Category: Vines and Wine
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The First Gathering and a Little news from the Farmy
Yesterday evening was the first of the gatherings. Beautiful Daughter arrived on time and within hours had hijacked the dog and walked to two local dairies looking for her…
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The Local Dairy, the Bus Stop and a Cafe – all on our morning walk!
This is my new walking companion. His name is Mahia. For lunch yesterday I raided the fridge for a few of my favourite New Zealand ingredients. Look at the colour of that butter! That cow has been on some good grass. Armed with a big mug of hot tea I made kiwi style cheese…
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Either stalactites or stalagmites – one or the other
I know one goes up and one goes down but whichever ones these are, they are an excellent visual example of it being too bloody cold – I will tell you that. Ghastly, darlinks! The swimming pool has ice swimming in it. These shots were taken in the afternoon by the way. All day the…
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Daisy’s Naughty Face
Daisy is not always nice. But she is slowly increasing her milk production again. Ever so slowly. She was smelling sweeter yesterday too. I personally think she has been a little off colour. She has had other symptoms indicating a heath struggle. But she is improving. It may be that because they are eating the…
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Someone left the Calf out in the Rain
Early, early morning just after the milking and Queenie and I were slogging through the mud to get to the gate to open it for Daisy. The rain is very welcome. The muck and mud; not so welcome. Mia was not feeling photogenic when we were doing the Farmy Walk the other day so here…
The Kitchen's Garden 