This is not a rhetorical question. Are these from a rabbit? 
Have to be a rabbit.
Our snow hung around for most of the day but it was one of those calm, warmish cold beautiful days that slowly melted into the afternoon.
Here is the Bobby Blanc.
Now I bet you wish you could do that with your tongue don’t you!
Hairy Maclairy has been banished to the back paddocks for breaking down yet another barn door, so he has gone to live with Queenie until Daisy is in the fields. He is the epitome of a Battering Ram!
He is showing off his muscles for you.
Queenie Wineti is impressed on the inside.
She is not a demonstrative cow.
The Coupe, our outrageously wonderful granny flat/guest house/ writer’s retreat, is 
getting its first layer of roof this week. The Matriarch has done the maths and worked out that the cost of her little house is equal to just under two years of 24 hour care in a retirement home. Looking after the elderly is very big business. It costs a lot of money. We would prefer that she grows old out here on the farm where it is not so expensive. Two of her friends have recently sold their homes and cashed in everything they owned to pay for going into care. Their whole lifes work. And still they will be dependent on the state after a very short time. That sounds scary.
The chooks (chickens) are laying NINE eggs a day. 
Good chooks.
I thought you might like to see what goes on behind the scenes..
when Kupa spreads his train. And yes I get that close. He really is very tame now. 
Sheila and Charlotte were allowed out to play in the snow.
And Daisy as usual just stood about and watched the world go around. She gives an average of 25 pounds of milk a day. That is about two and a half gallons. 
What a lovely day. Just a little sun and out we all go.
I have ordered two packages of bees from a beeman about 100 miles from here. Bees are sold by the pound which seems logical when you think about it. We will have two three pound packages of bees arriving with their own queen in April. I will take you with us when we go to pick them up.
Have a lovely, lovely day.
And don’t forget – if you see a picture that you would like to keep just grab it. You are most welcome. If someone admires it tell them where it came from.
Have a lovely day.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
86 responses to “Whose tracks are these?”
Love Kupa’s very undignified tush! Hairy the ram is definitely a ham in sheep’s clothing :*)
he is a most unusual ram.. i think i have spoiled him.. c
What a great looking ram Hairy is:)
That was a lucky shot i think!! c
That behind the scenes view of Kupa caused me to burst into laughter.
And your care for the Matriarch and her mathematical conclusions impress me. That we should all grow old with someone to love and care for us as you and John do for his mother.
i think we need to plan for our old years as much as we plan for our young ones. Nanny is lucky that she can build herself a wee cabin where there is family, many, many people do not have that option. have a lovely day Audrey. i hope that it is getting a little warmer for you too..c
Oh, yes, temps around 30 degrees yesterday. When I was shoveling snow, for the second day in a row, I unbuttoned my coat and unwrapped my scarf. I was sweating. More shoveling of the walk and driveway today.
I have been away from the blogging world for a couple weeks. It was nice to pop over and see how all is going in your world.
Ha! That picture of Hairy Maclairy is great – what a showoff, but then if I looked that good I would showoff too.
I am excited to watch and read about your experience with the bees. When I was a little girl my dad and I had a hive or two on the edge of our land next to some blackberry bushes. I had a small bee keeper suit and would help him tend the bees. We even had a hand crank extractor for the honey. Mmmmm, delicious!
Oh how I wish i had that hand crank extractor now, they are blisteringly expensive, so i just muck about trying to drip the honey out. And how cool; you having a mini bee suit.. what a wonderful thing for a kid to do.. such a fantastic learning experience. that honey must have been good ! .. lovely to see you again, i hope all is well with your family.. c
Hairy is looking very handsome today 🙂
Love the rear-end photo of Kupa! That really is interesting. And I’m so glad you have your bees ordered – I was wondering how easily you’d be able to get new ones. 🙂
What a manly stance Hairy Maclairy had! Hilarious, it’s like he was posing for you! Kupa never disappoints with his beauty, even when he’s showing off his soft tail feathers. I agree that it is scary that it costs so much for our elderly to be taken care of properly. I’m thankful and I’m sure the Matriarch is thankful that you are going to have a beautiful spot for her! It’s been fun to see the progress. But then again, I always think your blog is fun and I look forward to seeing the whole farmy every day!
Happy Tuesday to you~ April
At first glance, I thought the white chicken was a snow chicken! Which entertained me immensely. And my goodness, Hairy is such a handsome ram. Reminds me a Schwarzenegger pose.
Hairy Maclairy is a strapping boy. Our ram has been having his nose in the air of late sniffing. The girls must be starting to cycle…. Maybe Hairy Maclairy is frustrated with your winter and lack of romance that is why he has been hitting out at the barn…
Love leanne
Excellent shot of Hairy Mclairy. A fine looking ram. Glad we haven’t got snow.
Yes, those are rabbit tracks. The enlongated prints are the hind feet and the smaller ones behind them are the front. Rabbits and squirrels leave similar tracks, as they both throw their front feet between and behind their hind feet. Rabbits usually put one front foot behind the other front foot, while squirrels generally plant their two front feet side-by-side. But they don’t always do that though, making it sometimes difficult to distinguish between them. The best indicator that it is a squirrel vs rabbit is that squirrel tracks will start and end at the base of a tree. Rabbits don’t climb.
Kupa is just gloriously beautiful! I’m sure he knows it, but I think that’s fine! I’m still so sorry about the bees, and I don’t know how one monitors them with true accuracy when weather is so up and down. One more example of how nature doesn’t give us straight lines! xo
Hairy is such a ram !! He is as the kids say “a hot mess” !!!
We are hoping for snow this weekend. Finger’s crossed..it is terribly
dry and way too warm. Highs near 60 today….in Colorado..!!
Great Captures – love the ones of Hairy and Kupa – showing off going on at the Farmy – ha! Looks like rabbit tracks to me. Happy Tuesday on the Farmy:)
Hairy looks so powerful; I bet you don’t turn your back on him too often…nice ram.
Don’t even get me started on this Country’s Elder care….she is a lucky woman to have family nearby.