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maryjane
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 Posted - Jul 01 2020 : 3:20:49 PM
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I've been enjoying playing ball with my three girls every evening. They love it! Plus, they get a ton of exercise (and so do I). Carol sent me a video of a woman who taught her cow to "fetch" a ball she tosses. Her cow runs after the ball and then pushes it back with her nose for another toss. Mine don't do that but they dance around like crazy every time I throw the ball their way, sometimes bouncing it off them. Plenty of hip swivel kicks and general mayhem and laughter. The ball is one of those exercise balls (Carol gave me hers to use.)
Momma Buttercup and calf Rosetta.
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MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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Boots&Flipflops
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Darla
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Posted - Jul 01 2020 : 5:06:29 PM
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Good Afternoon.
July, seriously!! Where is it going.
MaryJane your pictures are so lovely, and so are Janet's.
I wish it were cooler here MaryJane. It is darn near 5pm and it is 93 degrees.
I always check the weather in Tonasket (73* right now) and Tom always asks why I do that to myself when it is blistering here and cool up there. I tell him I am so looking forward to the weather up there. Will have to learn gardening in a different zone, that's for sure. Maybe I will be able to grow some Raspberries for him.
Lou Moo says hello. This cow has the funniest build. Sometimes with her little short legs she looks like a tick.
I would love to see a short video of you playing ball with the girls. What a hoot
Well 19 of our counties just ordered to close dine in restaurants again. Sure hope businesses survive all this. So upsetting to see the loss.
Hope everyone has a Blessed Day and Happy 4th of July to All. |
To Succeed In This Life You Need Three Things: A Backbone, A Wish Bone and a Funny Bone. As quoted by Reba McEntire |
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maryjane
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Posted - Jul 01 2020 : 9:38:56 PM
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Ahhh, that makes me miss Lacy Lou Moo. She looks great, despite her short mini stature. One of my B&B guests last summer took one look at Daisy (my mini) and said, "She looks like a cow dachshund."
The other question I always seem to get from visitors is, "When is her calf due?" I always say, "Never ask a women how far along she is ... she might not be pregnant." And sadly, such is the case with Daisy, she was born wide, I mean WIDE. I've wondered if she has an extra rib cage or something.
I'm with you on checking out Tonasket every day. I'd do the same thing. |
MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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maryjane
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Posted - Jul 04 2020 : 12:29:30 PM
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It's finally warm and sunny.
Here's how my cows are celebrating our warm 4th of July.
Family cookout tonight, foil dinners and pumpkin/chocolate chip ice cream Ashley made. |
MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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Boots&Flipflops
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Darla
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Posted - Jul 05 2020 : 12:37:22 PM
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Those are such pretty roses MaryJane.
I love roses, but I just don't have the time to tend to flowers. Hopefully up north I can get some prettiness ( Is that a word?) planted. We have our daughter designing landscape the current house. I told her "Low Maintence" is my preference.
Cute picture of the cows all relaxed.
I love watching my cows when they are "napping and chewing"
Your dinner sounds like such fun, and the Ice Cream Yummy!!! I love pumpkin and chocolate together. I have a cookie recipe that is pumpkin chocolate chip with a light orange drizzle over the top. I don't make them often for a reason
Glad it has warmed up for you. It is too warm here. I am already pooped out today. When I was younger I could stay out in this heat all day. Not so much any more. Told Tom I was going to switch my working hours to the graveyard shift. I love working at night during the summer months. Especially on nights like last night with that huge full moon. I find it so peaceful.
Hope every one had an enjoyable 4th and has a wonderful and blessed week ahead. |
To Succeed In This Life You Need Three Things: A Backbone, A Wish Bone and a Funny Bone. As quoted by Reba McEntire |
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Boots&Flipflops
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Darla
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Posted - Jul 12 2020 : 4:40:11 PM
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Happy Sunny Sunday.
It is a very warm weekend here. Right now it is 106 and hotter than, well you know. It got up to 106 yesterday as well, and 102 the day before. It sure knocks the wind out of your sail in a hurry.
I am watching barn building videos on YouTube, and every once in a while check on the cows through the cameras. They are all laying out in the heat. Why in the world I have know idea. The barn is wide open, shady, and the fan is on!!!
Needless to say it has been pretty slow around here the last few days with this heat. Hope you all are having a bit better weather. I know there is a heatwave for a good portion of the country right now.
Stay cool all and lots of water, sweet tea or ???
Blessing to a Wonderful week ahead |
To Succeed In This Life You Need Three Things: A Backbone, A Wish Bone and a Funny Bone. As quoted by Reba McEntire |
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maryjane
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Posted - Jul 13 2020 : 9:16:51 PM
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Now that is HOT! I've noticed that before Darla when my cows lay in the sun rather than seeking shade. Jerseys originated way-back-when from hot regions like Africa, making them more like camels it seems.
Hubby and I built a cute little home for my mason bees, smack dab in the middle of our garden. I've had an annoying, weepy, wet spot that was problematic for gardening, but Voila! Perfect mud hole for mason bees right beneath their "bed" (they need to find mud to make a home for their eggs).
I started out early this spring using a bed my father gave me but decided it wan't sturdy enough once the bees filled their reeds with mud--lots of weight in mud, so I switched beds.
Well, phewy that photo doesn't want to load. Let's try this one.
I have a regular honey bee hive on top to weigh down the roof (piece of painted plywood).
Anyway, my little mud hole is also a bird bath and watering hole for my honey bees. I had fun sculpting it and watching where the water pooled up so I could build little dams. The cinderblock brick that one of the legs is sitting on stays immersed in water only slightly, making it the perfect, safe place for my honey bees to land for water without being IN the water. And our song birds, mostly robins, take lots of baths; fun to watch them frolic in the water.
This weekend we took both our trucks and trailers to our historic flour mill to start bringing back the equipment we've been dismantling for years. It was our maiden voyage. I'm going to store all of it in several shipping containers I purchased--much cheaper than building a water-proof, mouse-proof building, and handy also for food storage for our food business.
Notice the round-bottomed galvanized buckets in the foreground that say "fire bucket"? That was so no one would grab a bucket and use it for anything other that pitching water on a fire.
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MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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Boots&Flipflops
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Darla
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Posted - Jul 13 2020 : 11:46:38 PM
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MaryJane you come up with some of the neatest ideas. Love the "Bee Bed."
I can't wait to get up north and start anew. Birds, bees, trees, flowers, gardens and animals....Yay
Ah yes, the storage containers. We have 2 of the darn things. One of them is full of a bunch of things that came from my In-Laws home after they both passed on. Some of it goes to Tom and I and our children, and some goes to my brother in-law and his family. I am sure quite a bit will be donated. I need to purge lots of my own stuff before we move. OMG the thought of packing up and moving gives me anxiety to say the least.
The second container we have Tom bought out of necessity. He had restored a vintage Juke Box for a friend of ours. Well she in turn turned Tom on to a man who's father collected old Juke Boxes. Long story short Tom ended up with 5 of the darn things for free if he would restore one for the man. That has been done. I will try and post before and after pictures when I can get them from Tom. At some point "after the move" he hopes to redo one of them for us. Plus he has gobs and gobs of electronic I don't know what. We went to Vancouver WA last November pulling the biggest U-Haul trailer available. He came in contact with a women who's husband was a pioneer in the TV industry. Tom bought an entire room filled and I mean filled with electronic stuff. I just said OOOKKKAAAYYY whatever!!!! My though was, your buying it in Washington, hauling it to California, and then hauling it back to Washington.
I forgot to tell you that my Dairy Science professor was here at the ranch awhile back and saw Miss Short Legs ie Lacy Lou Moo. He kind of lit up when he saw her. His comment was "Oh she looks just like the original Jersey's from the Isle." Yes, he has been there. I though it was kind of cute.
Do yourself a favor and put some kind of side vents or something that rain and snow won't get into on your containers. I know it doesn't get as hot up where you are as it does here, but we haven't done it yet and have to open them up for the day on occasion as they get a musty smell to them. That project is on the list. LOL
Well, as of today per our lovely governor we have shut down a bunch of businesses again. So heartbreaking.
Ta Ta for now |
To Succeed In This Life You Need Three Things: A Backbone, A Wish Bone and a Funny Bone. As quoted by Reba McEntire |
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Boots&Flipflops
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Darla
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Posted - Jul 17 2020 : 3:50:59 PM
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Happy Friday
Today was irrigation day again. We flood irrigate the pastures on a rotation of every 10 days. Seems like it's every 48 hours The wonderful part of it is that I have got the ditch tenders scheduling me for daylight hours. At night is just so awful as you can't see and if I over fill the pastures and it goes in the road then those poor guys have to do a report. It's only water right? However if some one goes speeding by and wrecks we could get blamed because of the water on the road.
So the whole point of this chit chat MaryJane is Lacy. As I was out checking on the pastures in my Kubota RTV I saw Lacy walking away through the pasture. She got to a wet spot and I had to laugh. Have you ever seen a cat with tape or something on a paw and the antics that go with it? Well that was Lacy. She was walking along and then all of a sudden her right rear leg comes up higher than I though she could lift it, and gives it this shake, shake shake. I wish I could of caught that on video!!!
Oh well, I am easily humored I guess.
Hope Everyone has a Wonderful Weekend |
To Succeed In This Life You Need Three Things: A Backbone, A Wish Bone and a Funny Bone. As quoted by Reba McEntire |
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Boots&Flipflops
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Darla
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Posted - Jul 17 2020 : 3:53:54 PM
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Oh, and MaryJane....be careful. Those darn containers are like potato chips or M&M's. We are now at two!!!
Told Tom they will "NOT" be going north with us!! |
To Succeed In This Life You Need Three Things: A Backbone, A Wish Bone and a Funny Bone. As quoted by Reba McEntire |
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maryjane
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Posted - Jul 21 2020 : 5:26:23 PM
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So true, Darla. They are easy, cheap, mouse-proof, water-proof storage. We have 8 of them! (most of them for food storage.). With one more on order. If someone asks me what I grow, I can always say shipping containers. Ours have never had a musty smell at all. We're in a pretty dry climate.
My childhood garden was flood irrigated. There are a system of canals early Utah pioneers built. Sometimes our turn to "open the gate" came in the middle of night, so we'd be out there in the dark with flashlights, shovels in hand routing and re-routing water, making sure it stayed in the many little ditches we had throughout our garden. Once an area was watered, you'd dam it up with shovels full of dirt. We'd stand around a lot waiting for the slow-moving water to wick toward the dry soil surrounding the plants. It was a neat way to water. I still remember being out in the dark with the moon making the water sparkle.
That's cool what your dairy prof said about Lacy. I always thought her body was perfectly portioned for a mini, even when she dances through water not wanting to get her garters wet (or panties in a bunch:)
Janet, my peach and nectarine trees are doing fabulous. I was sad to pick fruit off the branches recently but they were looking too heavy to me and I didn't want any to break.
My older grand, now 13, has been feeding Nick and me dinner, delivered. Last night was a salad (from our greenhouse) and a pasta salad that she invented. It had pasta, turkey sausage, butter, parmesan, kale, basil, beet greens, and chard. It was delish!
Cows here are all fine, well fed, and giving milk in abundance, just the way I like it.
Oh, and Darla, my little bee bed is filling up with mason bees and leaf-cutter bees. It's fun. When I'm working in the garden, the sound of so many nearby is loud, like a quiet roar.
Speaking of bees, I have a 10-frame hive that has three hive bodies and two flow-hive supers (it's tall!). I harvested 9 gallons (18 half gallon canning jars) of honey this weekend from just that hive alone. I'm going to start selling it on our website. |
MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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