Hey Hay Day

Looks like we are baling today.  Fingers crossed as there is a shower imminent. There was a sprinkling of rain in the night too but not enough to stop us. So if the next storm goes round I will press PLAY.  The air is very humid so it is going to be  rough day. Dripping hot.  Hard on my two new workers.

No time for lounging about that is for sure. 

On a different subject – Lady Astor is still holding most of her milk back from me until I have brought the calf in to visit the milking room.  I milk her, then take the cups off and bring baby in, then while baby has a suckle I dump that milk into the bucket for the house then push baby out, quickly put the cups back on and milk her again. (If I muck around she locks me out again). I can literally see the bulges where she is holding the milk. This second lot of milk is a fair amount of milk but I am still not so sure she is milking right out. 

Every now and then I try to milk her normally (without bringing the calf in and out) and it really is like trying to get blood from a stone. She just calmy stands munching away while giving me no milk at all) If I try to milk her again  later in the day she gives me almost nothing at all. Lucky this is her last season being a milk cow because this has become areally annoying habit for her.  I think she will be drying herself up early with this carry on. The milk itself continues to be sweet and creamy and clean though. She is healthy.

I hope you have a lovely day.

Love celi

Weather – Not perfect for haymaking but hopefully we can duck and dive in between showers.

Thursday 07/20 30% / 0.1 in
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. High 92F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

Thursday Night 07/20 60% / 0.25 in
Variable clouds with scattered thunderstorms. Low 73F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%.