I am off again.
By the time you read this I will be in the air on the first of my three flights home. When I get home I will cut off my nails, pack away my good boots. Shoo the spiders out of my gumboots and begin again.
The first order of business will be organising the transport of Tane Mahuta (pronounced Tahnay Mahoota). our new KuneKune boar. Tane Mahuta is a very big, very old Kauri tree, probably the biggest and oldest in New Zealand. Tane and Tima – let’s hope they really are a match made in heaven.
Then we have to find a bull for Queenie.
Then we have to log Poppy’s cycles and arrange for her to be bred in late December.
Then I will arrange for Elsie, our new Dutch Belted cow (who is already bred) to be delivered to the farmy.
Then I will begin (in earnest) the hunt for a bred Guernsey.
I plan to raise and sell some extra calves, and hopefully an extra round of piglets this coming summer to Pay the Piper for all my travels, this is why I am getting an extra milk cow. I must have a plan before it is time to Pay the Piper.
In a few days I will send out the invitations to write for Letters for my Baby Girl. This will be a fantastic collection of fun stories of us as young mothers and fathers, advice on intersting and diverse topics, recipes, old family stories, histories, things our mothers told us, things our grandmothers told us, how to be a strong woman in a modern world. A celebration of deep and light. Written by The Fellowship for the baby girls (some of whom are not even babies anymore) in our families.
There are still a few copies of Letters For My Little Sister waiting for you on my shelves if you want to get your christmas shopping underway or buy one for your local library. They will still be available on Amazon until I run out.
So gird your loins my darlings. Say goodbye to the New zealand gardens until January.
It is time to get busy.
See you on the other side.
Your travelling friend.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
27 responses to “Back to Busy – ness”
Have a safe trip home – I bet the animas have missed you 🙂
See you on the farmy.
Am I the first one to comment, woo woo. I remember my grandfather breading the cows and pigs and I remember them being sold to the local butcher . A handshake sealed the deal. Good luck with all your new animals. Celi , is there an early post why you became a farmer ? I’m working on the letter to my baby daughter and hope to finish it soon. Have a safe flight.
Gerlinde
So goodbye, New Zealand….I loved seeing a bit of your beauty and expanse, and of course your swirling ocean! And the plus, of course, is the beautiful wedding you shared with us all. Safe travels, Celi 🙂 I’ll be here, still, when you get home to the farmy!
Oh wow . . . a lot of four-legged romance on the horizon ! That will be huge fun to follow: first things first – hope Tane and Tima won’t turn up their noses at each other 🙂 ! Thought it would be just one change of planes for you not two . . . hope they all run to schedule and happy, healthy, safe landings 🙂 !
Travel safe. Back to the prairie we go!
Travel in safety, come home in health. I hope it’s not too tiring and that you’re able to enjoy the hours of solitude before your huge family closes around you once again.
I love the picture of the heart within the flowers! What kind of flowers are those? Safe travels, loved your trip to New Zealand would love, love, love to go. Need a kindle for the flights, wow, you are a trooper. Robin🐥
Welcome home Miss C!
What a lovely trip… my first you know. I’m excited about January too. There will be much to do between now and then. Welcome back to the states, my friend. The critters will be happy… I feel it!
Wow, you will hit the ground running … as always. 🙂 Waving good-bye to NZ and wishing you safe travels back to the farmy. Laura
The Farmy wheel turns even in your absence but will speed up with upon your return. It’s always good to have a plan!
I think that mentally you are already home: all this finding cows and boars – the farmy won’t know what’s hit it. You are so full of energy! I loved the picture of your grandson on FB.
Safe journey,
ViV xox
You sound a bit like a match-making bureau for animals! So I hope your fertile thoughts are all productive in due course. When I’ve over my Very Busy patch, I’m looking forward to joining in the next writing project, which sounds like a real treat. It’s a long trip back home – hope it all goes well.
I am sure that all the residents of the farmy are busy scrubbing up to look their best for your arrival home. I enjoyed my fly on the wall visit to New Zealand with you, Thank you for letting me tag along. Three flights, thankfully I do not need to face that journey, I came home by time machine. See you on the other side!