This is what the very few people who drive down our country road are seeing.
Daily changes.
Not much changing with Daisy though. She stands exactly here for most of the day. Watching the kitchen door for movement. Daisy is an Ayrshire. A very old breed of dairy cow. She is almost four. She is being milked once a day now, until late next spring – hopefully. Then she will get pregnant again and the whole cycle will recommence. Her milk feeds the house, the pigs, the baby animals (calves and lambs in spring). The cats, the dogs and even the poultry drink her milk. I make cheese, yoghurt, butter and ice-cream with her tasty raw milk. Her manure is used to make compost for the gardens. I call her the mother ship. 
On the left below – we have a portion of the barn flock. The Son of Neanderthol Man (Neanderthol Man is deceased) and the Son of the Son of Neanderthol Man and then his son Bob. There is a barn flock that have never been caged who do all the housekeeping in the barn keeping the straw turned over.
And on the right of your screen is The Duke of Kupa. He is going to be three this spring and in peacock terms that means he is coming into his prime and should be fertile.
Kupa has two wives, Tui and Pania who even I cannot tell apart anymore. We are rather hoping that this colourful grouping will result in peachicks this coming summer. In anticipation of this I have begun to put old tires full of straw in dark corners of the barn loft, to encourage the girls to nest somewhere safe.
Here we have Mia and Mama lounging about with Hairy MacLairy the biggest sweetest Dorset ram on the face of the earth. I think that Mama and Mia are both expecting. We are aiming for lambs in early April. 
And below – these two dancing naughties are Minty and Meadow. They are not allowed anywhere near a ram until next season. They are much too young and silly.
The Guinea Fowl are in their fourth winter. They are the noisiest group on the property and sleep with the peacocks and barn flock on the rafters in the top of the barn. 
The unchanged Daily View.
I know I have missed the cats, and the laying chickens in their own coop. I shall introduce them tomorrow but I have a feeling I am missing someone else as well.
As you know every collection of images is from the last 24 hours. So you are always very current on the goings on in the farmy.
Good morning. I know that may of you comment on the green of the above patch of grass. It is frozen solid. It breaks as I walk over it. I gave up mowing too early last autumn so when the freeze hit it just froze the grass green. Just think blanched and quick frozen spinach. If I mowed it off now there would be nothing but brown. So I keep it. But hush. It is our secret. Everyone else thinks my grass is still growing!!
Have a lovely lovely day.
If the weather is not too bitter this afternoon The Matriarch and I are going to drag our chairs and a bottle of champagne out into The roofless wallless Coupe to have a celebratory drink. We will be well dressed against the cold and may even take blankets!!
celi
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58 responses to “Part two of the farmy walkabout but have I missed somebody?”
Cheers 🙂
Amazing how big Meadow and Minty have grown. Seems like yesterday they were wobbly-kneed lambs. And I love the shot of TonTon, standing guard out in the field, as well as the one of Daisy. Hers is a nice photo for an introduction — or Match.com. 🙂
Have a great day, Celi! I’ll echo Mad Dog, Cheers!
Yes we shall make a toast sitting on the dance floor in the Coupe, though it is getting a wee bit windy out there right now! c
Happy Friday on the Farmy:)
Isn’t there a lamb missing?
If I remember correctly, this is going to be your Mother-in-law’s little house. If I also continue to remember correctly you and your mother-in-law a great friends, having been friends from the beginning of your time in the states. You, your lovely Mother-in-law and your special man all together on the land. Who could ask for more?
Linda
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Yes The Matriarch is indeed my mother in law and she and i have always been the best of friends, since I was 16 actually.. so it will be lovely to have her out here in her own little space, though she is not ready to be old quite yet and hopes that other people will keep her space alive until she gets here.. ! c
Ah….a little house for all the visitors, then!
Enjoy your evening at the Coupe!
Linda
We will raise a glass of bubbly with you . V.
Lovely photo journal. I learned something new from you today. I didn’t know that chickens like milk. I might give them my extra endless streams of kefir rather than dumping it down the sink.
initially i would mix it with their grain and now they drink it straight from the bowl, in fact they fight the cats for it. I am sure kefir would be fantastically good for them! c
What a lovely Friday on the farm…so many things to look forward to.
it’s pleasure to take this walkabout with you, and to be reminded of all the important characters in the story of the farm. What a great scene for the imagination: you and the Matriarch sitting out there in the Coupe, wrapped up like eskimos.
The M.S. Daisy is looking mighty fine as she surveys her lot! Fun to see Minty and Meadow frolicking about and looks like everyone was enjoying the sunshine. Enjoy your champers and happy weekend!
Well, I’ll raise a glass to the fast growing coupe too [still white wine, I am afraid!] and hope someone has taken a photo of the Matriarch and you together 🙂 !
Just ‘lost’ a comment, so my apologies if two end up on your page! Shall definitely raise a glass to the coupe also [even be it in dry white wine} and hope someone managed to photograph you and the Matriarch for us 🙂 !
maybe next time.. the weather turned on us!! but always hopeful.. c
Hi Celi…….I recently discovered your blog and absolutely love it and read it everyday!! I grew up on a farm so nostalgia touches my soul when I read of your daily adventures. I’m so sorry about White Cat…such a lovely picture of him in his fluffy glory! Thaks so much for your wonderful writings and I’ll keep right on enjoying! Happy weekend to you!
Nancy! welcome welcome.. lovely to meet you.. do chime in if you have any advice, I love to learn new stuff!! c
Maybe you could tell us about how you acquired Daisy–how she arrived at the farm–also the history of the lambs. We never tire of these, you know. I do remember a photo of her as a little tyke and that she was sooooo pretty. Still is–absolutely photogenic. And TonTon too. I don’t know how you came to have him.
What an excellent idea.. I shall! thank you honey.. sometimes i forget that you haven’t been with me for ever!! .. c
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