Take a break. Have a Kit Kat.
These were taken just after dawn yesterday. In the space of about an hour.
The cats are always waiting on the verandah for their feed.
Hey, look at that! Over there!
Suckers, says Thing Two.
Daisy is eating well, look at her round belly. She loves the Dairy Mistress Field! Though forage is getting low. hmm. 
Baby Bobby Blanc is a good doer, also eating and drinking well and such a nice quiet calf. 
Looking back to the dawn windows in the barn, there they are. The barn chickens. 
I ring my bell, Daisy storms through the doors, I pretend tether her and then shut the half door. Hairy begs me to open the door back up while I am milking. He promises to be good and hates closed gates. 
Before he starts to bash it in with his head, ( if he was head butting it I would NOT have opened it, he is learning that too) I reopen it, Daisy is standing being milked, and Hairy just waits at the door like a good sheep. He knows if he crosses the threshhold…
I will flick him with the wet rag. Something I was very good at when drying dishes with my brothers and sisters as a kid. So he stands right at the line and is happier. He has to be able to see Daisy.
Mama is also putting on weight. Sharing with the Big Bobby. She will go back in with the other sheep in a week.
Oops someone is in trouble. Pania what are you doing up there? Is Tui up there as well? Who forgot to close the garage doors. Oh that would be me. 
John showed me a tomato last night that was pecked at quite high on the plant. He suspects the peacocks. Oh dear. 
The Duke of Kupa.
I love this image. You can share it if you like. Or steal it. I don’t mind. 
Such a beautiful bird. Just keep away from the tomatoes.
Good morning! We have another gorgeous cool day.
Elaine, who you will have seen commenting as Le Petite Potager, (though her blog is not up and running quite yet) is still concerned about my run-in with heat-stroke the other day, and has been working on the food and drink I should be focussed on, both during the heat, after it and if I feel the symptoms returning. She works as a naturopath and is also in the advanced stages of her studies in nutrition and naturopothy. A perfect combination in my opinion. Learning is so precious. Sharing your learning is a gift.
I want to share her words with you because there are many of us who have to work in the extreme heat and humidity. This is important to know.
re: the electrolyte drink.
Vitalyte seems to be the closest formula to Hydralyte sports which is the brand I’m familiar with………..If you look for a product that contains sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, manganese and copper. Drink it really cold, or made into ice blocks or a gelato.
The foods.
Do you want a list of foods that contain these elements as well? if not please ignore!
sodium; processed foods and table salt
potassium; spinach, bananas, milk and orange juice.
calcium; any of Daisy’s goodies
magnesium; nuts and green vegetables
iron; meats, spinach, seafood and broccoli
zinc; seafood, meats and greens
manganese; nuts,oats,beans and tea
copper; beans, nuts and fruits.
The Elaine’s HeatWave Smoothie. ( Designed for the next time any of us go outside to work in the extreme heat. Or maybe just every morning. )
Comment:
I made a smoothie today trying to put most of the food groups from your list for an almost complete meal; for the next heatwave.
Here it is:
1 frozen banana (peeled and frozen overnight) chopped into chunks,
8oz milk,
4oz yoghurt (or a couple of scoops of ice cream) or both,
a handful of spinach leaves or any other greens you enjoy,
a small handful of nuts,
plus any other fruits you may like; whizz up in a blender and enjoy!
There. I made one of these yesterday, and it is really good. Maybe we don’t need to wait for the heatwave to drink it!! Thank you Elaine for going the extra mile. Lovely.
Now off to work we go…
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
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Great Photos – so needed a farm fix today:) Have a Beautiful Day!
I love how everyone is looking out for your heat health, you have quite a community running here! The photos are absolutely gorgeous today. And I love how you’ve trained that ram up. Keep cool. 🙂
Dear Celi,
This is a letter of admiration. You stand alone in this enormous world of blogs. You are head and shoulders above the rest. A woman of many talents you manage the physical management of your farmy, take delightful and charming and always interesting photographs, and write words I don’t want to stop reading. I can see you are bringing your world and yourself to many who read you. You have created a bench mark that many will aspire to. You should be very proud of your accomplishments. Virginia
Virginia, what a marvellous thing to write. I don’t know what to say. I have a great fondness for my readers, you have all wriggled your way into the dirt of the farmy and together we make a wonderful team. I am glad you are out here with us! And I am still looking forward to your ice cream recipe!! c
Here is the delicious ice cream recipe. Every day we would make this in our restaurant. With your wonderful cream it will be spectacular.
Virginia
Here is the delicious ice cream recipe. Every day we would make this in our restaurant. With your wonderful cream it will be spectacular.
Virginia
If this link doesn’t work go to Mrs. Butterfingers.com
for the recipe.
I was wondering if you know why I can’t see your pictures in the post? 😦
How miserable.. no I do not know, maybe log out and come back in.. but really you should be fine.. is anyone else having this trouble? c
You are building so much understanding between you and your animals. I see their intelligence. Bobby Blanc is such a handsome calf, and Kupa is so fine, despite tomato stealing.
So glad you have good advice and care re heatwave food and drink. Here in the cold of winter I shiver at the thought of ice from the fridge and am told to have warm food as much as possible.
I send you a wave of extra cold from our unusually chilly nights.
I heard that it is a bit chilly, but you still make the most of it with your images and words!! c
Great list of foods from Elaine, and fabulous to eat at any time & enjoy good health. I have to confess I’m borrowing the cats for a while, they are now the background photo on my office computer screens 🙂
Well done, you are most welcome of course.. which one.. c
The first image from this post. I’ll give it back I promise!
Oh no you keep it! It is yours now.. c
Ditto Virginia. This is a most extraordinary blog.. I am an”arm-chair farmer.” I get to enjoy all the sweet charm and beauty of your various creatures, yet none of the REAL. We sit in our a/c living rooms while YOU walk the walk and talk the talk
Oh, you guys!! c
Aw! Look at all the kitties!
One of my fav. entries yet! I love the cats, they’re gorgeous! And the peacocks too! Also the sheep watching the milking. Reminds me of my cat with a shut door! Just needs to know what’s going on! And the smoothie sounds yummy any time of the day, but there were a lot of foods on there I had no idea would help!
Oh, so late,so late! Isin’t the Duke in flight a glorious sight. It’s so good to see everyone looking well after the heatwave. No Queenie though…….my favourite girl on your farmy.
I love smoothies in the summer and it’s a great way to use up odds and sods of greens. I also use tofu in mine. I love the recipe constantly changing – according to what I have in my fridge or garden.