I have been giving the animals bread as treats. And I get to see begging sheep faces every day.
The geese are flying over. It always impresses me.
Yesterday there was an amazing sunrise. You can see it coming through the hay loft windows too.
Wally is getting more and more adventurous, heading near the barn. Yesterday she was on the roof, checking out the chickens.
I did the goats’ hooves yesterday. There are only three goats left.
I was admiring Mr. D’s fleece though. It is only slightly felted in the neck and britch. If the weather is not too cold in February, I may try to shear it.
Our tom turkey keeps squatting in front of me. Now I am starting to worry that he might be a she. I will look more closely tomorrow.
Weirdly, the croci have started to bloom. We are hearing the frogs croaking too. It has been in the 60’s the last two days. Weird weather.
Yesterday we picked up Marji’s beef. It mostly filled up our chest freezer. It is sad, but at least we have some meat from her.
I made a Traditional chicken pie from one of our birds yesterday for dinner. It was really yummy.
Today I watched a live broadcast of Up Helly Aa. It was fun to watch it again (while I was cleaning the house).
This afternoon my aunt and uncle visited. They brought our Christmas presents which we missed because I had to work. I decided I would make them a tea. I baked cherry strudel and mini muffins and added some cookies and custard tarts.
I set the table with the dishes from my grandmother (his mother). I thought it looked nice.
That is what it is like this late January here on Schoonover Farm.
I’m glad you posted a photo of your turkey, she is definitely a hen. Show photos of the other two and I’ll tell you about them. And just for a note, some turkey hens will try to strut and show their tail feathers but that’s just for attention. You definitely have a hen in the photo of this post. Good luck, she’s wanting to lay eggs.
I will post photos of all three in the near future. This is disappointing news.
love to see the sheepy faces! and wasn’t that sunrise fabulous? i haven’t noticed anything blooming here yet, but the warm weather is so weird. i worry about the fruit trees getting confused and blooming too early
Sheepy faces are certainly fun. That sunrise was amazing. The weather is really weird. I worry about a lot of plants and frogs getting confused.
You really had a wonderfully fantastic sunrise! It was truly amazing! We had a beautiful one too, but we have power lines, trees, a power pole with a transformer all in the way… Sometimes I wish we lived in the country! Ours was very red, too.
The tea you fixed was lovely and your teapot is really special!
All of your pictures were great!
Sorry your sunrise was marred by objects in the way. I liked how mine looked with the barn in the way. The copper teapot is Swedish and belonged to my grandmother. I used a different pot to make the tea. I am glad you enjoyed the photos.
I’m rarely up in time to see the sunrise, so this was really special! Your pictures are all special, especially with the color coming through the barn windows!
I clicked on the link you shared. It was a bit confusing.