Wednesday 29 October 2008
This morning Stephanie had a dentist appointment with our usual dentist, notorious for running late. The last time Steph went we waited for an hour and a half before telling the receptionist we weren’t prepared to waste any more of our time and leaving. That’s a big step for me since I’m [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Extremes
Posted in family, shopping on 29 October 2008 | 7 Comments »
Let’s Play Gates
Posted in Eating Out, family, farm, friends, home on 28 October 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tuesday 28 October 2008
The cows went into the lorry this morning and I was (as usual) assigned the job I like to call ‘gate’. Sometimes I’m a fence, but usually I’m a gate, albeit an animated one. This basically involves standing in an unclosable gap and not letting anything through. I think it’s Gordon’s way [...]
Confused … well, I might be
Posted in family, farm, friends, home on 27 October 2008 | 5 Comments »
Monday 27 October 2008
I woke up yesterday at what I assumed was my normal (when milking) 6.00 am, only to realise the clocks had changed and it was 5.00 am really. Gordon was gone and I could hear him coughing downstairs. Since this cold descended on him he’s had trouble sleeping and is waking at [...]
Posted in Days Out, Eating Out, cats, family, farm, friends, home on 25 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday 25 October 2008
Sorry I disappeared for a while there. Things seem to have overtaken me and I’ve spent the week doing things away from the house and therefore the computer.
I don’t think I mentioned that on Monday I went to Exeter University to have a DXA and an MRI scan, not because there’s anything [...]
Best Seat In The House
Posted in cats, home on 22 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday 22 October 2008
This is Scamp, one of the pair of cats we rehomed in July. As you can see, she’s settled in well and now monopolises the best places in the house! She has her belly and paws against the base of the Aga where she’s guaranteed to keep warm. Another favourite place of [...]
A Fairytale?
Posted in home on 20 October 2008 | 4 Comments »
Monday 20 October 2008
Once upon a time, in a beautiful kingdom where commonsense and practicality were commonplace, when a cow died on a farm, a sad occasion for both the farmer and his family, she was given a proper burial and rested in peace. One day, the people who made all the laws in this [...]
An Update
Posted in farm, home, photography on 18 October 2008 | 5 Comments »
Saturday 18 October 2008
The cow that calved on the 9th of this month is still with her calf, mainly because she’s such a good mother and has nurtured him well. This photo was taken by Steph and you can see the cow put herself between a possible threat and her baby and was watching carefully [...]
The Maize Is In
Posted in farm, home, photography on 17 October 2008 | 2 Comments »
Friday 17 October 2008
This morning it truly felt like Autumn, cold and misty. I missed several photo opportunities such as the neighbours’ perpetual bonfire, smoke rising into the mist and the sun trying to shine through it from the other direction. The effect was a photographer’s dream, but Steph had to catch her bus and [...]
Smoke!
Posted in home on 15 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday 15 October 2008
This sight is a fairly regular one unfortunately. The smoke is coming from the Royal Ordinance Factory site. Goodness knows what they’re burning, but it looks to be oil-based. Good job they’re not farmers: they’d be prosecuted instantly by the Environment Agency or something! We only have to burn a tyre (not [...]
What A Bleak Day
Posted in family, farm, home on 14 October 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tuesday 14 October 2008
Yesterday, as predicted, we spent the day harvesting maize. The whole day. The ground was still very wet and many times the forager bogged down and started to sink, while the trailer tyres cut huge grooves so it was almost impossible to move once it was about half full. This meant putting [...]
