Author Topic: Festive Season (Read 3517 times)

Fleecewife · « **on:** December 22, 2023, 05:38:37 pm »

I thought I would get in first this year!

Solstice greetings (we celebrated it yesterday with our Hebridean lamb chops, with potatoes and sprouts from the veggie patch, and a Yule log from a tree that blew down in Storm Pia).

chrismahon · « **Reply #1 on:** December 22, 2023, 06:24:22 pm »

Solstice greetings to you as well @Fleecewife, but it's not so noticeable down here as we still have 9 hours daylight. They did say on our news this morning that the solstice comes in the middle of a ten day period where the daylight hours remain unchanged- Astronomical Winter they called it? Oh, and we eat the Yule logs -called 'bûche de Noel'.

Rosemary · « **Reply #2 on:** December 23, 2023, 08:05:18 am »

Solstice greetings - we also began our celebrations yesterday with all the family for a fine roast turkey dinner. Dan and I are now off duty

Going to see "Wonka" this afternoon!
Wishing all our TAS peeps a peaceful year with good health and good cheer

Rupert the bear · « **Reply #3 on:** December 25, 2023, 08:55:56 am »

Greetings to you all whatever you celebrate this time of year. Our animals know its a special day, getting fed and milked at record speed rather earlier than normal sort of gives it away.
One of the few days we all get to have a sort of easy day feet up and a nice organised meal.

Have a peaceful day

Bywaters · « **Reply #4 on:** December 25, 2023, 03:04:45 pm »

Season's greetings to you all

Yesterday started off with the 7 gimmers we have across the valley, taking advantage of the 60 mph gusts which gave them their liberty and resulted them being taken to a different part of the holding

Today's game was re-inforcing fencing on that holding where water and the accompanying silt and vegetation had knackered it.

Tomorrow we will be cutting off one of the ram's horns as it is too close to his face and not suitable for slabbing anymore.
Really hoping that my cold / manflu is better by then, as those cheese wires take a lot of energy

Time to sit down with a beer

Fleecewife · « **Reply #5 on:** December 26, 2023, 02:45:09 pm »

Quote from: Bywaters on December 25, 2023, 03:04:45 pm

Season's greetings to you all

Yesterday started off with the 7 gimmers we have across the valley, taking advantage of the 60 mph gusts which gave them their liberty and resulted them being taken to a different part of the holding

Today's game was re-inforcing fencing on that holding where water and the accompanying silt and vegetation had knackered it.

Tomorrow we will be cutting off one of the ram's horns as it is too close to his face and not suitable for slabbing anymore.
Really hoping that my cold / manflu is better by then, as those cheese wires take a lot of energy

Time to sit down with a beer

Yes the cheese wires do take more energy than I have any more, but they do build up enough heat so that if you get too close to the core then it's automatically cauterised, so no bleeding! Enjoy your busy festive season!