The Summer People

My summer people have begun to arrive. Yesterday I picked up Inaki. (And the traffic was terrible both ways so Boo and I spent HOURS in the car –  Ton had to stay home because he had been playing with a skunk in the night). Inaki is from the Basque region of Spain, he is delightful, strong and very easy to get along with. He is here for just under a month. Next week a student from the cold East Coast  of the USA will drop in for a week or so on his way to warmer Climes. He is not quite confirmed yet but is enthusiastic. This means we can make a really good dent in the barn cleaning.

Today we begin in the milking parlour, so I can start the milking refresher training  once that is ship shape we will move to the calving pen.  If we work fast we can get a lot of the rotting material down to the compost heap before it rains then we will start cleaning the walls in there. So I will teach Inaki how to run the tractor first.  The pitch fork will be second nature before he knows it.

The Cadet will begin her visits again this week. I hope to run to the feed store and collect a batch of new chicks (layers) this morning . The cadet will get them  sorted out – she is good with chicks.

Inaki will also start a set of eggs to incubate.

So – you see? The summer really is getting underway now. But we got home late yesterday evening so I fed the animals fast, this morning I will go through slower. You miss things when you are in a hurry and the light is going and you are hungry.

And so to work.

I hope you have a lovely day.

celi