With a sunrise like this we had to have a good day.
And we did.
Because the men in their green machines, came and took the corn away.
Later we went out to play in the stripped field. After pausing in the long grass for ‘short legs’ to rest.
And watching Egoli – his new hunting tactic is to sit at the bird’s tea table and ask them to fly into his mouth.
The intrepid explorer.
The Big Dog and his new coat. 
He loves his coat. Once he is dressed for winter he always looks so much happier and gets a rather unnerving spring in his step.
I had a plan to FedEx some home grown frozen meat out to my son’s house in California so I could cook it when I got there. It is all about the food when my family gets together. But after checking into the cost of over-nighting one pasture raised lamb roast, one grass fed beef roast, 4 packages of milk fed bacon, 4 grass fed rib eye steaks and a fat chicken – I decided that I would throw the clothes out of the suitcase and check the chilli bin as baggage instead. Everything will be well wrapped. Luckily I have a big hand bag for a change of underwear, a little skirt, footless tights, a cardigan, ballet flats, something pretty, and my toothbrush. I will wear my jeans and my boots, jam a book on top and put a lipstick in my pocket. All good. Can you tell I have done this before? I have an aversion to luggage.
Lets hope the meat stays frozen! That is the most important thing.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farm
celi
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70 responses to “Corn is down.. I can see for miles and miles!”
You must ask Viv to post a pic from her window now that the green machines have taken the corn away! It is a most lovely view, peaceful and dreamy. Have a grand time in California and fingers crossed that all meat arrives as it should!
I already did, in my 6 word Saturday.
Bugger, i missed it, i will go back! thank you Viv and Joss.. c
this is what happens when you don’t have internet at home – you miss out on tons of stuff!
I have been thinking the exact same thing about the horizon! It’s lowered by about 10 feet! Now to the south we can see about 5 lights – before all we saw was the very top of a windmill!
Have a marvelous day. 🙂
Amazing isn’t it? It takes months to prepare the fields, sow, and grow the corn but only a day to clear and haul it away. Yesterday was a beautiful and I hope the rain holds off for most of today. Overnight shipping costs are ridiculous! I hope your Plan B is successful. Have a great day, Celi!
I think it will be OK, I will pack it well today and then throw the whole thing in the freezer.. I may get some strange looks from anyone who lifts it though! c
You better bring a pair of warm gloves – not woolen, you don’t want the handle freezing to your hands or the gloves!
That’s a tough little kitty and he’s found a good father.
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I love the planes criss crossing the sky. You could try wrapping the meat in newspaper and putting it in a thermal bag 😉
I have a cooler that i freeze with all its little cooler bags, it actually has wheels too, so it travels pretty well. I will fill it with lemons for limincello when i come home!! c
pick up one or two of those emergency thin little blankets and use them to wrap your meats, they will act as fast, quick and good insulation to keep the meat frozen/cold, they help turn a box, tote or a suitcase into a cooler in a pinch.
I have a cooler on wheels that I usually post the meat in, it actually fits in the freezer so I will freeze all the little cooler bags in with the meat which is wrapped in bubble bags and ziplock bags as well, it will be like carrying a block of ice across the nation, wrapped in a thermal blanket and locked in a chilli bin. It usually stays frozen for about 24 hours. All I need is 12 this time.. should be ok..c
Down here in Oz, the sugarcane harvest is nearly finished. I can see houses and roads I’d forgotten were there. The cane grows to 12ft tall…. I like your idea of packing. The important things are included: the meat and the lippy!
exactly.. Ii take enormous pleasure out of feeding my children.!
oh Big Dog looks so dashing in his new coat. Give him a nice ear rub from me….
he is very pleased with himself..and I am sure he would love one of your ear rubs! c
Now I’m thinking of the Saturday night Dixie Chicks concert and want to sing Wide Open Spaces…lol. Your approach to baggage is the same as mine…except that lipstick gets thrown into a plastic zip-lock bag for international flights. But stuff the clothes, the food’s more important and I’m sure that in a pinch there’s a closet somewhere around you can borrow from. 🙂 I transport frozen smoked salmon all the time x at least 10 hours of flight time give or take another 10 hours for waiting and airport transport time and I wrap it in newspaper and put it into a cheap and flexible cooler bag and it stays frozen. I’m sure your lovely food will be just fine. 🙂
Excellent, I am glad to hear that.. tarmac waiting time is my worry but it is not too hot at the moment.. c
Oh the sounds and sights of the big John Deere, the smell of the thrashed corn, and to see the kernels falling into hoppers… what a memory it brings back to me… one of the most pleasurable sights to see as a farmer… loved all your photos today…
The light in the “intrepid explorer” image is beautiful. Perfect.
Farmers are working like crazy trying to get the crops out here. Still much corn in the fields. And snow was in the forecast for this a.m., although I have not yet seen a flake, which is fine by me.
Oh no, your snow went so late, surely it can’t be back this early!.. c
Looks like an “A+” day judging from the sky! I imagine it’s nice to have a change of view and to be able to see across that ocean of field once more. I’m surprised they will let you pack produce into your suitcase and fly it like that, but you have way more experience than I with current travel/flight policies. Surely a better deal than shipping it. Shipping is ridiculous. Sounds like it will be a fun trip!
I can even pack and bring food from NZ in a cooler if I want to, as long as I declare it at the border! It would have cost me 264 dollars to ship.. it certainly did not cost that must to even grow it.. c
I love that magically cleared view – yours and mine. Good luck with the meat, and have a great trip.
Old Dog’s coat is superb, and doesn’t it suit him! Off to see orthopod in a minute – fingers crossed, please.
fingers and toes.. c
What a lovely post and how lovely to see our wee Marmalade again. Seems he is getting very adventurous – lovely!
Newspaper works really well at insulating frozen goods Celi – Pete does it when he goes to Nigeria which is a long flight so you should be good to go.
Have a beautiful day.
🙂 Mandy xo
What doe Pete freeze? when he goes to Nigeria.. c
Everything from fillet, to pork roasts to pre-baked rolls. He takes it over for somebody else who can’t get what we call “normal” food there. Thankfully he only has one trip left to Nigeria – such a stress when he is there. xo