Our John told me that if I showed you these pictures I would be arrested. Only if we are betting I told him.( Just quietly my money is on the biggest ruff.) Elizabeth I would be proud. Ten yards of ruff was sufficient evidently. No-one told the roosters though.
Boys! (snort).
I fell with through a hole in the barn loft floor yesterday. I was encouraging the peahens to go back into their Peahen Palace. One again I was reminded of Hansel and Gretel as I lay a little trail of cat food food for them to follow straight into their big pen. Did that witch have a name? I often feel like her when fattening up my animals.
Anyway I was waving my broom, like witches do, making shoo shoo noises when I stepped backwards and right through the missing boards that allow a hole above the hay manger. It makes life very easy when feeding out in the winter and very easy to fall through in the summer. One leg went straight through the floor, dragging my arse quite literally to the floor, and as I recorrected my weight flew straight out into the void. My bottom is not overly padded, I felt that wack to the bottom. Bounced up, flipped over the rail, caught a post and with the tumbling mometum and flying legs, twirled back to safety, calling a halt to the whole fiasco. Good thing I still do yoga in the morning or the damage may have been worse. I am just sore and strained this morning.
Stupid girl, thinks she can fly, said the two peahens, as they stupidly toddled through the Penthouse door. I raced over and shut the door firmly then harumphed shakily back down the ladder.
The hole is directly below those two roosting chickens in the image above. So you see it wold not have been much of a fall. All’s well that ends well.
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The September Home Grown Challenge resulted in Gnocchi for dinner last night with a lovely fresh garden sauce. Chicago John makes Gnocchi, Greg makes Gnocchi and when Isaw that Sawson makes Gnocchi too (here is her recipe) I knew I was outnumbered and had to give it a go. 
And it really is as easy as she makes it look. I made enough for dinner, John’s lunch today (John always take left overs for lunch – it saves a lot of money and is so much healthier) and a bag full for the freezer.
Good morning. Have a lovely day.
your friend on the farmy, celi
ps Yummy Tummy Farms produced an alarming article about American processed chicken products being made in China and sold in the US without appropriate labelling. This is a USDA recently approved procedure. So if you do eat processed foods (which I do not) be very careful. Very bloody careful. No-one but you should be in control of what you eat. So step up and take control. If you cannot find a farmer, shop the outsides of the supermarket. Only eat what your great-grandmother would recognise as food. It is getting scary out there. Scarier not safer or healthier.
This is making me think seriously about doing more chickens next year in more chicken tractors and maybe those who live close by can grow their own chickens out here. There must be a way to help get good food to more of you.
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Hope you aren’t too sore in the morning or I’ll be renaming you the flying celi. if in doubt arnica is ace for bruising, but you knew that anyway …
Oh My Goodness the Feathers are Flying Indeed – Great Captures of the Farmy! Happy Tuesday:)
What an amazing series of photos of the roosters asserting their rooster-ness. That is not luck but preparation meeting opportunity that you got those photos, well done! Won’t show them to the constabulary! I’m cheering you on, supporting the cause of eating clean, unprocessed and healthful food that my great grandmother would recognise.
Glad the fall wasn’t more serious! Your roosters were really hard at it – hope neither of them was hurt either! Gnocchi looks good, you’re more than halfway through the challenge now! xx
Love the rooster pics an the dog checking it out at a distance is very wise!! Lol
So glad your fall was not worse!! Thanks for chicken advice, also watch where your seafood is coming from! It is getting scary what to eat! My dr told me if it doesn’t look like God made it, don’t eat it!!
I just learned to make fresh garden tomato soup! It’s very good, used my fresh herbs in it too!! Be good this winter on a cold day with grilled cheese sandwich! Thanks for post
Thanks for the mention and thank you for doing what you do.
Oh my, I had a very vivid picture of your skinny butt falling and legs flailing and you bounced through the hole in the floor; it would have been difficult not to laugh out loud, and I am glad that there wasn’t too much damage. What are those roosters doing? Your gnocchi looks wonderful, glad the good eating is continuing well.
If you hadn’t given us a clue as to what the first group of pictures were, I’m not sure I would have been able to guess. Looks like the dogs did have bets on that little show though.
Now did you say that you once traveled with the circus? Glad it wasn’t worse but I’m guessing you’ll be feeling that for a while.
it is true that the older you get the harder you fall!! But in fact it was a lucky escape and reminded me to watch where I was going!.. c
I was having a wonderful laugh about the cockfight, even changing my computer background from the delightful ‘corn photo’ of yours to one of ‘them’ when I came upon the fall! Shall we call that a very lucky one and I dare say ‘once bitten, twice shy’!! And I have never heard of a good cook doing the deed without that glass of coloured waters:last night it was medicinal anyways, and I hope another was added as you sat down to these gnocchi! [Guess what I am having for lunch in a few moments 🙂 !]
Wonderful advice! My family *live* by the quote “Only eat what your Great-Grandmother would recognise as food” !! There are some extremely scary additives in ‘food’ these days and I grow increasingly concerned for our futures
Hope you are totally recovered from your fall, hugs from Oz x
I decided to take a break from packing and what do I find? TonTon refereeing a cockfight and you trying to fly. Well, at least you were able to make gnocchi. See? It really is easy to make — even easier when you don’t fall through a floor beforehand. 🙂
Have a good week, Celi!
Just what you need after a big day, a glass of wine and homemade gnocchi. A glass of wine to accompany dinner preparation can only be a good thing 🙂 I’m glad you’re ok.
Buyer beware should not apply to food. It’s crazy, there are so many laws about what private small producers and farmers can, can’t sell and how, even if the buyer is perfectly aware of the product, yet corporate industrial processed foods get a green light no matter non-disclosive the process.
I love all the puffed out feathers. Those roosters have some style! It looks like Ton and Boo were on the job. So glad you didn’t get any serious injury from your fall.
So sorry to hear about your fall Cecilia, I hope you will feel better real soon.
Thank you kindly for the mention,I am really glad you enjoyed the gnocchi. I too was surprise at how easy it turned out to be and can’t wait to try it with different sauces. Next time I will try to pan fry the gnocchi instead of boiling it. I recently discovered that you could do that and give the gnocchi more color and a different texture.
Feel better soon and have a great day
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