Good morning. I am finally back in the land ice and snow. It is impossible that I am still in the same country the change is so profound. I was delivered home to dinner waiting and the fire going last night with champers chilling by the door. It was a delight. Before I ate I quickly zipped through the barn but in my California clothes I lasted about five minutes. 
I thought I would hold off posting until I had done a full inspection in the daylight and all is well. 
Each animal is clean and well fed though all are still in the ‘hunker down and bear it’ stage. This February is cold. I was freezing doing the rounds this morning!
Both the Dutchies are clean, calm and growing and I think Lady Aster’s udder is starting to thicken a bit. We will see. 
The man who sold these two cows to me said they were due to calve late spring so let’s hope he was right. Late spring would be good. 
I hope you have a lovely day. Now I am going to rev up my sour dough starter, unpack my bits and pieces, get the washing on and later I will go out and muck about in the barn. Plus I am going to candle our eggs again tonight!
It is good to be home again.
Love your friend once more on the farm,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
41 responses to “all is well”
Welcome back and glad all is well. I have a question about the Dutchies…I notice they both have tags in their ears, whereas none of your other cows seem to have had those. What is that for and why do they stay in their ears?
They are registered cows, and the breeder tagged them.. They are probably also tatooed inside the ear. The Dutch Belted have a rigorous breeding program with very well kept books.. c
Welcome back miss c x
We had fun while you were gone but we missed you. Welcome back
Welcome home dear Cinders! We had a wee bit of fun while you were gone visiting other Farmy Fellowship farms but we are glad to be back to the Farmy we all know and love the best! 🙂
Yeah! She’s back! How’s the tan? 🙂
buried under four layers!!
Welcome back Celi 😄
Welcome back to the driver’s seat, you may need to turn the heater switch up… The guest bloggers were wonderful – I’ve followed some new blogs and feel an even greater connection to other lives and parts of the globe. But it’s good to see all is well, and the chilled champers was both practical and a lovely touch 🙂
Welcome back! I see you have decided to share the bitter cold and white fluff with us southern folks. Uh, thanks but (in southern slang), “We don’t need no snow Ma’am”. Ha ha! It is pretty… and I think we will get another taste of ice and snow later in the week. 🙂
Welcome home! Late spring would be a perfect time for calves. Lots of newness at that time, the old of winter flown!
Linda ♪♫❤
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Welcome back! It was fun though to see farmies in other parts of the world and meet people on their own turf. Stay warm.
Welcome back safe and sound. It was 20 degrees this a.m. Frost was soon gone with a beautiful blue sky and bright sunshine. Wish you could ship some of the snow from back east to California’s mountains. Love your cows and can hardly wait to see new arrivals.
Welcome home! 🙂
It’s lovely to have you and Sheila back 😉
Fun to meet the others in your absence but glad you are home! Stay warm!
Welcome home!