He immediately began to pack up. After all it was beer o’clock and getting dark.
Sadly the weather was not on our side and we were unable to have the Friday drink out on the dance floor of the coupe, instead we sat inside by the fire. The Matriarch said maybe next Friday. I told The Kiwi Builder to invite his whole family next time. His children are all home schooled so they will call it a field day. 
The strong cold wind howled all day, and no-one would come out of the barn and into the sun for a photo. I found L’il Puss The Scrapper (one of the barn cats) guarding the milk bucket, and managed a low light shot but every one else had their heads down. They all hate the wind.
So both my photographic plans were thwarted.
Good morning. We will try for the last of the shots today and then new shots will happen and who knows what will come next. It is hilarious to even try to plan what images will appear on any given day.
So, in the barn are three kittens. Author who is a female tabby, LouLou who is the wee ginger male and L’il Puss The Scrapper who is older, was discovered hiding in the hairdresser’s back room in town and is now the boss of the barn. Cats are important for keeping the rodent population down in the barn. Where there is feed, there are mice. Hence the cats. The kittens literally sit under Daisy and wait for their milk in the morning. Before Daisy moves out of the milking parlour she puts her head down very low, hoovering from side to side and kind of scoops any strays out of the way with her nose.
I hope you all have a lovely day. It will be warmer here (in the low 40’s I think), so the hoses will come out and all the water containers will be cleaned and refilled in preparation for the next cold snap which they say will be very cold this time.
celi
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53 responses to “Beer O’Clock I called to the Kiwi Builder”
EllaDee got ahead of me with her beer o’clock comment: wonder how US and Kiwi beers compare! AND, I woke up at three am and had to put a blanket on: only 16 C that early up here in the Highlands: GLORY BE!! Hot weather to return in 2-3 days, but not high enough for all the Aussies to buy immediate air tickets to roll in the snow at the farmy 🙂 ! Oh, L’il Scrapper: hmm, ‘guarding’ the milk pail or having little personal extras?
We’re in for a cold snap too : high of -17F/-27C, brrrrr..
We had the winds here fierce at times BF went to detect beach I went to admire Orchids 🙂 It was 40’s here but wind cooled it some tomorrow back to the beach for all 3 of us weigh in on Tuesday and football tomorrow night so I better WALK lol
Have a nice Sunday
Sending you some of our rain Miss C………just a little shower for the next couple of days. Then Thursday I think we probably vaporise.
An Ayrshire hoovering the kittens; a sight to behold. Splendid shot of Li’l Puss the Scrapper on guard duty.
I had to smile at the image of the kittens waiting for fresh, warm milk. How sweet of Daisy to be on the lookout for them.
Very nice post to read on a dull, cold and grey morning as I wait for the bathroom to be warm enough to enter. The house was 10C this morning – not as cold as the prairies but cold enough for me. Love the way Daisy hoovers the kittens out of the way:)
Nothing against beer, how could I, but I’ll call it wine o’clock in an hour. 🙂
Beer o’clock? That might be my new favorite time of day. Or maybe moscato o’clock.