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A Sparkly Farmy Day

I wished for a fine cold day …abcsun-008

and that is exactly what we got … abcsun-012

with plenty of  Sunday to hang out in the wintry sun all day.

The Duke of Kupa …abcsun-023

… was particularly spectacular with his sparkly colour. abcsun-021

We went to collect the hay from a lovely old farm …abcsun-028

where this dog …abcsun-031

… and this little boy’s Daddy’s grandfather lives.abcsun-027

It is  a beautiful old farm. It was a  very reasonable price of six dollars a bale. Though I said to John, last year I would have been appalled at buying hay at six dollars a bale and today I think it is a good price.  Everything is relative to something else.

Good morning. Yesterday I made mint and chocolate ice cream with my very own mint essence.  To make the essence I packed a jar with mint from the neighbours that has been in her garden so long it has no name, covered it with everclear (you can use a good vodka too) and left it for a few months. Strained, it is very minty and bright green. Now we are wondering what else to use it with. Maybe I should add some to yesterdays yoghurt, well maybe not!!

I wish you all a fun and safe New Year’s Eve.  We will be in bed early as usual as Daisy has no respect for sore heads or tired milkers. So I do not mind at all if you have an extra glass for me. And speaking of Daisy, after beginning the process to see if she has mastitis or not, she turned around yesterday morning and gave 5 pounds more milk than usual. So whatever is bothering her is not accelerating at all.  I am still going to have her milk tested though, just to be sure.  Something is not right.

Have a lovely day and a Happy New Year.  See you next year.  Just before dawn as usual.

celi

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  2. Hmm, maybe some mint jelly for your next lamb roast? I have been loving being back on the Farmy and reading updates on all the animals. Just watched NZ Sky Tower fireworks, OZ next in about an hour. We are about 9 hours away still. Wishing you, our John and everybody on the Farmy a very happy New Year and a prosperous and self sufficient 2013. Laura

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  4. Happy New Year to you and everyone on the farmy! We are anxiously awaiting news of our newest family member to arrive this morning. Surgery scheduled for 8:30 a.m. (in about an hour) Son and daughter in law left for the hospital around 5:30 a.m. Don”t think I can hold my breath that long!
    Hurray for a lovely sunny day on the farm and more milk from Daisy. Hope she’s ok! I tried to reproduce a peacock “eye” on an enameled pendant, but did not like the result…didn’t get the colors right… I vote for mint jelly too! Nothing like mint with lamb!

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  5. We go to bed early, too. How about flavouring some fudge with mint? I like the look of your hay farm.

    Kupa is in good colour – I’ve saved the picture for further inspiration.

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  8. Good day! Toss some of that minty hooch into some milky hot chocolate! Mmmmm … hot chocolate. All calm here, although it’s raining and blowing a gale — hubby is repairing the hanging light in the dining room that I broke this morning. Tried to remove the bulb. Poof-Bang and then tinkling of glass all over the place. Blood. Bandages. Fixed up. Good as new. All’s well that ends well. Happy new year!

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  9. happy new year on the farmy! i will be in bed way before midnight. i made soup and 6 loaves of bread to take to the homeless shelter along with dozens and dozens of xmas cookies. maybe daisy was just missing you?

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    • Cows do like order and calm in their lives and it is possible that the change caused her bad temper, her bad temper meant she was not well milked and i think that this may have contributed to it.. but she is eating and drinking and giving good milk so i am not even sure why i am uneasy about her health.. c

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  12. I love the fact you have a peacock. I’ve only ever seen them at our local wildlife park. $6.50 a bale. Ouch! That’s a lot. Locally, we can buy it anywhere from $2 to $4 a bale. Most of the time, it is $3 a bale. Three or four years ago however, you couldn’t find hay to buy even if you wanted to pay $10 a bale. This is why I plan to be able to make enough hay to feed my life stock. We’re small (only 6 hay-eating animals (including a pony); 8 once the goat and sheep give birth this spring), so need only about 400 bales a year. We can get 250 bales off our own hay field, so we’re close to be self-supplying.

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    • Hmm you use more hay than us, but we have grass I guess. We have a two acre field for hay too, for the same reason you do. It is good to grow your own isn’t it. Usually I pay $3 but this year was a bad year, I am hoping the price will go back down!! c

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  14. Beautiful Kupa and you have given us a beautiful year on the farmy – thank you! How about Mint juleps and you can pretend it´s a hot summer´s day?! A Very Happy 2013 to you all 🙂

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