Yesterday surged past with mowing and weed-eating and shifting the cow and calf and throwing up the last one hundred and thirty bales of hay and chores. Then more chores and more mowing and more milking. 
A very short and delightful little friend of mine asked to call the new calf INKY. And so it shall be. Names being easy to bestow. And this one will not be difficult to live with. It suits her. Little shadow of a thing. She looks like a dark heron. So delicate and leggy. 
Aunty Del was desperate to get a look.
We managed to bring Aunty Anna and her calf back to the home fields. I carried the baby into the stock trailer with her mother following close behind. Then to her horror I locked the baby into the first compartment so she was not stepped on during the short trip. She is very light little Inky, weighing way less than a bag of feed.
Once we got to the house I carried the baby like a sack of wriggling potatoes into the barn and then when she was settled I let her mother back out of the stick trailer and they were reunited. Aunty was furious – snorting and pounding about like a bull until she saw her baby through the barn door then immediately was all love and kisses. 
They will stay in the shady corner of the barn until after the milking today then once I have led Miss Nosy and her lot off to Daisys field, the mother and daughter can come out into the side field by the barn for sun and pasture. After a while Aunty Anna will introduce her baby to the others through the fence then I will put them all together. But we don’t want Inky underfoot in a tussle. So I will take my time. 
Little Inky is a wild sprite and will not be impressed with fences she can not run under.
We have sent a request to the wordpress engineers about the odd coding appearing in some comments yesterday (among other things). Hopefully many of you comment today so we can trial it again. (Could you mention if you are using a phone or tablet or on your computer – this may make a difference and help them with their prognosis – more information is always better I think). There are always wee glitches when one begins something new. We at the farmy just say “hmm, excellent”, and proceed to find the answer. I love a good mystery. Especially one as small and un-life threatening as this.
It is Sunday, the day of no rest and the sun will rise in fifteen minutes. Time to get moving.
I hope you have a lovely day
Love celi
WEATHER: Sun then maybe a little rain. But all the hay is stacked away in the barn so I am sure it will not rain.
Sunday 09/17 40% / 0.03 in
Cloudy skies during the morning hours followed by scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. High 82F/27C. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Sunday Night 09/17 20% / 0 in
Mainly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 61F/16C. Winds light and variable.
Sun
6:35 am 6:58 pm
Moon
Waning Crescent, 6% visible 3:36 am 5:45 pm
The Kitchen's Garden 
82 responses to “INKY”
endless chores 🙂 BTW, did you do the milking yourself? AM so curious how it’s being done….
Hullo traveler! I have a milking machine – once the cows are trained it is all very easy.. c
Oh, milking machine? after all it is a klot easier to milk the cow and it’s faster right?
yes much faster
how i wish to see how is been done
What would you like to see?
you are an amazing bundle of energy
I was a tired bundle of energy yesterday!
I wonder if she will turn out to be as naughty as the pigs…
thekitchensgarden is back in “From” on the emails 😉
Yes – thank you for the heads up – minutes after you told me my daughter called from australia to point it out too. That one at least was an easy fix.. c
Celi – I am back to normal, not WordPress any longer – missed out on all the other hoo-ha. I work on a desktop computer. Those eyes, Inky, those eyes . . . you are a sprite, but your name suits you well . . . .
Yes – she does have inky eyes.. c
Chromebook being used here and Chrome for the browser. Inky, a perfect name. Well done.
Morning Kim!
iPhone for me. Inky is beautiful! I missed out on everything this week so couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this post! I live in SW Florida and the eye of Hurricane Irma came right over us last Sunday. We just got our power back last night after 6 days of relentless heat, humidity and contaminated water (still have that) and I am even more in awe of how you live off the land. We all need to become more self sufficient!
Marcia…glad you are ok.
Oh Marcia – you poor thing – how awful. It is good to be able to b self sufficient but if a hurricane came through here we would be in the same mess. The gardens would be gone and a breach in the fences would result in the stick racing off too. The heat on top of it all just have been awful.. I wish you well – 6 days wiithout power is rough.. c
On an iPad here. Today so far everything looks normal. The calf is gorgeous. I may have to come visit and see her….and you!
YES! Connie. I might come and find you as soon as i get the airbnb posters ready – we can put them up on the P.O’s. They will be small (the posters) . I am thinking our guests will more likely be overflow Aunties from weddings and funerals and events and suchlike. Not a lot of accom around here. Local knowledge will be important. c
Using iPhone here.
Her name suits her well. I see your temperatures are still nice. I had to cave in and switch the heating on here today. We had a high of 13 and low of 7!!
Oh yikes – you are getting cold – have you got your coat out? That is always the worst day when you have to get your coat out..
Not yet. Holding out.
Cow eyes are so wonderfully soft and gentle, and Inky’s are particularly big and lovely! And Aunty Anna sounds like a great momma. (As you requested, I am on an Android phone and my email sender line is back to normal today.)
Very good – thank you! Yes she does have the eyes this wee girl . c
I must go back and find out if this baby was a total surprise! She is gorgeous. Commenting with my iPad
Total surprise yes! Look for the blog post hidden surprise..
I love nosy Auntie Del! And I don’t blame her – the baby is lovely. Congratulations! Oh, and I’m on my iPhone while sipping coffee and wishing for a surprise Inky of my own. 🙂
coffee is very important to blog reading!
Aunty Del wants one of those as well! 🙂 Inky is a gorgeous girl. I am always on Chrome with a Chromebook when I comment. My Pacific Northwest has fallen quickly into fall. Low 60’s and rain. Our summer is over.
Fall ! Horrors!!
All seems normal again now! Getting your blog post notice on my laptop, although it says [New Post] right before the title INKY. Will see if tomorrow it still has [New Post] in front of the title. Looks like I’m back on automatic delivery to my inbox now! 🙂 That Inky is just precious!!! xo
IT is a new post though – so I think we can live with that one.
Inky is simply beautiful!
I am on my laptop, and I have seen no weird coding so far.
No it seems to be gone – maybe naughty Samantha came in during the weekend – she is like a shoemakers elf that girl
I had noticed the visible coding here on the WordPress app on my phone a couple of times before. Not sure exactly when you did the upgrading, but I think this may have been going on for longer and from the same person…(perhaps?)
Such a sweet wee babe. What a face!
Oops (iPhone)
But, the email notification for this post came in under “WordPress.com” instead of “thekitchensgarden.wordpress.com” like the comments notification.
Quite possible – we will wait and see..