Yesterday afternoon Mary’s Cat, Thing Two, TonTon and I walked the fences checking for holes. Naturally we had company.
Thing Two and Mary’s Cat were particularly vigilant about checking fences. They like everyone to be in their proper places. 
Speaking of which the chickens are behind bars again until the ground is frozen. I am going to put the mulch around the vines and fruit trees and they have a history of scratching it all out. So this is lock up time again for them. To say they are not thrilled would be an understatement!
THING two seems to need to test the wire for strength!
Daisy still plays with her rocking horse, because no-one will let her have a real horsey. She has had this rocking horsey since she was a calf. It used to be on springs and she liked it better then because it would play back, but she is a big cow now and it is a little horsey so it lost its spring!!.
Queenie wants a turn, but Daisy does not like to share. 
Queenie has her own toy.
Now, is it just me or do you think that Mama (right) is looking fatter?! Remember she had quads (four lambs) last time. I am rather hoping she does not do this again. That was a messy day! This time she is due from mid January on. 
Actually I think Hairy MaClairy is looking pregnant too!! There is no real grass left in the fields so I have to consider bringing all the stock in or risk over grazing, which will be to the detriment of our spring growth. But I believe animals need lots of natural light so I hate to bring them into the barn until I have to. They have extra feed in the barn with their doors open but the sheep are not interested yet. And the weather is still so mild.
All the fences are secure. No holes. Walkabout is over.
We can get some work done now. Time to make bread.
c
The Kitchen's Garden 
74 responses to “Walkabout on the Farmy!”
Hi Celi
I got home today and see you are back from your travels as well 🙂
Have a wonderful day ahead!
Tandy
I hope you had a great break, it is always great to get away for a wee while.. c
Aah the comfort of being home again and checking that everything is where it should be. No guessing which photo’s I loved the most here.
🙂 Mandy
I often think you you and Nia when I catch a good cat shot! Cats are made for the camera, with their perfect proportions. Have a great day Mandy.. c
That might just be my favorite picture of “my” Daisy ever! 🙂
She often is a glutton too.. hmm.. what does this mean?.. c
oh, my dear Cecilia, how I missed them all 🙂 You know me, I am a cat love, but how much I love your Daisy! You really did amazing photographs, especially Thing Two how testing the wire… They all fascinated me, I imagined to be there… Thank you dear Cecilia, have a nice and enjoyable day, with my love, nia
I thought you would like the cats, and Thing Two is quite the bloke!! c
I showed the photo of your angry chickens to my six-man crew, which immediately prompted a farm make-believe game involving fierce chickens defending a prince and a princess on a fat sheep galloping to the rescue. We’re a little weak on the whole “farm” thing here in the city, but they did have a very good time! Thank you!
next time I want photos!, they sound like great kids with awesome imaginations!! c
Hi Cecilia. Really enjoyed the tour. Fabulous photos.
Regards Florence x
Thank you Florence. c
Quads! I think the most any of our sheep had when I was growing up was three. That was highly unusual. Surely not a result of AI?
No, it was the result of Hairy MacLairy! I am not hoping for a hat trick! c
My kids LOVE Hairy MaClairy. I’m married to an American, but secretly he’s a Kiwi, but never lived there. It was on our list of places to farm.
hairy MacLairy is quite the stunner, just wait until deep winter when his wool tufts up on top of his head like a mohawk, your kids will laugh out loud! c