Yesterday we worked extra fast in some terrible humid heat and now all the hay has been divided up and is stacked in neat rows in two barns. And then in the afternoon – it rained – poured down actually!
And we all felt smug because our hay was under cover. I hope I have enough -I always fret about hay.
Some great news – Little was caught on camera galloping across the fields like a real calf.
Completely out of focus but we will call it a Lesson in Movement – hard to believe the little fella was almost dead not long ago. The other calves across the way are also out in their field but not as boistorous as Little. But Little has Naomi to teach him to be wild.
The extra good news is that Lady Astor is pregnant though they have asked us to retest Aunty Del because her results were inconclusive. 
John is not holding back about the fact that his cow is definitely pregnant and my Aunty Del might be a little bit pregnant or might not be – no-one is terribly sure we need to take another look.
Lots of good news. The last hay cut of the year is in the barn. The last batch of chickens are in the freezer. And now Josh is beginning to sow the first of the last of this years vegetables. But it is hot – summer is still here!
Even after working with my team to throw all the hay up, I am feeling less tired today. I think we are coming right.
I hope you have a lovely day
love your friend on the farm
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
84 responses to “Good news”
So much good news! And a gorgeous sky to boot.
The sky was extraordinary last night it was a lucky shot! c
Such an uplifting blog with all the good news! And now, the update I promised on my CT scan. They found a pocket of infection in my incision scar and I went back to have it drained. Came up off that table feeling like a new woman. Food is tasting normal (and good) again for the first time in months. So am now eating 4 or 5 bites instead of the 1 at a time. Still a struggle and hurting, but things are definitely looking up!! Have a great holiday weekend and stay safe everyone.
Wow. Who knew a small pocket could cause such misery! So glad you are feeling much much better.
Oh I am so pleased Katy, it sounded awful and now lets hope you start putting on a little weight – can’t have you fading away! c
More good news! We’ll take all that we can get. Glad to hear you are feeling, and eating, better.
Little is obviously loving LIFE. You gave him a wonderful second chance Miss C. Your comment seems to imply that perhaps John feels especially personally involved somehow in Auntie’s pregnancy confirmation? You might remind him that gloating over this news will surely bring with it the need to involve him in greater roles with ‘his’ bovine family.
Lovely isn’t it.. but he like to putter about the periphery, muddling about in the farm when he feels like it not as though he has to.. c
I haven’t been posting – or ‘following’ my favorite blogs – this summer. I hadn’t planned it that way, but it seems the summer turned into The Summer of Cecile (to do a play-on-words from a Seinfield episode). I can see you’ve all been very, very busy. When I lasted check-in, it was the beginning of the growing season and the calves and chickens were new-born. Now all the chickens are in the freezer – and the calves are running around – especially ‘Little’!! You’ve all accomplished soooo much!! Bravo !!
I hope you are up and at ’em again Cecile.. sometimes life has another direction for us.. c
Cecile, when you said that about Seinfeld, immediately “The Summer of George” popped into my mind. Gayle.
A lovely happy post, you deserve a barnful of hay, some pregnant cows and gallopy calves. May you have an easier run-up to the cold season and not too much of that!
love,
ViV
Oh yes, the cold – not looking forward to it but I am going to Melbourne in february to see my daughter so there will be a break for me – February is a cold month.. c
Yippee! Road trip! 😀 February is a good time to go–if you can get to and away from the airport!
I know – as usual I will book to go out to california the day before to give myself a little time up my sleeve.. then hop over to the antipodies..
What a wonderful day! And not too soon either; you really deserve it, and a lot more to follow also. It has been a tough summer, right from the beginning, so all this good news is uplifting. Your first photo is stunning and your last is another to raise the spirits. Hope you’re sending us some of that rain, we could really use it. Have a great day! ~ Mame 🙂
We are having the strangest of days today, just whispers of showers that you barely feel – odd rain now really.. c
All the stars have aligned for the Farmy in this last day of the hay season….That beautiful sky photo is just stunning C. It is now on my desktop!
Thank you – I love it when the photos I find take up residence in other peoples computers.. that is wonderful – thank you.. c
I’ll keep my fingers crossed for Aunty Del! Wouldn’t it be lovely to have two cows milking? Little looks amazing, loping across the field. Bet that feels good 😉
It does Pat. And Hugo made the banana pudding again last night! He is such a lad!.. c
Just keep John out of the wafers!
We are NOT hot here, but do need the heat to return! As you well know, it’s terribly hard to harvest in the rain…it just can’t be done.
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
Oh no – rain already – so it will be on its way here soon? we are cooling down considerably this coming week i think.. c
It should head your way, but it’s stalled over us…they say we are to even get cooler by the end of next week. 😦
same here.. c
Lovely to see the farmy is running all smoothly C. Hope you have been well.
🙂 Mandy xoxo
all such wonderful news! So happy for you all…especially for Little! Great news and love the image of his running! Cheers!
I hope Little continues in this vein but even this morning he was strong and happy – I remember that long week when he could not even stand.. he has come a long way that little calf.. c
So much WONDERFUL news!
I know – all at a turtle pace! c
How wonderful about your cow and calf! Very good news. What veggies does John sow this late? I’m curious….
John steps back from the gardens when he begins the six day weeks but we are resowing beans, courgettes, and sowing broccoli and cabbages again. Lettuce and radishes. probably more beets and turnips and carrots. c
Joy. Joy. Joy. Isn’t that feeling of satisfaction, knowing you did a job well, in time, just the best? Maybe smug, OK, just a little. But so much joy.
Yes Smug – I love that word.. c
Little is just very very happy because you gave him a second life…
Congrats for Auntie Del being pregnant.
What a stunning sun and clouds pic. Sun set? Just beautiful.
I am loving clouds too.. I often look up to the sky and this summer I’ve made tons of cloud photographs. In seconds they have changed, always looking great, sometimes really dramatic.
When you’re talking about “the last….” (three times) it is including that forbidden W word! No, it’s still summer, isn’t it?! – What kind of “last” veggies has Josh been sowing? Glad that you are such a great team and that you are working so well together!
ehm… Lady Astor.
Oh, Celi, I haven’t read the comments before, so you’ve already been answering my question concerning the gardens… 🙂
Thanks.