Marcel The Happy has been allowed to go and live in the barn. Sweet as it is to have him pooping all over the furniture I have been waiting for a row of warmish days to get him acclimatised to living out with the other animals. He is a sheep after all. He is esconsed with great delight in the sunroom with his sunlamp and today he will probably be watching the snow through this window. Yes, it is forecast to snow today. And the shearer called last night and will be here at lunchtime so all the sheep are undercover. The barn is noisy again.
Sheila lived here, in the sunroom, for the deep winter and Daisy’s calf will live here next. Marcel the Happy has offered to warm up a spot for the calf. The straw is deep and warm and nibbleable. Yesterday got up to 50F (10C). the wind dropped and it was glorious yesterday evening. One of those evenings when I really, really did not want to come inside. I wished my kitchen was in the barn. So I could stay with my animals.
Here is a shot of Sheila on her bed. On not In. There is a car in the stall behind her. Don’t even begin to ask me why it is still there but it is useful for you to do the comparison, you can see how long Sheila is and how HIGH her bed is now. She likes the top bunk.
She is sleeping well tonight as the pub scraps bucket had a whole tray of over cooked buns. She almost died of excitement, then was a little shocked when I only let her have half.
Daisy. Pregnant with hope. I felt her calf move again yesterday, the Loch Ness monster of the bovine depths.
Good morning: Nine days to go before calf number one and the commencement of the milking season. Don’t PANIC!!
The skunks were out the night before last. They crept in and visited the chickens then I followed their smelly tracks in the snow through the field and then up to the bee hive. They walked round and round it, looking for a way in. So no dogs out after dark from now on. Especially not TonTon the skunk magnet. The skunks have decided it is spring!
Our featured image today (the one right the way at the top) is Ton on (not in) the hay field. I know it looks like ice, well that is because it is covered in .. um.. ice, but there is a little melt happening (she says hopefully). Not like melted cheese in a pan or anything but a little softening around the edges. I have taken the header off. It made the page look too busy but don’t forget. No outrunning the angels!
Dawn is here I must away and get ready for the shearer.
Your friend on the farmy,
celi.
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76 responses to “Marcel the Happy”
Blog looks lovely today, the glarey white is now soft, much easier to read. And I am working on resurrecting my poor neglected blog, so hopefully next time you pop in for a look it will be chugging along nicely…..closed for repairs at the moment. I’m sorry now I grumbled at you about the changes to yours, it wouldn’t have been helpful….it’s hard work and my brain hurts trying to figure out how to move widgets and add gadgets. All the farmy animals look contented, can we see Boo at his command station please?
Keep hoping, and Spring will be there before you know it. 1st March was very windy here, so perhaps March will turn into Marcel!
That face on Marcel in the first photo is adorable! Aw!
Just wondering what camera you use – makes great photos .
I have a very hardworking nikon.. it is a lovely camera.. c
I love your new layout. All attention on your lovely photos with lines of prose sprinkled about.
Wow the temperature has gone up a lot! I bet Boo would join Ton Ton and the skunks given half the chance 😉
it plummeted again but those few hour were bliss.. c
What do you do with your sheep fleeces? Do you spin your own yarn?
I wish i had a wheel, I used to spin, I take them to a mill and have them spun there.. though these i will sell.. c
I too would love to know what camera you use. Would you share? Your photos are quite stunning. I so enjoy seeing them. I can only dream to be that good.
Anyone can take good shots on any camera..my main camera is a nikon d60 .. but some of the shots you see will have come from a very ordinary point and shoot and sometimes the phone.. c
Coming in very late after being ‘on the town’ [wish it HAD been exciting] my attention is firmly focussed on Daisy and bub: methinks she is ready! ‘Marcel the Happy’ – oh how the farmy names change: I do remember the story of ‘Little Boy Blue’ 🙂 ! And I absolutely loved that heading . . . there always has to be one who ‘has an opinion’!!! . . . mmm, sent with love . . .
Poor Daisy, she is just so big and so tired.. c
Hmmm – can one pat and hug a big, fat, pregnant cow from this afar and say ‘It will soon be over and won’t you be a bloody proud Mum/?’ No apologies for the French!!!! Just hoping and praying . . .
I like the changing photo header, it showcases your pictures well. Marcel looks quite happy being a sheep. Sheila does look comfy, Daisy, not so much. Due date is getting close!
Hi, Celi,
Just a not to say how much I look forward to your blog every day.
I like your new look for the blog. I do have to make my window about half as big as the text running the width of the screen is hard to track for me. But that was an easy fix.
Hugs for Ton Ton – probably will be a cyst or perhaps some mouth problem. Check out inside his mouth as I once had a dog who went off her food for no apparant reason – then I realized she had a piece of a bone lodged across the roof of her mouth. Also looking forward to photos of the the new baby calf soon. Just wondering what camers you use C? I live on the south coast of NSW Australia and have only recently discovered this great blog. Love being involved in the goings on with a busy farm life.
I use a very dusty Nikon Pippa, or sometimes a point and shoot and sometimes even the phone, depending on what is at hand! Ton is eating well so there is no problem in that department,many thanks.. c
I love this post! Oh how I miss farm life. Thank you for sharing tidbits of the mood and happenings. 🙂
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