Misc
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♥Apr. 27th, 2014 // 08:01 pm♥
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The cows at the top of our field are not as photogenic as the ones up the road:
(They're also a very odd mix. There are half a dozen of them, and as far as I can tell there's one year-old boy, who I guess The Farmer might be keeping for breeding, a couple of very very pregnant ones, and a couple more who look full grown but aren't so enormous.)
Today, however, they've been playing 'dodge the metal detectors': we've had another invasion, presumably because the previous visit resulted in someone finding a 1790-something penny that's worth a grand, so TWWOTV thinks it's worth her while. They also found bags and bags of unexploded ammo, so note to self not to encourage visiting small children to try the hobby out in our field.
They all seemed to talk very loudly, probably because their conversation partner was half a field away. And I had to remember to put a dressing gown on when I went upstairs after my shower. Hmph. I did, however, figure out why GB randomly spooked during my dressage test the other week: as we rode down the road this morning, the boys were rather nervous about all the strange people. Once we got to the bit of the field where they'd parked, though, Baby calmed right down. I explained to Mike that GB was still worried because some of the cars had their boots open, and he's scared of that. Turns out that he spooked the other week just as K&M opened their car boot to load their bags into it....
We planted the clematis. The one nearest the camera keeps flopping over. I might have to go out there with a piece of string and tie it to the wire.
In common with various others, it appears, I've been having a Worldcon Admin Day. Fortunately, for me that mostly involves re-reading old email: our internet was down for most of the day, and for once it wasn't because we have a crappy phone line.
I did also make more macarons. I treated the eggs the way that I did for the first batch, and they whisked up very nicely, so I was terribly encouraged until I put it on the baking trays and it went *splat* again. Sigh.
Jodie has developed an annoying habit of chasing GB and barking when we canter in the school. It's not actively dangerous, as she knows she's not allowed in the school and GB isn't actually scared by it, but it is distracting for both of us: I'll have to figure out a way of telling her off without stopping the canter. Hmm.
I'd forgotten to mention: they had a 3D printer on sale in Costco! Expensive, but cool.
It's been raining, which is bad in some ways but Good For The Garden Grass: even the side of the field with the boys on is looking lusher, and the side they're not on is now noticeably greener, if not as nice as, say, the hay field. |
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