Last month, after watching Luis, our neighbor, milk his Guernsey cow, hubby got some milk and instructions for how to make butter. After leaving the milk in the fridge for 24 hours, he separated the cream from the milk and later that evening, while I was asleep, he sat in front of the TV and shook the can of cream for about 45 minutes. And, voila! We had butter! The milk is delicious and has a high content of beta carotene, which makes it look a little yellowish. The butter doesn't look too great in the pictures above, but it had a mellow taste and was fun to try. I'm going for yogurt next.
Two little calves have been born next door. One to a Devon cow, the other to one of the Guernsey cows. They are staying far away in the field, so I haven't been able to get a picture yet. The two llamas are getting used to Samson and me as we walk down the road, past their pasture. They are very alert and don't miss a thing. Can't say that for Samson who didn't notice them until yesterday. Then he got very excited as they came walking across the field to check us out. The llamas looked at him calmly while he pulled on his leash and barked at them. I told him they were neighbors and to be nice. I had to pull him away to walk back home, Samson walking backwards, not wanting to leave these interesting critters.
When Rachael came to see us on Friday, it was hot, as you can see here.
We drove up the mountain to visit the monastery gift shop, where I got the heavenly salve the nuns make of lavender oil and many other healing herbs and oils.
It was so hot, the goats were too lazy to get up and socialize. There are lots of them resting in the shade, I didn't get a good picture of them, but I love the green colors. We haven't had much of that here these past few years. Rachael and I had breakfast for lunch at Denny's and talked. After we got back home, she gave me my summer hair cut. It was great to see her and catch up on her busy life.
Samson Says: It's very windy here. Every day, the wind blows, and howls, and blows some more. The wind irritates mommy and disturbs me too. It keeps me cool, but still, enough already. Anyhow, I just wanted to send my love to my Gracie: XOXOXOXO and say this to all my blogger friends:
Two little calves have been born next door. One to a Devon cow, the other to one of the Guernsey cows. They are staying far away in the field, so I haven't been able to get a picture yet. The two llamas are getting used to Samson and me as we walk down the road, past their pasture. They are very alert and don't miss a thing. Can't say that for Samson who didn't notice them until yesterday. Then he got very excited as they came walking across the field to check us out. The llamas looked at him calmly while he pulled on his leash and barked at them. I told him they were neighbors and to be nice. I had to pull him away to walk back home, Samson walking backwards, not wanting to leave these interesting critters.
Cloudy, windy, and cold yesterday when I took this picture.
When Rachael came to see us on Friday, it was hot, as you can see here.
We drove up the mountain to visit the monastery gift shop, where I got the heavenly salve the nuns make of lavender oil and many other healing herbs and oils.
It was so hot, the goats were too lazy to get up and socialize. There are lots of them resting in the shade, I didn't get a good picture of them, but I love the green colors. We haven't had much of that here these past few years. Rachael and I had breakfast for lunch at Denny's and talked. After we got back home, she gave me my summer hair cut. It was great to see her and catch up on her busy life.
Have a nice day, everyone!
P. S. Mommy told me Gracie sent me a marriage message on her blog and it will be turned into a Guest Post here real soon. I can't wait to hear from her and for you all to meet her on my blog. Sorry mommy, our blog.
