#ULOG 520 - Daily Thoughts - 06 Nov 18 - Homesteading Today...

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Good Morning, Steemians! :D

We’ve got grey skies and rain here this morning, bummer, but at least its not snow, so I’m not going to complain (too much, LOL). :D

Our day is going to be relatively quiet (and hopefully uneventful) after we get the morning chores done, at least until this when we run to town to pick up a parcel from the post office, hit the grocery store, and go pick up a bale of hay for our herd. :D Leroy (1), Buddy (2), Joker (3), Belle (4), Candy (5), and Princess (6) don’t mind hanging out in the rain while they eat their breakfast, at least not the light rain like we’ve got here right now. :D

Billy (1) and Joel (2) enjoying their last breakfast here on the homestead, the butcher is picking them up first thing tomorrow morning, I’m going to miss their goofiness. :D

Leroy (1) having a snack while Buddy (2) enjoys a bit of the salt lick. :D

The chickens playing in the rain. :D

Our plans for the afternoon have changed slightly, we’re still going to run our errands and get the hay, but instead of the pigs heading off tomorrow morning, they’ll be picked up this afternoon along with the beautiful Candy, seen here enjoying some oats while waiting to be picked up. :D We’ll miss her but with the scarcity of hay we had to send at least one cow off with the pigs and she happened to be the biggest one. :D

Joel (1) and Billy (2) waiting for me to go into their stall and give them their last side and back rubs. :D

Belle (1), Buddy (2), Leroy (3), Joker (4), and Princess (5) came over to “moo” goodbye to Candy, Billy and Joel as the truck was leaving the barn. :D
It started raining harder while we were picking up the hay bale, oh joy. :D On the way home my handsome husband decided he’d go do the evening chores and get everyone secured in the barn for the night while I went into the house and got our supper (beef stew) ready for us. :D
There aren’t any sunset pictures to share with you tonight thanks to the rain, sorry all. :D
Well that was our day here. How is/was yours? I hope you have/had an awesome day! :D

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It's getting cold out there.

Welcome back lovely lady! :D Thanks for visiting. :D
Yes unfortunately its that time of year again, soon I'll be wearing long johns underneath all the other layers I already wear just to try to stay warm, ugh, LOL. :D Today was actually way milder than it looked like it was going to be and I had too many layers on for a while, but it didn't take long to start peeling them off to get to a comfortable temperature again. :D That's the great thing about wearing layers, you can always add more or take some away if needed. :D
Does it get cold there? I wouldn't imagine it does during the day but the nights might be a bit chilly, am I right?
Sending hugs, love, and positive vibes to your and your fantastic family. :D
God bless you and your wonderful family. :D Have an awesome day my fabulous friend! :D

Morning from Indonesia my friend!
Howdy? How's the pigglet and others? Good? Long time no see 😅

Welcome back my friend! :D Thanks for visiting. :D
Howdy, LOL, that's a great greeting, makes you sound like a homesteader/country person. :D The piglets are fully grown and we sent them off in the truck yesterday afternoon. :D We also sent our biggest cow, Candy with them as hay is very scarce this year and we didn't want a chance of anyone not getting enough this winter. Hopefully the winter won't be as bad as last year and we won't have to sell off any of the others. :D The herd, chickens, puppies, and grand-puppies are all doing well and are happy, at least they seem to enjoy being here. :D We try to spoil them a bit and hopefully make them feel loved while they're here. :D
How have you been? How's the weather in Indonesia? Does it get cold there during the "winter months" (November through March) like it does here? Do you ever get snow there? Probably not, or not very much at least if you do, am I right? :D
God bless you. :D Have an awesome day my fabulous friend! :D