We had a good old fashioned farming day yesterday. Mama and Mia were shifted into the rat house paddock, separated from the lambs now for a good while. Mia has gone for company and Mama because that naughty Meadow is still stealing a drink every now and then and Mama needs to be in tip top condition for the tupping. 
Mama decided that she would rather be worked by a dog than a pig though, much to Sheila’s surprise.
Speaking of tupping. The steer who is not a bull but still reacts to a heifer coming into heat has demonstrated for us that Queenie is indeed a fertile girl. I thought this was a funny shot as Queenie looks profoundly under impressed.
Anyway this is excellent news as there was some question about whether Queenie could indeed become a mother having been a twin. This steer was very very attentive all yesterday so I am feeling positive about my little Hereford Heifer. Though she is too young to be breeding quite yet. Another year for her, she is only one. The Big Bobby will be off for his ride in the trailer on Tuesday. He is going in a little early as we might be short of feed for ruminants this year if it is a bad winter, and also a number of families are getting short of feed in their freezers. So off he goes.
Hairy has a message for Laura. 
He has to wait until Mama has been flushed on the good grass, and also he has to wait for his collar and he is sure that Laura is behind it all.
Good morning. As you can see I am back to the Purse Camera, she is such a dependable wee thing but it is not the same. But the D70 is once more out of commission. I am now on the third memory card for the D70 this month and still taking the new battery in and out to get it to connect and a shutter that only sometimes clicks. And of course the latest card has been corrupted two days after I bought it and is not loading now. However it could be worse and I think I am getting closer to a solution. I just hate to give up on dear old Camera.!
More boring is that I am no longer receiving any notifications from the weblog pages I visit. Not for days now. None at all. So I am relying on your comments to give me the web addresses to pop back and forth and visit. Over the next few days if the fates are kind I shall visit and unfollow and refollow. It is very odd and unsettling. As though WordPress has decided I am finished. So leave me a quick comment if you think it will help me locate you.
I will find you all again one way or the other.
I am a little late in posting this morning as the internet was down when I got up and so I had to do the milking and the chores first, then Sheila decided to take herself right down the back at walk time and I had to bribe her to follow me home by feeding her tiny bits of bread every time she caught up with me, on the long walk back which was kind of amusing.
The other good news is that the Tall Teen has finally got his own drivers license and not having to drive him to and from school has given me back two hours a day.. Phew.
Have a lovely day. And thank you for reading yesterday.. that was one of our special days!
celi
There was not post on this day a year ago, but tomorrow’s is simply one of my favourites, I look forward to showing that one to you.
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You seem to be having a bit of a Jonah day, dear miss c. Those mischievous electronics! Do come visit when you can!
OK now seems good see you in a sec! c
Something is amiss….there are no other comments here, and it is already later in the morning. I feel so alone. Cameras…ugh. You photos from the purse camera give us a wondrous day though.
Poor darling, I am here.. I was late posting, I am sure Europe fell asleep waiting! (ok laughing at myself here!) c
Heehee—let’s wake Europe up.
Celi, I love the Queenie story. So much of what happens on your farmy is about the cycle of life, isn’t it? I can only relate on a very small scale. Not long ago, we had a common lizard who decided to take over the hummingbird feeder attached to our den window. He could survey his world from there, apparently. One morning I watched a little lizard climb the window, and when she (I know that now!) got a little too close, he pounced, and well, you know the rest. Held her for quite some while, his throat all puffed out and rosy like he was so proud of what he was doing! So that’s my cycle story for today. When you get a chance, you can find me at http://gerrygwilson.com. Have a great day!
What a cool story too, tho it does seem hardly the time of year for that carry on.. at least a cow is pregnant for nine months.. c
Hi Celi! I just loved the story yesterday! As I love all of your stories I must admit. So glad all is going well on the farm. We will be hosting a male Lamancha billy goat in our goat yard with our girls in November, and will hopefully have precious baby goats in March. That’s exciting!!! xo
How exciting indeed, a billy goat!! Are you still milking? how long do you milk a goat i have no idea.. c
We had to give our ‘lender goats’ back to the wonderful Goat Lady we bought our goats from when we went back for Mom’s Celebration of Life. We had them all summer, and just had provide them with room and board, and then we got the milk. She will breed them again soon. You can milk goats pretty much year round. Isn’t it the same with Daisy too?
I will give her the last four months of her pregnancy off .. also we get SO COLD here that jan and feb are too cold for the pump.. we can sit at freezing and below for weeks sometimes. Not last winter tho.. that was a lovely winter! c
The notifications seem to come and go…I finally gave in and changed most of them to email.
How surprised was the Babe when she got a head-butt? 😉
Have a great day…and, YAY Driver’s License!!!
Poor Sheila the babe, there was a flurry of a set too actually, the kids were scrapping, But Sheila was laughing the whole time. Naughty girl c
Oh deary me C, seems you are having quite a time with “technology”. Will it make you feel better to know that I am still without a washing machine – yip – over 2 weeks and counting! 😦
I remember somebody else having hassles with WordPress and notifications but alas the old brain won’t remember who is it – thought I could hook you 2 up to figure out what the problem is.
Fabulous to hear that you have 2 hours back again in your day – you can ill afford to give up any of your precious time.
I wonder if it would be worth your while to look for a second hand camera on line? New ones cost an arm, leg and an eye tooth at the moment!
Have a super day and hope you can see my url with this comment.
🙂 Mandy xo
Morning Mandy, Yes I am indeed looking for a second hand body .. a new camera would be silly when i am saving to travel the world in december.. shame i can’t pop around to your place while i am on the go! c
Oh that would be lovely to have a wee visit with you – maybe on your next trip. 😀
just imagine, i will write that book, sell it, make tons of money and come over and we will have a joint book signing day somewhere posh! c
Deal! xo
You should set up a kickstarter.com project to see if you’d (easily) get funded for a new camera and maybe a new computer!
I am not sure I know what a kickstarter project is, I shall pop over and see.. thank you.. i gave mama an extra pat from you yesterday while i had her close.. c
Morning Celi, just playing catch up with farmy and blogs, oh dear – headbutting sheep alert!
Morning Claire.. c
Maybe Queenie thought she should have been taken out for dinner first 😉
Exactly, what a cad! c
It might be worth having the D70 serviced – it might cost a lot less than a new camera 😉
I think Mad Dog is right
I have tried to find someone to service it but still looking, it is wearing its new body armour now though.. actually I am not so sure it is not the computer that is at fault this time.. such a bore.. Morning mad, morning ruth! c
Good morning Celi, hope your camera is fixed soon. Mamma, says no pigs allowed!
She is a tough old cookie that one! c
Hi C! Good morning 🙂 WP played a trick to me too. Last week I discovered all the posts from the blogs I follow in my trash tray…At first I thought it was me, but maybe it wasn’t… 😉
Poor Sheila, I bet she saw stars from that heard-headed Mama!
Christine
My WP ‘reader’ has been picking and choosing when to show me posts too, C. I have to rely on manual checking most of the time! Oh well, old school is sometimes more reliable (cameras too!).
A camera corrupting cards would give me a nightmare. Yikes
Enjoy following you
Ruth in Pittsburgh