Marmalade has been watching Marcel the lamb very carefully. Thinking about whether he can be bothered making friends with a barn person.
Yesterday he came down off his perch to say hullo. It was a very quick kiss. Too fast for my camera to catch. But here you are. Fuzzy double Sweetness.
Sweet meets Sweet.
The cold is coming back. I cannot pretend to be happy. There is too much to do in the barn in preparation for the calves and the milking. And of course John is going back to work next week. So I am going to have to do it alone. Which is ok too. Many houses, even parts of small towns around here are now without water, with the freeze over 3 foot down into the ground freezing and splitting pipes. We have done pretty well so far. So I should not complain. But it is getting very cold again. Wait. I will show you my forecast.
Rubbish. See what I mean? I could just Spit! Here is the site I use to transfer the Fahrenheit into Celcius. Just don’t tell me though, I do not want to know.
Today it is bitter out there but I will spend some time making the calf hot house in the barn sun-room that Sheila has recently vacated. I need to get way ahead of the game on this one. I want to be very prepared. I hate calving inside. Daisy does have a few weeks to go but as you and I know, preparedness is the key. Especially when like Daisy and I you have not calved indoors in the freezing cold. And my barn is not big.
It looks like Sheila is not going to be able to breed. So. She will be our Virgin Queen. I know I am not meant to have 400 pound pets, but this time I am breaking the rules. She can stick around. As long as she sells enough calenders to cover her feed. The last calender I made is going to be too expensive for you to buy though. So I am going to look around for a cheaper printer. Any ideas?
Oh and Mama is much happier today. She has been wormed and has had some extra Vitamin B. The sheep have had to move across to the Rat House as I need the barn pens for the cows to calve. But it is East facing and out of the wind so they are even happier out there. We have not been able to get into that field for ages due to the frozen snow banks and gates frozen shut, so they are all much relieved to be in the sun.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
Your friend on the frozen farmy
celi
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90 responses to “Fuzzy Double Sweetness”
Just when we thought it was safe to remove a layer we must put it back on! Sometimes I wish I had a natural coat to keep me warm instead of this plain skin! But I am happy your animals are safe and warm and let us hope for warm spring days soon. Happy Farmy Day.
Wonderful cat and lamb kisses.
Us too, although your temperatures make me feel guilty if I should complain. I’m sorry!