I love having children on the farm.
Just having fun.
After the mandatory swim, this fellow gathers eggs, feeds the cats, (Egoli was found at his house so he always brings him and Tiba a little pot of food each). He picks tomatoes in the gardens then settles down with a little jar of dried apples. 
He is amazed at how fast the chicks are growing. Then he played with the dogs and The Matriarch read in her own verandah and the afternoon sunk into peacefulness.
Good morning. Today Boo is off to the vet for The Little Boys Visit. He will be a wee bit annoyed with me. He is being kept inside this morning so he does not go out into the sweetcorn and help himself to breakfast. If his little operation goes according to plan I can pick him at lunchtime. Otherwise it is full stem ahead.
I hope you are going to have a lovely day.
your friend on the farmy, celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
55 responses to “Boys and Chicks”
Lovely photos full of good times and the bounty of summer. Those jars if dried goods are so satisfying. How do you use the dried summer squash?
I have been advised to season them and offer them as snacks. Though there won;t be many of them as of course my zuchinni went the same way as the cucumbers. BUt the next planting is looking promising, so there is still time. ! c
Kids help us rediscover the wonder. Those little hands holding the chick are very sweet.
It’s far from “full stem(sic) ahead ” for poor Boo. Never could a stem being less full:)
Love the photos! Beautiful jars of your hard work. I wish I was so talented. Love reading of your days. Cathy in Indiana
We called it the ‘cone of silence’ when we had my lab, Jack {Jackaroo} done as he refused to talk to me almost the whole time he had the cone on haha
Snip snip Boo Hoo! I had a good laugh at that one! Gorgeous photos C. Love that bowl of beautiful tomatoes! There is a saying you’ve probably heard too….Fussy child? Just put em in water! 🙂
I love the pictures with the water splattering!
You are right, having kids around really opens ones eyes to the simple joys in life 🙂
Splash splash! Just a quick dip then I’m off to join The Matriarch on the porch. I’m reading Hilary Mantel’s sequel to Wolf Hall – Bring Up The Bodies. Mantel is the first British author and the first woman author to be awarded two Man Booker prizes. as well as the first to win with these two consecutive novels. I must read it slowly. to saver every page. To wander into the Farmy kitchen and eat a few garden fresh tomatoes. To rub Boo’s silky ears, Can I make it last for the third book The MIrror and The Light? V.
Is the mirror and the light out yet, i have read the other two and like you i tried so hard to go slow, her work is extraordinary, I will see if i can buy it now, i looked a while ago and I think it was not out yet.. c
Yes Celi, the Mirror and the Light is now out. Hurrah!!
Thank you, i shall track it down!.. we can compare notes.. c
Splash! Beautiful photos! We are currently staying at a waterfront house and the kids are haviing a ball with the crab traps and fishing poles…
When i first heard the term ‘fishing poles’ (we havefishing rods in NZ) I imagined that american kids who fished did it whilst sitting on a pole. I had this mental image of a kid, with her knees tucked up around her ears, crouched forward onto her bare feet, perched on top of tall sturdy fishing pole – fishing with her fishing rod. Out of reach of her mother or a bear whot may be after her fish. This was such a strong image as a kid that i cannot hear the term ‘fishing poles’ without seeing my childhood doppelganger sitting atop her pole. Happy as a lark up there.. c
My idea of fishing poles was never the same after listening to Mud Shark by Frank Zappa, when I was about 14. Apparently, at the Edgewater Inn, one can or could fish from your bedroom window 😉
I believe it’s still there:
http://www.edgewaterhotel.com/
…and this is an account of the alarming story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_episode
Ok you win! (laugh) that was not the story I expected!! No wonder they were banned!! There are no decent rock stars left.. c
Ask John if he has the record – it’s rude but very funny 😉
If its rude he probably does, he has quite the vinyl collection! c
I can’t stop giggling! For so many reasons…thank you for sharing this image….
I hope poor Boo doesn’t think his trip to the vet is in any way related to his dip in the mud yesterday! BTW, HOW in the WORLD did you get him clean again? Do you just turn the hose on him or what?
Nope he cleans himself, he LOVES to jump in the stock water tanks and they have apple cider vinegar in their water so he gets all shiny too!
Ah, essence of summer… I can almost smell it – warm air, tomatoes and pool water 🙂
perfick..
Fantastic shots!!! Love your dehydrated produce.
Back in the morning for a ‘read-thru’ on how Gentleman Boo went 🙂 ! Am always interested as to what is allowed and usual in the various countries in the world. With no value judgment implied one way or the other, you could not have your pool the way it stands anywhere in Australia. It would have to be totally ‘high-fenced’ in a way children could not climb and with a totally child-proof lock. Not very pretty, but I guess necessary in a country with a long swimminmg season in which there are so many, many fatal toddler/child drowning accidents oft in quite shallow water . . . so enjoy 🙂 !
They do love the water. Your jars of yummy goodness make for a lovely picture. Poor Boo.
Ah, splashing water. Summer seems a long way away right now. I love those jars of dried goodies.