Well, actually below freezing. Currently 27 degrees. The house was 42 this morning, but got it up to 48, although our bedroom is a balmy 75. Herbie asked for his own hot blower at his feet so I got one today. Then discovered the 2 heaters in the lounge blows the circuits. No problem. I played boertjie, found an extension cord, wasn't long enough, found another. Perfect.
Herbie says he doesn't understand why I don't sell 2 cows to put in a new furnace. Had an enquiry for some sheep, so holding thumbs, and put Big Red on CL today as freezer beef. Now it's up to the man upstairs, who is obviously not freezing his ass off.
Got Star up to the lower barn with Dolly this afternoon. My reasoning is that she's huge, and the vet was 6 weeks wrong about Daisy May, and Shaw and Parrot are 9 and 8 months old respectively, so time they're weaned so she can build calcium reserves for herself and the calf. I nursed her through milk-fever after Shaw, and don't want a repeat of that with this next calf. It'll be her 4th, and I'm hoping for a girl, since she had boy, girl, boy.
Dolly had a girl, then lost one that I never saw so don't know what it was, then she had Larry in July. Daisy Mays' first was Eleanor and she was Buttercups' first too. Putting it down like this I see we've had about equal boys and girls, although both halfbreeds were girls and we haven't had a pure Scottish Highland girl, only 2 boys. Not sure if the boy Scotch lost was a halfbreed or not, but he probably was.
Dolly spends an hour or 3 in the morning bellowing to get out to the pasture and her calf, and then from about 3pm she bellows to go back to the lower barn. At 3 months old I don't want to wean him yet. Keeping the lower barn door closed as shovelling shit from 3 cows and a calf will cause too big a build up outside the door, and when they freeze they get stuck to the floor until Spring. Not quite sure how I'm going to keep Star out of the milking stall in the morning. Have given the same one to Daisy May as I haven't been milking Star. Daisy May is too skittish to play silly buggers in the lower barn, Star is too strong for me to hold, and only Dolly is going to behave - I hope.
Lost Aflac yesterday. Think he was squished by a cow. There wasn't much to him anymore, he was as light as a feather. Knew it was improbable that he'd survive much longer, but still miss the deformed boy.
Cooked a vegetable casserol and baked potatoes for lunch. Creamy and mushroomy, while the sugar snap peas were still crisp.
Well, actually below freezing. 29 degrees. The house was 42 this morning, but got it up to 48, although our bedroom is a balmy 75. Herbie asked for his own hot blower at his feet so I got one today. Then discovered the 2 heaters in the lounge blows the circuits. No problem. I played boertjie, found an extension cord, wasn't long enough, found another. Perfect.
Herbie says he doesn't understand why I don't sell 2 cows to put in a new furnace. Had an enquiry for some sheep, so holding thumbs, and put Big Red on CL today as freezer beef. Now it's up to the man upstairs, who is obviously not freezing his ass off.
Got Star up to the lower barn with Dolly this afternoon. My reasoning is that she's huge, and the vet was 6 weeks wrong about Daisy May, and Shaw and Parrot are 9 and 8 months old respectively, so time they're weaned so she can build calcium reserves for herself and the calf. I nursed her through milk-fever after Shaw, and don't want a repeat of that with this next calf. It'll be her 4th, and I'm hoping for a girl, since she had boy, girl, boy.
Dolly had a girl, then lost one that I never saw so don't know what it was, then she had Larry in July. Daisy Mays' first was Eleanor and she was Buttercups' first too. Putting it down like this I see we've had about equal boys and girls, although both halfbreeds were girls and we haven't had a pure Scottish Highland girl, only 2 boys. Not sure if the boy Scotch lost was a halfbreed or not, but he probably was.
Dolly spends an hour or 3 in the morning bellowing to get out to the pasture and her calf, and then from about 3pm she bellows to go back to the lower barn. At 3 months old I don't want to wean him yet. Keeping the lower barn door closed as shovelling shit from 3 cows and a calf will cause too big a build up outside the door, and when they freeze they get stuck to the floor until Spring. Not quite sure how I'm going to keep Star out of the milking stall in the morning. Have given the same one to Daisy May as I haven't been milking Star. Daisy May is too skittish to play silly buggers in the lower barn, Star is too strong for me to hold, and only Dolly is going to behave - I hope.
Lost Aflac yesterday. Think he was squished by a cow. There wasn't much to him anymore, he was as light as a feather. Knew it was improbable that he'd survive much longer, but still miss the deformed boy.
Cooked a vegetable casserol and baked potatoes for lunch. Creamy and mushroomy, while the sugar snap peas were still crisp.
Well, actually below freezing. 29 degrees. The house was 42 this morning, but got it up to 48, although our bedroom is a balmy 75. Herbie asked for his own hot blower at his feet so I got one today. Then discovered the 2 heaters in the lounge blows the circuits. No problem. I played boertjie, found an extension cord, wasn't long enough, found another. Perfect.
Herbie says he doesn't understand why I don't sell 2 cows to put in a new furnace. Had an enquiry for some sheep, so holding thumbs, and put Big Red on CL today as freezer beef. Now it's up to the man upstairs, who is obviously not freezing his ass off.
Got Star up to the lower barn with Dolly this afternoon. My reasoning is that she's huge, and the vet was 6 weeks wrong about Daisy May, and Shaw and Parrot are 9 and 8 months old respectively, so time they're weaned so she can build calcium reserves for herself and the calf. I nursed her through milk-fever after Shaw, and don't want a repeat of that with this next calf. It'll be her 4th, and I'm hoping for a girl, since she had boy, girl, boy.
Dolly had a girl, then lost one that I never saw so don't know what it was, then she had Larry in July. Daisy Mays' first was Eleanor and she was Bufirst. Putting it down like this I see we've had about equal boys and girls, although both halfbreeds were girls and we haven't had a pure Scottish Highland girl, only 2 boys. Not sure if the boy Scotch lost was a halfbreed or not, but he probably was.
Dolly spends an hour or 3 in the morning bellowing to get out to the pasture and her calf, and then from about 3pm she bellows to go back to the lower barn. At 3 months old I don't want to wean him yet. Keeping the lower barn door closed as shovelling shit from 3 cows and a calf will cause too big a build up outside the door, and when they freeze they get stuck to the floor until Spring. Not quite sure how I'm going to keep Star out of the milking stall in the morning. Have given the same one to Daisy May as I haven't been milking Star. Daisy May is too skittish to play silly buggers in the lower barn, Star is too strong for me to hold, and only Dolly is going to behave - I hope.
Lost Aflac yesterday. Think he was squished by a cow. There wasn't much to him anymore, he was as light as a feather. Knew it was improbable that he'd survive much longer, but still miss the deformed boy.
Cooked a vegetable casserol and a baked potato for lunch. Creamy and mushroomy, while the sugar snap peas were still crisp.
Well, actually below freezing. 29 degrees. The house was 42 this morning, but got it up to 48, although our bedroom is a balmy 75. Herbie asked for his own hot blower at his feet so I got one today. Then discovered the 2 heaters in the lounge blows the circuits. No problem. I played boertjie, found an extension cord, wasn't long enough, found another. Perfect.
Herbie says he doesn't understand why I don't sell 2 cows to put in a new furnace. Had an enquiry for some sheep, so holding thumbs, and put Big Red on CL today as freezer beef. Now it's up to the man upstairs, who is obviously not freezing his ass off.
Got Star up to the lower barn with Dolly this afternoon. My reasoning is that she's huge, and the vet was 6 weeks wrong about Daisy May, and Shaw and Parrot are 9 and 8 months old respectively, so time they're weaned so she can build calcium reserves for herself and the calf. I nursed her through milk-fever after Shaw, and don't want a repeat of that with this next calf. It'll be her 4th, and I'm hoping for a girl, since she had boy, girl, boy.
Dolly had a girl, then lost one that I never saw so don't know what it was, then she had Larry in July. Daisy Mays' first was Eleanor and she was Bufirst. Putting it down like this I see we've had about equal boys and girls, although both halfbreeds were girls and we haven't had a pure Scottish Highland girl, only 2 boys. Not sure if the boy Scotch lost was a halfbreed or not, but he probably was.
Dolly spends an hour or 3 in the morning bellowing to get out to the pasture and her calf, and then from about 3pm she bellows to go back to the lower barn. At 3 months old I don't want to wean him yet.
Cooked a vegetable casserol and a baked potato for lunch. Creamy and mushroomy, while the