Brrr!

Home from Florida, after a long and somewhat painful road trip. We seem to be settling back in well. At one point, I had decided not to go on our annual Thanksgiving trip to see Keenan's relatives, due to my negative labor balance, and then I decided I should go after all. I'm glad I made that decision, as I doubt I could have worked as much as I would've liked, with my family gone, but now I really have to buckle down!

It's cold here, in Virginia. There's frost in the morning, and I'm sure that when I milk tomorrow, I'll have to deal with frozen hoses. We fill up the tanks for the cows, and when it's freezing, it's more difficult. I'll probably want to make a fire in the woodstove in the barn, also, to keep me warm. Not like Florida at all!!

Apparently, because our cows are grass fed, the milk that we drink is of higher quality, and just chock full of vitamins. The farm definitely drinks as much as we produce!! These days, it's not as plentiful as in the spring, when there's more grass, but we still have enough to provide two cans of drinking milk each day. The rest is made into cheese.

okey dokey artichokey,
much love,
Kelpie