Yesterday John and I brought the two steers Daisy’s Bobby and Queenie’s Bobby back from the West barn so they could munch in the Daisy Mistress paddock. It is deep and lush and perfect for fattening these two. The boys are back!
The stock trailer will stay in there for shelter and shade.
Just when you thought it was safe here is another sleeping kitten. She slept like this for hours. It was a sleepy kind of Sunday afternoon.
Tima is still showing no signs of imminent delivery. Just taking her time. She goes out to her summer house in the daytime and sleeps at night in her special pen, just in case.
Oatmeal cookies made with golden syrup. The secret ingredient.
This is the view from my kitchen window. If you look closely you can see that the wind is blowing fiercely. Here is a shot Federico took that shows the wind.
We are still working hard at getting the grounds in shape. Mowing to do.. gardens to wrestle into shape. And of course we will have all the girls here by the weekend then we really will be off running. It will be interesting – thi is the biggest group I have had since the young people began to come.
Good morning. today we will go back the West Barn and start the clean up there. The grass will be topped and put to bed until late summer when it is really hot then the animals go back to sit under the trees.where it is cool. Then back into the vegetable gardens. More planting and sowing today.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love your friend on the farm,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
44 responses to “The Boys are Back in Town”
Can’t get the song out of my head now! Love that photo of the jeans….it’s like an invisible person is pegged onto your line!
That is some wind. It blew with a fierceness here yesterday in southern Minnesota, too, and the stormy clouds roiled, frightening me.
The steers are enormous! Very well fed, for sure. And the cat in the hat is priceless. Purse. Well it looks like a hat at first.
I have heard of chicken in a basket, but never kitten in a basket! 😉 The Bobbies are looking well and I am sure they are glad to be back in the Daisy Mistress paddock. My clothes line runs parallel to my house and the clothes often wave from a horizontal position, all I need to do is open the kitchen door and they would blow right in…. but not today the rain showers are frequent and at mines in the form of hailstones.
The laundry on the line tells the HUGE story of the wind! Another storm heading into us tonight.
Linda
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when will it end, I have rain in the forecast all into next week.. c
Those cookies look yummy. Never heard of them made with syrup!! I hate wind but it makes a grand photo. I wonder if animals ever get struck by lightning? I know you have lightning there but you only hear about people being struck. Guess that’s why I love it here. Almost no lightening. And minimal winds. Loved the kitten in the basket. So sweet.
My great grandmother’s cow got struck by lightning. My mom was visiting and great grandma was holding her while they watched the lightning out the window when the cow got struck. My poor mother was never comfortable during a thunderstorm again, didn’t help that a ball of lightning rolled through the attic room she was sleeping in years later either – she was awake and saw it sail in one window and out the other.
Good God! What a think to see.. and a ball of lightening.. i don’t even know what that is but it sounds terrifying..
I too, am terrified of lightning like nothing else. I always worry about the animals outside with no shelter from storms. I drive myself crazy that way. Seeing an animal get struck would scar me for life too. If it went though the house, I’d be gone. I am such a coward. 😦
You likely addressed this on one of your posts, but did you find these young people through the WOOFER program? Thank goodness you folks have some helping hands and therefore some time for playing , Celi! XO
Yes these are from the wwoofer site.. and so far they have all been quite charming.. c
Song stuck in my head now too! Ah well at least it is from a good Irish band! I’m going with the crowd – dirty kitten toes and wind-belled jeans are my favourite pictures today! Where can you get golden syrup?
Online probably.. it is great in fudge
The sleeping cat photos lately are adorable. And I can’t believe how big the boys are and they look just like their mothers. The farm is kicking into high gear! I just wanted to comment on my Sheila Tee. – It gets softer with every wash and I love that it is wash and wear. I only put it in a dryer for 2 minutes max . I love wearing it.
Don’t like the look of that sky at all with the rain you have had and hate wind . . . oh it’s teeming here at the moment but not a leaf stirring 🙂 ! Am just curious: of course clothes pegs are plastic!! Aren’t they so in the US? Some of mine are the ‘pinch together’ kind and others push-on-three prongs . . . . ? Just curious !!
Love the pictures. And the pants remind me of one of my favorite Dr. Seuss stories.
Oh yes of course, the headless pants.. i love that story too~
Love the photos today. How exciting to have a house full of helpers! 🙂
The clouds look nearly close enough to touch!