My friend John from Chicago has many Aunties called Zia (Tia means Aunty in Spanish) and his favorite (though he has other favorite Aunties too) has an apple tree here that has just come into blossom. Planted right beside the turkey house. And then I have Tia the heifer. And then there is Aunty Del named for my own favorite Great Aunty Del. So with Tia, Zia and Aunty – they felt like the three Tia’s to me.
Yesterday I brought Tia and Aunty Del back to the home pastures so I had Three Tias on my mind.
Yesterday had a still stormy disposition but no good rain.
The lack of clarity in the above blossom from Tia’s apple tree is testament to the endless strong wind.
Aunty Del.
Tia.
I am looking for a nice Angus bull that these two girls can go and visit. I am hoping to gentle Tia and see if she will work out as a milk cow. It all depends on her udder – she is out of an outrageously valuable Holstein show cow Mama and the bull was an Angus. So being half Angus and half Holstein it is possible she will have a milk cow udder or maybe not. We will see. But she is a lovely gentle animal and I am going to train her as a milk cow anyway. If they breed and deliver ok they will produce two beef calves and if all goes well I will milk the Aunty’s next summer.
WaiWai would like to announce that the last scab has come off his back and his skin is completely healed. So all up it must be a year since he was set on fire and now look at him. Healed and even sleeping with Tima and Tane in the night times. Not close yet, but in the same room.
Sheila.
The cold is coming back with the nights going down into the low 40’s in the next few days. The chicks are too big for their old heated table so I made them a new one with one of the heated mats (it is made of fiberglass – heavy and rigid) set on brick ‘feet’. This is plenty big enough for the twenty Rhode Island Red chicks to get under if they get cold.
This morning the wind is blowing briskly.
I love how this shot shows the true state of my tea towels!
I picked four pounds of asparagus yesterday and then washed the usual three dozen eggs. The rhubarb is not quite long enough to pick yet but I will be listing horse radish leaves for sale next week as well. My daily take is rising.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
Love Celi
WEATHER: Very windy. Mostly scudding clouds and a little brave sun.
Friday 05/04 20% / 0 in
A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible early. Partly cloudy. Windy during the morning. High 76F. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph.
Friday Night 05/04 10% / 0 in
A clear sky. Low 52F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
Sun
5:47 AM 7:52 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 82% visible
The Kitchen's Garden 
61 responses to “THE THREE TIA’S”
Hooray for Wai! What a long road. But worth it to give this guy a happy life. And that cloud is amazing! Such weather you have. Los Angeles is so mild, and New England (where I’m originally from) has interesting weather, but is too hilly for those sorts of dramatic views and clouds.
Glad to read and see WaiWai; yes, it’s wierdly cold after the heat, but we did get the rains here. Sounds like things are progressing well in your corner. Glad to see.
Hooray for Wai Wai!
Yay Wai Wai! I could kiss him : )
How old is Sheila ? I wish I could get some of your rhubarb, I have been buying it here in the store to make some German recipes like yogurt cream with rhubarb compote. I love rhubarb.
Such wonderful news about Wai’s recuperation (physical and psyche: )
Hope things work for you on the bovine front. And no wonder those poor tea towels are showing wear while whipping wildly about in the wind like that! So much good news and these are all great pics, but the towels are so fluid…
That’s quite an impressive line of clouds. And the wind…reminds me of my native Minnesota prairie.
Everything looks so summery compared to here in Minnesota where my tulips haven’t even bloomed yet and farmers are hoping to soon get in the fields.
WaiWai looks beautiful! Is that what happened to him – he was set on fire? I know you weren’t sure for the longest time…sunburn/neglect….but if it was a sadistic prank….GRRR! Oh, those beautiful cows – makes me want to hug ’em! Love the beginnings of blossoms inTia’s apple tree! Have a fun day!
Congratulations to you and WaiWai! I’m thrilled he has healed completely.
Hey Celi, a few days back you were talking about growing your own fodder to cut the feed bill… Wondering if you’d seen FarmGal’s post from yesterday? https://livingmydreamlifeonthefarm.com/2018/05/04/planning-a-new-livestock-fodder-garden/
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Such an extraordinary transformation of WaiWai. And so inadequate “Congratulations “! If ever you feel down on yourself I hope you will remember how immensely impossible treating his extraordinary medical needs were—not to mention his emotional needs—and how disheartening day after day was— when nothing seemed to be working —and how disgusting his wounds were—yet you persevered. And cured him not only physically but brought him to place where he is beginning to trust others. This is the real meaning of awesome.
Lots to love here… sending your good homegrown food out into the world and getting some well deserved and directed $ back in, the Tia’s, Wai Wai good news… and tea towels… that you have them and so obviously put them to good use. Only just the other day I noted that mine look well-used, and thought that is a fine thing, they aren’t decorative.
So good to hear Wai is all healed!!! Things are looking up there, even the laundry. 🙂 It’s that time of year again when I go outside and work if the weather is permitting and stay most of the day. Had my break for a little rest, linner, (lunch and dinner combined) and now back to work after I’ve stopped by here for a short visit. Those little red chicks are adorable and hope you get a chance to make Tia a milk cow. Hope you had a perfectly wonderfilled day.
Peeking in from a busy blogbreak . . . Celi, to the best of my knowledge and John’s usage the Italian word for Aunt is ZIA, ie zia Lea, zia Pina etc . . .
Yes – you are completely right – zia is the Italian
Tia, Zia and Aunty- the Three Tias is s play on the Three Tenors. I have clarified than first sentence – I really must proof read more carefully! Thank you for pointing that out . Must have been half asleep
Oh, you and me both – amongst other matters ‘spent’ most of the night in Jerusalem watching the start of the Giro d’Italia . . . oh, Celi, you would have loved to get to know that beautiful, big, sophisticated, architecturally and culturally fabulous place: after all the ‘home’ of three religions! The helicopters did a wonderful job . . . . the museum housing the Dead Sea Scrolls alone id 20 acres in size . . . . and I really felt I was swimming in one of the pools of the world famous King David Hotel . . . this night thru’ the desert to Tel Aviv! 🙂 ! Oh, there is road cycling too !!!!!! Sorry about mentioning ‘zia’ but I thought you would kick yourself later . . . . best . . .