The sweet scent of hay in my barn. And it was not rained on. Finally I am beginning to stop fretting about getting enough hay in for the winter. Yesterday we loaded all the hay we bought on the weekend into the barn. We now have another seventy two bales that were baled yesterday ready to go up today. 
My car has been demoted by Mr Flowers. He much prefers to pose on Amanda’s car now.
The mud is drying up though you would not know it from looking at Tima and Tane. Sheila’s feet are better now, all trimmed and being stood on nicely though she is quite wheezy when she walks about now so we are still working on getting her a little fitter. This is an endless problem with pigs. They much prefer just to lay about. Sheila has fields to walk about in but just lies in the corner quite happily. 
The cats on the other hand love to walk and are seen here following us on our evening stroll.
Tomoyo is here and working much too hard already. She will be here for two weeks. And she has already taken over watering the gardens and weeding the flower beds. We have brought the turkeys out into their outside house. I will take a photo today – you will see much more of them now that they are in the sun. Our new lot of meat chickens are due next week, Jake has been raising them in his brooders which saves me a lot of trouble.
We have another heavy day today so I had better get a wriggle on.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farm,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
31 responses to “Hey! HAY!”
Reading the comments I kept thinking, “Hey! Hay!!!” And then Viv beat me to it. That IS good news and the beautiful scent is most definitely heaven sent. I LOVE to drive through the countryside when hay has been freshly mown.
While reading your post, I somehow clicked on the photo of Queen Anne’s Lace and note you have titled it ‘Weeds’…… and I wonder why ‘weeds’ and not ‘wild flowers’? And now I am wondering what constitutes a ‘weed’. I always thought they were simply a plant where it is not wanted, meaning that technically a rose can be a weed — but perhaps that’s not so. Do you know if there is a more accurate definition for ‘weed’? Can you tell I LOVE Queen Anne’s Lace?
I once had kitties that came for walks with the dog and me; it was lovely, the entire family out to enjoy nature together. Your photo of them with their tails raised up is gorgeous!
Hope you’re having a great day too! ~ Mame 🙂
OMG… I just noted you have labelled this post as “Hey, Hay!”… hahahaha… so it wasn’t original after all. Too funny.
funny!!
Did you know Queen Anne’s Lace is edible? You have to be careful as there are a couple other plants that are quite poisonous that look similar. You can take a quick look at: http://www.ediblewildfood.com/queen-annes-lace.aspx
Good to hear the hay is in, always a good thing.
Good luck! Wishing you non-achy muscles when the hay is all tucked in!
I love the achy muscles! c
I have not left the fellowship, I am still away from home but preparing to return tomorrow and back to daily visits and comments. Glad the hay is ‘saved’ as we say in Ireland.
Nothings is more wonderful than that hay smell especially once it’s safe in the barn.
(the flowers of the 5th picture contrast lovely with the corn and tan foliage – beautiful shot)
ah, the Guardian of the Cars
Simple pleasures and measures of life 🙂
exactly.. love love.. c
Whenever I said HEY! to my sister she’d tell me to save my hey/hay, I might marry a jackass. All’s right in my world when I have the winter’s worth of hay tucked into my barn.
Absolutely amazed you still find time and energy to go for an evening stroll! But am so glad that you must have a lot more peace of mind to know the larder is filling for all for the prairies winter!!
Happy hay! so glad to hear it. That must be a huge relief, and to have the rain stop at the right time. Wow.
So cool those cats….
Wonderful photos .. Celi 😄
Yay for hay! Beautiful photos.