Queenie waits now.
Altogether Daisy gave 70 pounds of milk again yesterday. But this morning is very, very cold. I am worried that the milking machine will not work. I held the calf back from Daisy yesterday because she had started holding her milk back from me – which is a recipe for disaster with a cow who is prone to mastitis. Her calf is not going to drink 70 pints of milk. And he is so big and hits her udder so hard that she was spending way too much time trying to kick him off. Things were not calm. She did much better yesterday and was not frantic about the calf at all. The calf was deeply unimpressed – he loves the bottle. Though it was cold. Everyone stayed in their corners yesterday. 
Poppy is being alarmingly sweet. She literally crawls up into my lap and plays with the zipper on my jacket. 
Hopefully it will warm up enough tomorrow for The Bobby to be able to take off his coat. I think this morning might be the last of it. This fella needs to get outside. We all do.
Have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farmy
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
41 responses to “Cameos of Cold and Calm”
Queenie is a beautiful looking cow and can’t wait to see her little calf soon. Your shots of the animals today are just wonderful. Hope it warms up for you all real soon.
Have just clicked on 10.30 am local time to an absolute overload of sweetness! Have a new backdrop on my computer naturally: progression – Boo and Marmalade, Boo and Marcel and now Poppy doing the honours 🙂 ! Can’t Big John take one of you with Poppy in your lap ‘playing’ – pretty please!! And, besides a hundred other things, I hate to think of the time you spend ‘haidressing’ Daisy and Queenie . . . . I am a bit lairy of big cows [well, city gal!!] but would love to play with Queenie’s locks!!! And bobby, ‘course he would rather have the bottle with you holding it 😀 !!!!!!!!!!
Everyone is looking so fine.
Hope you had a better day and everything worked.
Celi, you bring daily sunshine to all our lives, with your wonderful photos and word pictures. May the sun in your heart and the sun in the sky join forces to warm the earth under your feet!