Yesterday I went back through some of our old shots so that I could compile an extra page that new people can refer to if they need to identify one of the animals or birds. It sits up there, (look up) right next to About.
It is The Cast of Characters Page. Do you see it up there under Kupa? Pop over if you want to see the whole page. It will give you an overview of the Lead characters in our little farmy Play. It is not quite finished – however I have a feeling it never will be. Life is like that. Fluid. Like old glass. Things change you know!
I was uplifted by the colour that I found in our previous pages. ( As The Farmy dives back into yet another Bloody ‘Cold Snap!’. I’ll give you Cold Bloody Snap!) So, it was a relief to look back and KNOW that things will change soon . Here are a few of the shots I came across. 
You will remember some of these old shots~!
Baby Charltte and Sheila.. Were they ever this little?! Not one of these photographs is from yesterday.
In fact some of these are not even from this year!! I have gone straight to summer so we can feel the warmth
! Remember that the bees come on April 13th! I hope it is warmer by then. This cold cannot hold on too much longer surely.
Soon it will be THIS hot!
There isn’t that better? Keep the spring faith.
Good morning. Yesterday and the day before the ground thawed just enough for us to get some heavy work done. We worked hard and fast. The old summer pigsty was removed and that little field (the salad bar field) was covered in compost for the chickens to spread around. This will be lightly tilled and sown in a mixture of red clover, white clover, summer rye and a fescue I have not grown before. It is a difficult field because of all the gravel below the thin layer of soil, so this is a hardy fast growing recovery mix. I will also add chicory.
Yesterday was funny. Was there a change in gravity? Everything I lifted seemed so much heavier than usual. I am used to time doing strange things but when gravity waxes and wanes it is a weird sensation.
After this next cold spell, and once the ground has dried enough to work, we will be ready to sow the seeds. We are re-sowing four small fields this year so we have our work cut out for us.
I hope you all have a lovely day. I really do. I have just realised that I have not added myself to The Cast page. Later I will go back and see if there is a shot of me we can use. I am always on the working side of the camera so images of miss c are as rare as hens teeth!
Good morning!
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
58 responses to “This was not yesterday”
Good to hear you had a productive day yesterday…It’s a bit odd to start the day without you and the Farmy, though.
Angel and I were doing the same thing – looking at last year’s photos. On the 22nd, she was outside barefoot…that won’t be happening this year. We should look further than last March, to remind us that someday, SOMEDAY, it’ll be that warm again…
Well she certainly won’t be barefoot with a bad cold like that, I am sure you are in and warm for the next few days.. take care! c
Pheww, you did work hard yesterday !! 🙂 Great Cast of Charaters page, thank you. There is a picture of you on May 29, 2012 as well as a great broccoli and garlic soup recipe. Changes in gravity could be due to low blood pressure and/or blood sugar – rember to eat properly before flying around like a mad thing 🙂 Enjoy the rest of the week end. Laura
I eat breakfast every day, but today i am stronger so no worries.. I shall go in search of that pic, how did you remember.. they are hard to find, thank you! c
I had bookmarked the soup 🙂 Laura
ah! clever girl. I never quite worked out how to bookmark sensibly..
Ah, now we get it! (blushing) all the time we were looking for your post yesterday, you were right there working on the new Cast of Characters page! I wondered where you were in the morning at the usual time, and then saw you on FB at the end of the day, so nipped back over here. Still nothing. However, I sort of noted the new page, kind of subliminally…but didn’t think to peek! Duh! Its wonderful to see all that warmth and summer on the page! I so love the bee photos!
And yesterday I just felt heavy, I knew you would forgive me for getting straight to work without sitting down to post.. i just did not think I would be able to get up again and I had NOTHING in my brain at all!!.. c
I have whole strings of days like that this time of year… On another related topic: Think of it, a year ago we had by now several 70 degree days, a very disturbingly early spring that led into a horribly droughty summer. So even as I complain about the cold, I try to remember that this is more “normal” March weather…We have yet another wintry blast with snow heading our way Monday. And so it goes…
the cast pf players page is great! another storm is on the way for us!
Oh NO! when will it ever end! c
Good Morning! So nice to see you. I missed you yesterday. You had a very busy day.
Those cute little pigs! It’s hard to believe that your big girls were that little such a short time ago.
I know, I laughed when i saw that one, now they are standing at my hip! c
Gravity always seems to change for me with the shifting winds. I swear that when the wind is from the west, everything is twice the effort. Easterly winds — however biting — are like a shot of adrenaline.
Your animals look so well looked after and contented 🙂
This is interesting because we are having an unusual Nor’East. It is a mean cold little wind and I seldom have to shut that side of the barn against a wind. Hmm. Is the wind affecting me? A southerly blow in the summer sure affects me!! have a lovely day sarah.. c
Missed you yesterday! However I was a busy girl yesterday as well due to a freak in nature!! It got to 80F here in Bedford VA yesterday – yes you are reading that right! So I was flying around my yard like a crazy thing – even got to clean out the chicken hut and run, so they have nice clean straw and nice smells. I usually put down more cedar chips than straw in the spring and summer to keep it cool in there, but the cold snap is back for at least another week. Did I say 80 yesterday? Well it has dropped 40 degrees and not getting much [ast the high 30’s today, with rain/sleet – what a difference a day makes…..
EIGHTY! That is outrageous. and now we are both down in the dumpy 30’s again. Ah well. We can do another week? Though I am going out to start clearing the garden beds today anyway.. i just cannot wait another week!
The new cast of characters page is awesome!!! You are such a gifted photographer as well as everything else that you do!!!!
Your farm will always have a ever-changing cast of characters so I think your new page is great. Fun to have some photos that show warm weather will eventually arrive. We have 6 to 10 inches of snow coming our way so we will wait a little longer.
Oh dear. that sounds like too much.. c
I hear ya about the weather, Celi! Time for Old Man Winter to let us go and to move on. (With apologies to our dear friends in the far South.) I want to open windows and to see green outside them when I do. Your new page is a great idea and will help many of your new followers. And it will be good for the rest of us, too, as time goes by.
TIme for me to get busy. Have a great day, Celi!
I was in the garden today and wondered if you were too.. it was cold but ok for a little clearing! c
Does Mother Nature suffer from PMS? How else has she given everyone this weather?
I have to tell you that I stared at the basil photo for a very long time! I’m thinking this incessant March rain cannot last forever and, anyway, it’s time to plant out the sweet peas. Hope you’re having a lovely Sunday and thanks for the summery eye break. Hugs. 🙂
Love the cast of characters. I am astonished to learn that the pigs stand hip high!!
Almost, i can lay my palm on charlotte’s back without bending down.. so sweet.. c
It’s raining here…off and on with chill in the air. Feels more like February instead of March. BUT I saw rainbows yesterday. I stood and watched as long as I could…then the wind moved everything away. Now the rains are back…but with rain there is always a rainbow someplace.
Linda
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all rain is good, rain followed by sun would be better but still.. all rain is good! c
I can’t believe how big those pigs have grown 🙂