Txiki has inherited her ears from her red head mother. Txiki’s mother is Alex, the little red cow who looks like a shaggy mountain pony – Alex is spending time with Carlos the Tiny. Both are Dexters. Txiki (Alex’s daughter) is a cross between a Dexter and a low line Angus, she looks like a shiny shaggy mountain pony, and when the light is right her ears have a fringe of red. 
Tane was having a good day yesterday. But he will not go outside. It is too cold or his legs hurt too much. Either way he is still happy to beat up on Tima if it looks like she is getting a bigger share than he is.
Poppy’s piglets.
They are almost grown out of the overturned fish tank house so today I am building them a straw hut. Bigger, roomier and airier with lots of deep straw.
Imagine them being so small they all fit in the cats house.
Molly’s four.
I am leaving them in the barn until I come back from Canada. So feeding time is easier for their minders. Plus there appears to be an awful lot of snow on the way in the next week (quite a bit this weekend ( 2-6″) and a forecast of 8-12″ next Friday which I do not believe, we never get that much snow down this way) but slogging down the back through snow drifts with water buckets three times a day is a bit too much of a work out.
These gloves are frozen solid. 
Today I am going to have to force myself to the supermarket to stock up the store room. I hate going to town it is such a waste of my time!
Lady Astor has an extra set of teats!!
I hope you have a good day.
celi
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54 responses to “In-Heriting those ears”
They don’t seem to mind sleeping in the barn and keeping warm 🙂
They are a good crew, four is so much easier to manage than NINE. c
Nine in the barn would be a handful!
Good morning to the farmy. We have no snow in the forecast, just really cold temperatures. It seems like a waste, really!
Winter is so mercurial.. c
Ha ha! Love the dog legs teats! If you hadn’t said it, I was going to. Too funny.
And i did not not ice that until I loaded the images so I got a laugh too!
I love Txiki’s fringe! Good luck at the grocery store, that’s one of my most hated things as well. And on a Saturday AND a day before snow is forecast, people go berserk, like Armageddon is coming. Love the dog feet teats!
True – I will have to join the throng
Love Txiki’s highlights 🙂 Laura
do you mean it is Molly's Fourth Birthday? Happy Birthday Molly…and lots of love and kisses
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 2:14 PM
Oh no – so sorry – I meant Mollys four children.. c
Isn’t Txiki just beautiful?
Yes but she is shy so gard to get near.. c
Celi, have you tried the Amazon Prime Pantry? I haven’t, but am curious about it. I think it’s for stocking up the pantry, and supposedly the items are cheaper than getting them at a regular grocery store. And I think the shipping is free, or just $1.00. It’s a part of Amazon Prime, which I think you get. We do, as we are in an out-of-the-way part of the country too. Just curious if it’s a good way to shop, or not!
yes I do get prime and No , I have not tried iPantry – doesn’t it keep sending you stuff? like every month? I will check it out. c
Prime Pantry is great! And you can order what you want when ever you want, it’s not a subscription service. And if you choose No-Rush shipping on any other Prime order, you get $5 off your next Prime Pantry order! I think it would suit you well.
Thank you – I will investigate further.. c
Celi, I absolutely adore going to the supermarkets, but lack the time. Have bought on line for years and years – never had a bad shop, get all the latest specials, lots of samples, discounts and better greengroceries and meats than what is on show in the shop ! So much available at the bigger venues my ‘local’ does not even keep! Order for exactly the time I want and have everything carried in: food and alcohol! Brilliant. A little more expensive here – up to $10 for the month’s shopping and 45 km travel for the refrigerated truck: still cheaper than if I went myself . . . and I can order at midnight after work if it so suits. Would not have it any other way but Coles or Woolworths here in Oz . . and a couple of new firms to come 🙂 ! Hugely popular for mothers with kids, those without transport and the ‘older’ generation who do not want to carry . . . .
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Well, check whether any supermarket coy in your area [need not be Amazon!] offers the service as far out as you are and try for a month! Sleep well!!
Oooh! I LOVE going to the grocery store! The smells. The samples (we often go to one of the big box stores on Saturdays just for the free snacks- the kids love it). All those ingredients waiting to be turned into something delectable for the plate. Like an open canvas waiting for the artist.
Elizabeth what a wonderful way of looking at shopping – c
Have a quick and satisfying trip to the store…love those red fringed ears!
Yes – such a cute wee heifer
Normally, I don’t mind grocery shopping, but just now it’s becoming horrible due to the proximity of Christmas. The only way I’ll venture in is very early or very late, and NEVER at the weekend. Miss Txiki has the perfect dense coat for your weather, and even her ears are teddy bear fluffly. She’s lovely…
I should never have left it this late to shop – it was so busy! c
Ha ha ha!! Love those “extra set of teats”! I dislike the grocery shopping too. I went to Lawton to do some big shopping yesterday and it was SO COLD… I couldn’t get warm at all when I finally got home.
Big Shopping! Hope you had a hot bath. Oh how I long for a hot scented bath but our water is still black.. c
I love Txiki’s red ears! Such a fashion statement. This has been a most unusual winter for Portland already. We had more snow in the last couple days than we had in the last two years. And our temps are so much more cold than I remember ever having. Expect anything this year. Hope your weekend is wonderfilled. I’m heading to the grocery too. 😦
I bet the local kids love it though!
I’ll have to post the photos of the kids trying to sled in a half inch of snow. 🙂
Txiki’s coat looks warm and her ears are a beautiful feature. Everyone looks warm and content. I’d get groceries delivered if you feel it’s a waste of your day. I don’t mind shopping, it’s the bringing it in and out of the car and putting it away, I find a chore. Hope your day goes smoothly.
How I wish a supermarket would deliver this far – I would love that.. c
If you could phone/email it in the night before, and then just stop at the curb and load it in your car. It would save a couple of hours. A service a savvy grocer would consider, you’d hope.
I hate grocery shopping, well any kind of shopping really. If the store could figure out a way to not use a million plastic bags, I’d order online and have it delivered, but I can’t bear to have all that plastic come into my house. I stockpile staples, so I can manage to go every three to four weeks.
All the animals look cosy and content and ready to hunker down for winter.