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Gearing up for the Arctic blast

2/21/2011

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Yesterday was bitterly cold, one of those days when the toasty woodstove in the kitchen became a focal point for everything, business meeting ( you said we were going to do WHAT !!!??) visiting and defrosting. Breath froze in static air as you talked..if you talked, usually we were moving so fast we didn't see each other till we'd passed them. I cleaned out dear old Destinys pasture for the last time, her poo balls frozen into golf balls hit the wheel barrow like drum rolls and Destiny followed me around anxiously looking for the carrot treat she knew would be in my pocket....buried about 10 layers of clothes down. Sorry old girl, not the day to be shedding clothes, even for you. Destiny is going back to the home she had when she was a rising superstar in the horse world, she never forgot how special she was and like an aged super model or beautiful old actress still had her attitude and carried her head and tail in a manner which clearly said "look at me, aren't I beautiful ??". Yes Destiny, you are and I'm sorry I had to let her go but right now that old girl is fitter than Greg and I put together !

The ice had frozen the water puddles in the chicken pens and the hens looked comical as their bulbous bodies slipped and skidded. They congregated in a group like radicals plotting an uprising, the Rhode Island Red rooster Adolf in the center of the noisy rabble, strutting and tossing his bright red wattle, he'd have been waving his red and green tail if he still had it, the ladies have very disrespectfully eaten it.

Daisy May our little Dexter calf in her red headcollar snuggled up with Macho the young buck and her best buddy, trying to keep warm. Lamb Chop irreverently tried to join the buddy snuggle, he tried climbing over them, he tried busting up the toasty twosome and eventually settled down to chew his cud by the gate, within bawling distance from the carrot treats.

We had a farm vist yesterday, a family who has roots in Blackpool ......my English hometown, my home in my other life. The little girl was left wide eyed in awe at the size of the shire horses thundering accross the field in a flat out gallop, giggled and laughed out loud at the chickens scrumming and squabling for treats and tentatively held out her hand to feed Rodney the ram and his ladies. Our ewes are looking very rotund at the moment, their lambs are due next month, another season starting on the farm.

Well, my wedding invitation hasn't arrived yet but I guess it's still stuck in the snowstorm in New York, I can wait. Time to go, looks cold out there, hopefully the sun will shine this afternoon. Take care, keep warm. M

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trisha
2/21/2011 07:27:42 pm

HI there,
Golly, sounds like it is cold over there.. but then again it is cold over here too... Poor old Destiny, so many changes, I grew to love that lady and do hope that she can keep her attitude in her new/old home. Maureen - will phone this evening... hope you two are coping ok.. wedding invite still being printed - is that the one you mean, or is there another? Love to you all, mum hope all is okay with you.... ?

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