Now that was a surprise wasn’t it!? I have been looking for a little heifer to rear as another House Cow. The Breeder called me yesterday morning with the good news that she had a wee heifer at last. She is another Ayrshire. Aida was born on Saturday and is very sweet. So I went over to her barn to have a look. The barn she is in was lowly lit and I had a low battery in the camera but I quite like this capture in the header. It gives her an otherworldly look. But on Sunday we will bring her out here to the farm and you will be able to see her better.
Look what else I found in her barn. 
I am also looking for kittens to put in the barn Across the Way. Chickens and cats work well to keep a barn clean. These guys are a little small yet though.
Back home in my own barn though no-one much was going outside. Do you see the chick?
It rained and blew cold right through to the late afternoon. Today will be better though. 
Off the loafing pen that Queenie rests her flerd in, there is a smaller pen with a very low doorway, that only the little animals can fit through. No grown ups allowed. I give the calves and Marcel their food and water in here, and it stays much cleaner and drier without any big animals having access. Being more sheltered the baby animals move in there to sleep. In America it is called a Creep. 
Two plonkers eating their afternoon tea. They love their weeds and grass. I make sure to leave lots of soil on the roots too. Though they have a little field of their own to dig in. Pigs get a lot of essential minerals from the soil.
My teenage peacocks and the peahens wander quietly about in their loft. They are very calm up there. I would rather they were in the gardens but there has been a decree from the Head gardener, no peafowl in the vegetable garden until later in the season. Ah well. We will wait.
Good morning Mama. Aren’t you looking fat. When the man has time to make my fences across the way the sheep will shift over there first, there is a good sized shelter belt that needs cleaning up and reclaiming. Sheep are good at that kind of thing.
Good morning. The Join Us page (above) has collected some fantastic comments, thank you, it is great to hear where you are all from and a little bit about you. I am not replying so there will be plenty of room for others but I am reading. It will make a great reference.
I hope you all find loveliness today.
Your friend on the farmy,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
54 responses to “Meet Aida”
YAY! You have another heifer! What a good looking little girl she is. Sunday is just tomorrow…then your lovely milk will be feeding another little calf.
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife@wordpress.com
So much loveliness in this post C.
Have a beautiful weekend.
🙂 Mandy xo
I’ve said it before and I say it again, the happiest days of my life were the days we brought home someone new to love. Congratulations to you, Cecilia. You must be very very happy with your new addition to the family. Ada is positively darling.
She is a very sweet calf and when she arrives our other babies will suddenly look enormous!.. c
Aida! Not Ada!!
Your post has made for a happy Saturday morning her at Food on Fifth. Very calming.
Aida could be Daisy’s daughter/heifer they look so similar. Daisy’s Bobby is suddenly double Marcels size! Spring certainly seems to be agreeing with Mama and everybody else on the Farmy 🙂 Laura
What a beautiful baby! I always feel sorry when baby animals are taken away from their mothers so soon in life.
I know, but we have love (and milk) to spare! She has had a week away from her Mum now – though drank her milk this whole time, so she is settled with the bottle, it won’t be too much of wrench for her to come over here..
Aida carries her heart on her forehead…just like Daisy! That lil chick under his mama photo is a prize winner!
Hi Cecilia, I have never read a blog before yours, I love it! I met a gal named Christine in The Isle of Skye that told me about it. I live on a tiny ranch on 5 acres in Arizona, I only have 2 chickens, a cockatiel and a cat, but have had all the animals in the past that you have. I look forward to reading every day. Bye, Robin
Welcome Robin, how absolutely delightful that you met Christine. Did you stay in her bed and breakfast? You lucky thing, i would love to go there! Thank you for dropping in.. love c
Hi Cecilia, thank-you. Yes my husband and I stayed at her B&B for two nights, it’s a beautiful place and cute animals also. Well take care of your critters, love your writing.
Robin🐥
ok I’m going to be the naughty one today …… fuckin ada !!! 🙂 see I said I was the naughty one today.
I’d like one of those grey kitties please
Oh you are the naughty one, I love it when you are naughty, it is either you or Roger! .. c
Celestial Aida!
Apparently, I’m going to need to plan another visit sooner rather than later. I could use some experience bottle feeding a calf 🙂
I’ll also bring plenty of weeds a good food for Sasha and the other piggies. My garden grows weeds very well 🙂
Drive fast! They love them fresh from the garden and oh yes, bottle feeding a calf is easy peasy!!.. c
I can put the weeds on ice to keep them fresh 🙂
I’ll be in touch to figure out a good time to come spend the day working with you on the farm.
Talk about photogenic!
back in the 60’s, i remember a cartoon in the ‘progressive farmer’ magazine called ”ada the ayrshire”, who was always getting into trouble with the farmer
O OH! well here goes again!! c
‘Celeste Aida. Forma divina!’ – sorry, Celi, but as an ardent opera lover, could not resist that 😀 !! And when you find a kitten or three . . . they DO become members of the family, don’t they!! And inevitably we go ‘uuh’ and ‘aah’ 🙂 !
I’ve been humming that aria ever since I saw the name! Then Jock joined in and it got silly.