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  • November 16, 2012

    But they look so sweet..

    .. Who could NOT love faces like that.  Yesterday we had another lovely sunny day on the farmy. By afternoon everything had thawed out enough for me to scoop the poop put of the cows loafing pen and fill all the water barrels with the hose.  The Shush Sisters went for a walk with me…

  • November 15, 2012

    The Duke of Kupa’s flipside eye

    Imagine if you had a third eyelid, like a veil.  That you could draw, like a blind, across your eyes .. .. but still see out. How disconcerting would that be, to those who wished to pry at you with their miniature crowbars. Your veil eye would keep you safe.  A safety net.  I see…

  • November 14, 2012

    We usually have break outs…

    …not break INS. I know this is hard to see but at the end of the pig sty is .. well WAS a fence..  The Shush sisters have been loitering in their summer fields, and hanging out in the sun-room on the South side of the barn, which meant that I had moved the Bobby…

  • November 13, 2012

    Hiding from the Chill

    Not one furry, or feathered, animal, or bird, moved from the barn until late in the morning yesterday, except maybe to run quickly outside to the loo but that would only be the piggies. The rest are not as particular with their ablutions. So after the milking (the milk production has levelled out at 15…

  • November 12, 2012

    Blown Away

    In a very noisy way. A windy way. When I am outside in a wind like this TonTon cannot hear me call him. The peacocks do not even bother coming out. It is fiercely loud. Yesterday the wind roared all day. Last night it raced past the house screeching and trying out every crack, and…

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