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Pigs Posing as Construction Crew
The Shush Sisters have been working hard at spreading the new soil around their front yard. What I do is – each day I sprinkle some corn about the earth and then they push the soil around as they...
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A Poll, to Vote for the Vista
This poll is for all of you to vote on the view you would most like to see every day for a year. Remember we wil always have the usual assortment of animal and farmy shots, the food and the … Continue...
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The Pigs Are in the Vegetable Garden!
But thats ok. I left the gate open for them. Queenie is not amused, but in all honesty Queenie is very seldom amused. She is a solemn cow. Have you ever looked up and realised your day is almost gone …...
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Cold wind blowing
.A cold day is fine. Or should I say a fine cold day is fine. But a cold day, though not too cold with a high of 29F (-1C), but with low slate gray clouds and a relentless wind becomes … Continue...
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The Coupe Rises and a Wee Walkabout (Part One)
Yesterday was a very big day in the project to build a self contained cabin attached to the house. It is called the Coupe because I styled it on the old chicken coops that used to be in the farmyards …...
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Knocking holes in walls is Deeply Satisfying.
Don’t you think? Do you ever go to peoples houses to visit and silently imagine knocking walls out, reorganising doors, rearranging their furniture and redesigning their lighting. I do. It is an...
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The receding snow line
Sorry had to say it – because the snow is receding as slowly as an old man’s hair to reveal a bald man’s pate. A moonscape. Beige with a hint of sepia is still the colour of the day. … Continue...
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Red door
This is what the kiwi builder was up to. He and John put in the first of the red doors (there are three)… the inside of the door is red too so when it stands open all summer the colour … Continue...
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What you need to breed a cow without a bull
To breed a cow without the actual bull you need frozen semen. Well of course you do!! This gadget. The semen is in a small straw that fits into the end of this, once it gets through the cervix the …...
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Waiting Daze
Queenie is waiting. Waiting on Daisy. Dazey Daisy. Who does not seem to be in any hurry to do terribly much. She now is (officially) a week away from calving .. they say if the calf comes earlier it...
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