This morning I will milk the cow, clean the buckets and the milking parlour, strain and store the house milk. Feed The Bobby and Marcel their milk. Feed the pigs their milk and hay and a little grain (for Poppy).( Who is taking after the ‘Flying Nun’. )
Feed the chickens their milk and their grain. Feed Queenie and Daisy their mounds of hay.
Feed the sheep their hay. Fill all the water barrels. Then I will load a small dog crate into the back of the car and we will drive the two hours down to the Kunekune breeders and collect ‘Timatanga Moana’ the new kunekune. The latest addition to the farmy.
There is snow coming again and until it warms up she will sleep in an enormous dog crate in the snug but I will take her out into the garden in the day. Yes, I know, having her in the house is bonkers but there is snow in the forecast and it is cold and she will be so tiny. Tinier than a little lamb. We will see. She will have a beautiful house under the apple tree later on but it is still not quite warm enough and she is only just 6 weeks old.
I will have images of her for you tomorrow. But I have to say I feel almost tearful to be driving across the state to collect a little scrap of my home country(New Zealand) and bring her home.
Boo would very much like you to throw this stick for him. He promises to give it back.
Sheila was housekeeping yesterday. Soon she will leave this space and return to the sunroom (with Poppy I hope, who was SO much healthier yesterday) and the new Plonkers will arrive and take up residence on the East side, so I guess she is getting it ready for them. Marcel and The Bobby will join the sheep. Marcel was loose with the sheep yesterday and all went well.
Do you see the suggestion of green? I think I do.
Ok. Off I go to milk and all of the above.
Oh and Daisy was looking through the milking parlour window at THIS. It was grocery store day. Instead of throwing all the old veg into the skip, they throw it to Daisy and Sheila. Wonderful.
Have a lovely day.
I shall pop into the comments lounge when I get home and let you know how Tima is. (Thank you Kate for her name!) I shall take the camera so we (hopefully) will have some fun shots tomorrow.
Your friend on the farmy,
celi
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A days work before an epic journey. Travel safely, anticipating tomorrow 🙂 Laura
Excellent – you can’t have too many pigs 😉
Can’t wait to see the new baby! Once Queenie has her baby you will be surrounded by little ones – not a bad place to be.
Very foggy here today and heavy rains on the way, but starting tomorrow we have a big warm up coming up into the 70’s even!
Can’t wait to see pictures of the new little one. If I lived nearby I would totally come visit just to throw that stick for boo. That dog just melts my heart. And Poppy us so freaking adorable!!!!
Safe journey and enjoy bring a little of NZ home with you!
i love your posts ) safe travels – beth
Safe journey. Can’t wait to see another little face in the farmy photos!
Can’t wait to see the newest baby on the farmy!!! xo
We are all so anxious to see the new one!!! It is going to be another wonderful farmy baby!!!
and in between all that at 4.30 am you still don’t have time to clean the windows and scrub the floor…well I never did!
looking forward to meeting the new arrival..its so exciting when a new baby arrives…. I am most surprised that baby pig is going into the snug…isn’t there room in your bed????
Have a great day Celi
Can’t wait to see the Kunekune! Yes, I see your suggestion of green. I keep waiting for the “snap” when it all becomes crazy-green … but that “snap” is more like a very slow whisper this spring.
Well done!
This is an exciting day to be sure! Isn’t it lovely to have something of your homeland in NZ to love and dote on, and know you are connected by your roots? Silly as it may seem, I have an old submersible water heater that I brought with me here from Nebraska and each winter when I use it in the wildlife tub, I think about the bitter lifestyle I grew up with – now thankful for gadgets to make my work easier and thankful I live where I do. But at the same time I am proud of where I came from and proud of my tough, northern roots. That old heater is special… I hope it lasts as long as I do!
I’m excited as I can be to see photos of Tima… but of course I love seeing all of the sweet farmy characters each day. I feel “at home” here. Enjoy this special day Celi!
You totally amaze me!
Ditto! I see that the word kunekune means “fat and round”. I hope you will tell us how to pronounce kunekune (spell out phonetically.) I can’t even begin to imagine how it feels to be taking home with you a living breathing New Zealander, being so very far from your roots. I wish you the happiest of trips and can’t wait to see Timatanga. Do we say TEEma or TIma?
Teemah Tahnga! And yes she is home. KuneKune is pronounced Kooneh kooneh. She is amazingly cuddly.Not afraid of anything. I have taken a few shots before the light faded and presently she is asleep in the warmed side room with Boo guarding the door.