Tag: cows
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Sleep
There is not enough of it. Sleep that is. This is yesterday’s sunrise through the fog. The air temperature was so unusually cool. But warmer temperatures are on the way. So we will be cutting the next load of hay on Monday. I will be bringing in a lot of hay this time, if all…
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Hay is Down
Today the hay man came and mowed the hay down, something a hay man is wont to do. I will rake it in a couple of days and then he will return to bale it. All we need is a few days of dry weather. It is interesting being a woman farmer – I employ a…
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Watermelon Cockails
After our usual nightly rain it came out hot and humid yesterday so by evening Amanda decided to make Watermelon Cocktails. A girl after my own heart. After consulting with her sister she made Equal parts: Gin and Tonic and Watermelon Juice with a twist of lime. Divine. They had a good kick! Here is…
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A Good Kick in the Face
Yesterday was a beautiful day. After all the storms and tornadoes, that were kept well clear of my gardens but wreaked havoc in other towns close by, the day dawned fine and clear if a little drippy. Allison was the 1940’s Kitchen Mama. Kim was the chicken lady and gardener (plus seamstress but we will get into that…
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A kick from the belly
Yesterday I sat down in the straw with Hop and Pop Poppy, she sighed and laid beside me so I could stroke her belly. She loves to have her belly stroked. And that is when one of her piglets kicked me. A little hoof reached out and poked me in the palm of my hand. I…
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