Taking stock on a lovely summer day. Kupa was inadvertantly locked in the chook house and after spending the whole day in with the peasants he had to have a wee lie down.
Then he went to have a stretch and adding insult to injury his display attracted the wrong attention, I fear that Kupa was in for a rude surprise!
I think that in yesterday’s post I may have confused some of you with my wording. TonTon is the farmy dog but when we visit with the Old Codger he becomes Dale’s dog. In fact he will often lean on Dale, looking back at me, quite clearly saying – See, Dale loves me MORE. Naturally the Old Codger encourages this.
I have shifted the sheep into the Rat House Paddock because it is going to get very hot this week. We have a forecast of 102 on Thursday. They are allowed in the root cellar when it is hot. But Mama is not impressed with the feed in here…
and is making her disapproval known to all.
Probably not the photo we should use when we advertise Charlotte as for sale. 
I am afraid this little piggie looks a sandwich short of a picnic.
Daisy and her flerd are comfortable under their trees. 
This rooster has seen better days. 
Yesterday was not one of them.
Good morning everyone. I left the comments section alone yesterday so that Dale could read them all without interruption from me. He loved your comments. You are all brilliant. Thank you. What a wonderful welcome home for him, so much generosity from the farmy blog family. Haven’t you and I gathered a fantastic team. Everyone is alone in different ways and I find it almost ironic that our computers with their little screens and funny whirring noises are also the means of assuaging this loneliness.
I just wish I had a fast enough connection so I could visit you all and thank you personally. 
The hay is raked. Today is going to be very hot and very windy. No good for anything other than drying hay. Tomorrow afternoon will be in the 100’s and way too hot to be baling after a full days work and then thunderstorms threaten on Friday. So this afternoon, after John comes home from work, we will be baling hay and stacking it in the barn. I hope it is dry enough, we will see. The Tall Teenager has gone to visit his mother, and our neighbours are still away, so we will be bringing in the hay by ourselves.
I wonder what to have for dinner in amongst all that! There will not be a lot of time for the kitchen today. The Old Codger and I will be cooking ribs at his place this morning. He loves them but does not know how to prepare them. So we are having a cooking lesson.
You all have a lovely day. Promise.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
56 responses to “Walkabout on the Farmy”
Don’t forget about your crockpot on ‘very little kitchen time’ days!!! It’s a lifesaver, especially when you find great recipes where you throw in all the ingredients and several hours later it’s ready to eat!!! Di
I am thinking of a sausage casserole .. actually I had better get onto that so that i can forget about it again! Oh and Di I do want that egg muffin recipe too, anything to tempt him to eat.. and it sounds good.. c
That heat must be very hard on the animals and on you, Celi! It’s going to be above 100 here over the next few days (I’m in Mississippi, so we’re used to it–sort of), and I can be safely tucked away inside with only a lawn and flowering plants to worry about! So you take care. I loved yesterday’s post and am glad to finally put a face on the Old Codger. You two are blessed to have each other. Have a wonderful day. Drink lots of water!
yes Mum! and thank you.. you are right about the water, as i was not brought up here i do forget to hydrate! c
Charlotte can come and live with me too, but I’m not sure she’d be safe in Spain or London 😉
Thanks, Celi, for the walk-about. I know she has to go but I doubt if I could give Charlotte up.
Looks like you’ve got a full day ahead, trying to get as much done before things really heat up. I can’t imagine trying to get the bailing done tomorrow afternoon. Good luck!
Good morning, Celi!
You do a good job of describing life on the farmy, and I think I can almost smell those ribs cooking! I have a very good imagination and you provide such lovely context. I can place myself in your environment and I enjoy my daily visit. I truly value whatever connection we can all make. I don’t have any way to really explain it to my non-blogging friends, but it is special to me, so I love hearing that it means a lot to you, too. I think I knew that. It comes through in everything you do, Celi. Hay baling in the heat? Oh my! I’ll send some cool water!! Debra
OOh, I do hope you capture your cooking lessons on film tomorrow!
Stay hydrated with all that heat coming your way.
J
just thought i would let you know that people loved your cake. several people made it already! it is so nice that you are teaching dale how to make ribs. tell my boyfriend i wish i could be there to eat them with him!
Excellent. and dale is so thrilled about his ribs, I left him checking the oven every ten minutes with orders NOT to eat them until lunchtime. He was surprised at how easy they are.. c
I’ve been a bit absent, and I do apologize. Your blog and your photography makes me believe I am right there on the farm, following along side of you. The personalities of the animals are captured beautifully in your photography and your simple words work well to tie the reality and fantasy together (what the photos communicate). Such a lovely blog to read. Now I shall back track to see what I’ve missed.
There is nothing wrong with that pic of Charlotte…priceless. 🙂
Deep down I know Charlotte is a princess, even if the camera caught her on a wrong angle 😉
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Wonder what high falluting ideas them chickens planted in poor Kupa’s finely honed peacock brain? Love the sandwich short of a picnic 😀
Enjoyed the walkabout today. They are always among my favorite posts. Good luck with the heat tomorrow. It’s going to be a hot one!
Tee, hee, hee, hee….a sandwich short of a picnic…I laughed, and snorted! Yikes, what’s with this weather? We just heard to expect 106 here on Friday or Saturday…and I thought 100 would be bad. Time for the water spray bottle with the fan on it for all of us, animals included. Take care out there, c.!
Yay! I love the walkabouts on the farmy! All the residents look happy and healthy. Charlotte looks like she’s full of personality. So happy that Dale is home and able to piddle around on his computer. Bet he is happy, happy, happy!
The real estate photographer just spent an hour taking pictures of the house. It goes on the market tomorrow. Things are getting crazy around here!
Have a lovely evening ~ April
Our hay got delivered yesterday afternoon, and OF COURSE, we had the first rain in four months that evening. None of it was under cover yet, so I tarped what I could. Hope you all have better fortune with yours.