Yesterday flowed. It trickled along from one thing to the next. And at every bus stop of the day, my little metaphorical red bus puttered up, work got on or off in a gentle orderly fashion. Work was started and finished and wandered back down the circular road of life without hurry.
I am thinking of weaning Minty from her twice daily bottle…
But until she stops jumping her fat body through all my gates
I may as well just give her the milk. She needs lots of building up anyway, so she can be a good productive healthy ewe. 
Daisy is most definitely on the mend now. She will soon be smelling sweet like my old Paisley Daisy. She gave two and a half gallons of white creamy milk twice yesterday. That is 5 gallons or 18 litres of milk a day. My skinny girlie arms are getting a work out carrying that bucket!
And look what happened when my back was turned. I am taking my favourite shovel on my morning walk today to grub out these thistles. It is one thing to have the fields drying up through lack of rain, but Quite Another to have GREEN thistles growing with such disgusting vigour in amidst it.
Good morning. There was something else I was going to tell you but at 5.15 am it has dropped completely out of my head. I spoke with my favourite hay man and we are going to go over on the weekend with trucks and trailers and teenagers with gloves to collect 100 bales of good alfalfa hay. His production is already down by a quarter, so I am grabbing it while I can. We will probably cut ours once later on but the quality and quantity will both be less than expected.
Good morning. Once more it is dawning clear and a little cooler than normal which is brilliant for the animals. I can see Daisy lying quietly waiting in the field close to Pat’s Gate. After I wrote to you yesterday I called out Good Morning Daisy, from the kitchen window. Then filled the buckets with hot water and by the time I got to the barn she was there too. What a girl. Though she has decided that she will not be hurried OUT of the milking parlour afterward. She likes to watch me clean her milker. She is going to move on in her own time, thank you very much. Thats fine Daisy. She waits until I start cleaning the floor then she lazily sways out the door.
I have been looking for a shot that says Summer for our header. I put up the jumping lamb last night but this morning when I look again, I don’t think it is summery enough. So we need to look out for another one. I like to change it with the season.
Have a lovely day. I am off out to milk my cow. Then feed everyone. Then bake the bread. Then todays cake which is lemon and lavender. Maybe I will make the lavender jelly today too. I will see if I have everything I need!
Have fun.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
74 responses to “Guess what?! We are all good today.”
I love the photos of your gorgeous lamb diving through the fence. So cute! xx
Naughty Minty, she always finds a way!! c
I feel so lazy compared to you!
Thank goodness you are OK.. I was hoping your would not be blown away! c
I think your header’s just fine! It will make all your readers smile every summer’s day. Glad that Daisy’s on the mend as I have enough to occupy my thoughts with ducklings, never mind your cow – and your eye for that matter!!!
Christine
No need to worry daisy and my eye are all better.. but what about your ducklings, I had better pop over and see what is happening! c
Actually it’s more of a worry about a LACK of ducklings! Those two Aylesbury’s are useless and have tipped all but one egg from the nest. Nothing for the freezer there then! I wish they would take parenting lessons from the muscovies!
Christine
Good news, that it all went like clockwork (or, at the very least, a Bus Schedule!)…Daisy is the picture of contented motherhood in that photo – too tired to get up to any mischief!
Hoping that today goes just as well for you!
daisy is such a sweetie. and if she doesn’t want to leave the milking parlour in a hurry, i guess that is her perogative for giving all that wonderful milk. you should try to get a chow chow to do something they don’t want to do!!! i doubt that there is any more stubborn animal in the universe.
ok no chow chow for me then! one stubborn animal is enough.. c
Lush veges for your header cuz
Oo that reminds me I should go and take some vege shots today, maybe water them first so they look especially lush! Morning darling! c
That’s quite an impressive thistle. Does anybody eat them?
in NZ my grandfather had a horse who would pull his lips back, exposing his teeth then he would very very carefully eat the thistle flowers! No-one else eats them.. Only my shovel!
Maybe you need goats — they’ll eat them. They sometimes use goats around here to clean up weedy lots or to clear brush in the park.
Good morning! Happy to hear that Daisy is feeling better and you finally had a nice, calm, day on the farmy!
~ April
Good news about Daisy’s recovery and that she’s taken to the milking machine so well. I love that the ever watchful TonTon is behind Minty. He always seems to know where the action is. I think he’s the ring leader!
Have a great day, Celi. Don’t let the thistles get you down!
I think that’s cool that Daisy keeps you company while you clean the milking area. Have a great day!
The peacock also keeps me company, he is never far away at milking time!!
Oh that little stinker Minty! lol
Have a gorgeous day Celi!
GMom
Everything in fine rhythm today! Have a great day to all!
How great to hear that Daisy is getting back up on her feet 🙂 and that you had such a lovely day. Here’s to another one today!
Your pix of The Escape Artist, aka Minty, are fabulous. Good to hear life has settled back down on the Farmy.
So far so good.. we are having a lovely day.. morning audrey!!
Lovely days that go as scheduled are a blessing. They often occur right when you cannot tolerate one more thing going wrong! Enjoy it while it lasts.
Is Minty’s sister as much as an explorer and trouble maker as Minty is? You don’t say much about her…
No Meadow is a perfect child! So is This Murphy, Minty thinks she is a person!! c