Get down off that wardrobe Thing One and go outside, it is a lovely day. 
Did Miss c make you go outside too?
I am just watching The View melt.
Did I miss something?
No, we are watching The Thaw Tui. You can join us.
Is it thaw time?
No. It is just a thawy day.
But the chooks don’t mind, they are still hard at work preparing the corridor paddock to be sown with new grass seed in the spring. I spread the contents of Queenie’s sunroom stall out there for them to flick about.
Yesterday it stayed above freezing all day. This meant I could catch up on lots of farm chores. It is hard to spread manure when it is frozen solid, so yesterday and today are perfect days for this. The new compost heaps will be started today too.
Daisy begins her Once A Day milking today. From now on (if all goes well) she will be milked at 9.30 each morning. Her tests (using the California Mastitis Kit) came through OK though I will take more tests throughout this transition and then once a week after that. As you know a cow’s udder has four separate quarters, a sample of milk from each of these quarters is tested. This is very simple to do and now that we have the kit we will know if she needs attention. The consensus is that she has been fighting a sub-clinical infection. There were the remaining traces of this in two of her quarters. Though no other indications at all. But her natural health has fought it. So we will watch closely. If the somatic cell levels increase we will go back to twice a day. But I do think that with a more laid back milking schedule, less demands on her body plus a twice daily dose of the homeopathic remedy she will recover tip top health and a better attitude. It is all about balance and we need to help Daisy recover her balance.
I won’t go away and leave a milking cow again.
You all have a lovely day.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
49 responses to “A Tiny Thaw that Melted the Daily View”
Great Captures – Have a Great One on the Farmy:)
The connection between man and beast – or woman and cow can never be underestimated. Headmistress Miss C is so connected to all on The Farmy. It is there in every written word, in every photograph. Fortunate are those who inhabit her kingdom. V.
I hope she’s back to milking and feeling well soon!
Poor Daisy! I bet they all like the thaw 😉
A mid-season melt is as messy as a spring melt, but either way, mud season is better than drought. Love the peacock strut.
love the tease of a spring day!
A green-ish daily view; I didn’t think we’d see that in January. By the looks of things, neither did your crew.
Good day, C.
I’m especially loving the photos today–the perspective, color, light, etc.
Do show us more of that gorgeous wardrobe. That looks like a piece of furniture I would love to own.
It was in pieces when we found it, John remade it and i replaced the shattered panes with that hand printed fabric.. it is where I store all my kitchen implements and jars.. I have a tiny kitchen.. c
But I guess the day may come when you have to leave a milking cow – although we know you´ll do it with a heavy heart 😦
I know you are right Tanya, maybe when she is older she will be easier for other people to manage.. c
I had a cat that, like Thing One, liked to sit up high. Her favorite spot was atop the bathroom door. You were in for quite a shock if you didn’t look up before closing that door.
You shared some great photos today, Celi. The peacock & hen shot is especially good. I hope you had a great day today. It should be warmer yet tomorrow — with some rain in the afternoon. It’s like living in Atlanta.
That is really funny about that cat,m i have a chook who perches on the chook house door screen door, I can close it and latch it as long as i do it very slowly and she complains the whole time ! I am crossing my fingers for the rain!
Yes, I thought Daisy was missing you when you first reported trouble just after you left… They are more sensitive than we realise when you’re all so connected….
Hope the new regime works for both of you…
What a beautiful ‘melt’ almost saying ‘hold on there, hold on there, spring IS coming’! Am laughing at us ‘city folk’ – you’ll have all of us a [semi]competent ‘farmers’ ere you stop writing, light years away!!!
Sounds like you have a great regimen planned for Daisy, I’m sure she’ll love all the TLC!
C, I loved the story with the first shots about the thawy day – you could write a story book in pictures. I am please our girl Daisy is on the mend.
Have a super farmy day.
🙂 Mandy xo
Lovely pictures of your brief thaw day.