Yesterday as well as dropping my phone in the drink, I lost one of my only pair of earrings (they have been my only pair for about twenty years, maybe longer) and I cannot for the life of me find my camera! This terrifies me – where could I have left Camera House, I am tired I think and my mind is focused on animals and I must have just put it down somewhere out there. It will be sitting on a post somewhere on the farm or on a ledge in the barn but I have searched and searched. Dropping and loosing important things. Bad. It has to be here somewhere. But I am afraid my perfect white-gold studs are gone forever, well one of them has anyway.
I need to speak to Saint Anthony.
These pictures are from my phone and not clever.
But the upside is everyone is ALIVE! 
Difficult is still VERY much alive, her lungs are still a mess but she is headbutting me for drinks, consumes everything I offer her and is even eating her grain now. A great improvement but still coughing and her wee abdomen is banging away. Not clear yet. The rescue remedy does seem to calm her though. I find this interesting, I give it to her before her injection, she has one more antibiotic shot this morning then she will be on her own.
All the other calves are well and bounding ahead now. Even putting on weight. I am going to start building them a pen so they can be outside and inside now that they are getting better. Just a little more time for Difficult to overcome this nasty threat then they can all go outside to play.
Little Bobby is up and about and galloping through the trees to see me when I come over. I am so happy with him.
I am watching Aunty Del and Lady Aster closely as they were bred 21 days ago today. So I am hoping for a quiet uneventful day from them. No mooing or jumping on each other. That would be nice! But we will see.
Now I have a day of Finding Things so I had better get busy .. thank goodness there was no rain! And Camera House is wearing his coat.
Have a great day, ‘
Your friend on the farm
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
57 responses to “Dropsy and Loosy”
You have healing hands. I imagine the camera will turn up and hopefully so will the earring 😉
The camera was waiting for me on the mower and I forgot to tell you I dropped a WHOLE POT of milk on the floor yesterday.. BooBoo was overjoyed!
So glad you found your camera. There are days like that, aren’t there? Today will be better.
I can almost imagine the pigs looking under the door at Boo drinking the milk 😉
It was in the kitchen – and Tima would have been more than happy to help! Fat thing! c
I was imagining her looking through a tiny gap under the door 🙂
ever hopeful!
Yeah I have a little box of single earrings – I keep threatening to wear mismatched pairs 🙂 Hoping Camera House turns up soon, him we will miss. Laura
Me too Laura, there must be more of my earrings out in the veg plot/duck house/chicken coops than I care to count! And why DO we keep the single ones? Let’s face it, I doubt that we’re whacky enough to wear odd ones really!
Christine
I have 3 DOLPHIN hoops….. Yes, I lost one and loved them so much – I went back and got another pair….. and YES! I have worn all 3 with double pierced ears, the 4th hole I put a diamond stud in…… And yes, I was dressed as a PIRATE at the time. 😉
Oh dear Celi – sorry for the bad day other than little Difficult is makin improvement. I know how that goes when we misplace something – enough to drive me nuts!! We just returned home from a few weeks touring all around Switzerland – seeing the cows grazing in the mountains and hearing their bells ring like a choir!! And the goats – all with their bells on -walking to and from the higher mountains thru the streets of Zermatt by the Matterhorn!!! What a great trip!! I read about the Farmy everyday – was so sorry about the calves being so sick, thankful they are finally recovering. Hope today will be better – finding the camera and the earrings shining in the sunlight.
Slow down and just breathe! I only lose things when am running too fast! Have a seat and just breathe close to where camera house might be & you will find at! You are doing an amazing job with so many depending on you.
Always in threes! I’m amazed your phone is still working. I’m so glad that little Bobby is on the mend and Difficult is holding on. Hope you find all your lost things, but a small earring you’ll be lucky! Though you never know. My daughter lost the diamond out of her engagement ring and was very upset. Guess what, she changed her shoes from tough doc martin boots into soft soled leather ones, not on purpose just because she was going out somewhere and trod on it! And there it was winking at her! X
Love that header picture of Little Bobby! Maybe your earring is keeping Camera House company. Hope Difficult continues to get better.
Who did you hug, cuddle, rub or get close to? Who tossed their head and brushed your earring out? When did you push the hair out of your face and accidentally catch your earring? What image do you last remember framing in Camera House’s viewfinder? Who or what distracted you? I shall have a word with St Anthony, and perhaps St Jude. I’m sorry the problem has changed from a Little one to a Difficult one, but you WILL prevail…
Take all the clothes you were wearing yesterday and shake them out gently. Your earring may be caught on a jumper or a jacket or something that you may have pulled over your head. If you drove yesterday and the lost earring was on your right ear, check the handbrake well in your car. Look under your pillow. (And yes, this is the voice of experience!) Hope you find both the earring and the camera and that the little calf continues to improve. Warm wishes form London.
Days like that are just plain aggravating. Hopefully everything will turn up before too long….
I finally stopped wearing earring at work because I was always losing one of them. Not I am not working much and I still haven’t bought any new ones.
I love Katechiconi’s post above.
Katechiconi said it best. When I lose something it’s because I’m tired and distracted too. She describes the method I use to find things quite well. After I ask St Anthony and all the rest for help. Hope today will be better. I don’t want to be obnoxious in any way but had a thought yesterday while reading here. We have a tendency to live up to our names. Maybe Little and Difficult need new names? Just a thought here. I know you aren’t keeping them. Maybe Hope and Phoenix would egg them on to speedier recoveries? Just had to throw that out there because it played in my head so long. I’m keeping good (prayerful) thoughts for all.
Hoping today finds your lost items and a calm settles over the farm in a good way.
Me thinks there are powers making you loose things saying your doing too much so slow down and let something slide to focus on something else. Thus Camera House went for a break….. We love your photos, but a quick update every now and then is just fine.
Yesterday’s photos of you feeding the wee babies was sweet, but oh how pitiful the calves look. Taken from their mothers way too soon. 😦
And I love your determination…… I have always been one to also get angry when someone says ‘you can’t’…. Keep up the good fight! It’s worth it knowing you have done all you can no matter the outcome.
What was the last picture you remember taking with Camera House?
apparently it was of the Mower because that is where John found it when his headlights swept across the mower seat at 4.30 this morning! sigh
Heh!
A standing ovation for you, from all of us! I just knew the calves would survive under your care. I think that farmer who said ‘he’ll be dead by morning’ will have a new respect for you ; )
Amazing. Blessings on your day and all that you do
Your photos are still wonderful, though I hope you stumble across Camera House soon! I’m so glad Difficult is up and about and Little is becoming a real calf!