A lazy day

We have started milking Petal and Daisy once a day. We don't take much, for now the object of the exercise is to get them used to our hands on their udders. They are feeding their own twins and anything they may give us is a bonus to feed Bill and Ben, the orphans. They like the milk stand we made for them, which is a blessing and they like being given treats, which they only receive whilst being milked. Neither one of us has a problem outwitting our caprine / capricious friends by using bribery! We don't need much milk for soap and for now, everyone is happy.
The last week or so has been quite busy, so today by common consent was designated a lazy day. The dogs understood and have been laying under the table, laying on the step, ignoring flies and cuddling the cat... in fact they could easily have been George Gershwin's inspiration back in the 1930's.


Summertime, and the living is easy......

 (break into song here).
We, on the other hand are a lost cause during the summer. The day started with chores, chicken chores, goat chores and milking. Coming back to the house I decided to try putting together a little milking device from some tubing we were given by Anita's Mom. I can't remember who first suggested this device but if it works, it will save us from sore hands when the kids are weaned and we are milking up to a gallon a day.

We shall see how well it works tomorrow morning!

On this lazy summer's day Neets decided to make bread, 14 loaves of wholewheat bread and a dozen Brioche. [...fish are jumping.....]

  While waiting for the bread to rise she collected eggs, went to the garden for tomatoes and ran up and down to the basement to turn the water supply on and off as I had decided it was time to replace the faucets with the new ones we had bought. [...and the cotton is high....] Things never run 100% as expected and a quick trip to the local hardware store was needed for 2 flexible extensions for the waterpipes. Now we actually have a place to fill 5 gallon buckets without tilting them to the extent that you can't completely fill them. We also have a drip-free water system, a luxury in itself! [...Oh, your Daddy's rich....]

The last few heads of celery are soaking in the sink and will go into the dehydrator this evening. A lazy day!

[...and your Mama's goodlooking...]

Tomorrow we really ought to make sure we get some stuff done.

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