – always the best place to be! And what a romantic you have there.
🙂 Mandy
Nice to be back with my own pantry! No more mad dashing to the supermarket! thanks Mandy.. c
Jiggidy Jig she’s home!
Morning Claire, Yup.. no Fat Pig though! c
Hey.at least Daisy wasn’t facing the other way!?!
Well that made me laugh lout loud, yes in that case i had a lucky escape.. c
Welcome home! As one who has asked for – and received – ‘odd’ gifts, I am in awe of your John’s skills!
(That wood chipper on the back of my tractor? Birthday present, 2 years ago. One of my favorites!)
Don’t we love our tractors you and I!! Which reminds me.. i think it is time we got our chipper out, the next two days will be all about pruning, and chipping..c
Glad you made it home safe and sound!
Thank you Phyllis.. c
Daisy is one great character and I expected nothing less for her reaction to you being absent and your return. 😉
did you put her up to it Jed? c
Daisy and I will never tell.
lol, yes, the bow did make it a little better. Hope he likes his unbirthday gift as much as you did 🙂 Loved the photo of Daisy, too.
Oh I am sure that John likes his unBirthday pressie way more than me.. you see it has MOVING parts! ha ha ha.. c
Welcome home! My husband once came home from the hardware store with a gift for “me” that turned out to be the angle cutting jig he had been desperately coveting for some baseboard project he had going on. Um… yay? Happy unBirthday to both of you!