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I'm a mother of four grandmother of seven and great grandmother of three. I live with my husband in the house that we built with the help of my brothers and will have been married for 57 years this February.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

LATE AGAIN FOR BLOGGING



A friend sent me this cute photo and  I thought that I should share it with you.
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It's well known that we're in a heat wave but what is really on my mind is those poor old folks who are totally affected by the heat and for those who cares for them.  And as if this is not enough, there's the question of the hurricane making it way across the east coast and what it will bring with it. Let hope for the best and keep our fingers crossed.

I'm late blogging as I've been working on my rug binding until I jabbed my finger once too many times tonight, so I set it down to check the emails.  I must remember to go get my thimble tomorrow.

This morning after my barn chores I managed to weed a shaded part of a neglected perennial flower bed before it got too hot. I'm trying to get to the weed that are full of seeds before the rain beats them down  to the ground and disperse them all over the place.

Something told me to go in the back to check if there was any new calves and sure enough I found another heifer calf born in the back, born  a week early. She was all dirty until the mom licked it. I had two cows due on the 7th and now I have one left. Lets hope that she will deliver on time. I just moved a larger calf yesterday and since it was so hot I postponed cleaning out the pen but now I have to do it wether it's hot or not. My nursery is filled to capacity.


My binding is puckering up a bit and I tried to sew it straight. It might look better after pressing. 

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

ONLY A HOOKER WOULD...

Today has been a very hot day with 34℃ temperature, that's 93.2 Fahrenheit. It was hot to tag the calves. One by one they had to be taken out of their pens and a halter put on their head which they didn't particularly care for, not that I can blame them,  and walked to an area where they could be tethered to a post so that they stand still to be ear tagged on both ears, government regulations, then they have to be photographed on each side for registrations with Holstein Canada. Then they are returned to their pens which they are happy to return to . I was there to calm them down by talking to them ( in baby talk of course)  hugging them and stroking their neck. Those little things really helps calm them down.

One of my calves has a fever and was given antibiotic. He's the one that was born prematurely a month ago  and was lucky that I was there to get help. He almost drowned in the embryonic liquid.

Two things that made me feel good today, I washed my white kitchen floors and I worked on  binding my rooster rug.

Did I say it was hot... Only a hooker would drape herself in a wool rug in such a heat to sew the binding on. I'm half way done so it won't make it to the finish deadline for the  August 10 minute challenge, but at least it won't be a UFO for very long.  No pictures tough.  JB