This morning dawned a little gray and gloomy, but Garry started work on his roof right away. Maxim was getting a load of beet pulp, since they were running low. The boys gave Garry a hand with getting the steel on top of the framework so he could start screwing it down. The puppies ran around, fuzzy little Marco decided to chase the neighbor lady's chickens when she saw them down by the grapevines. Polo trailed after her, helping with the barking, but she is definitely the braver pup.
Garry was finished by noon, except he needs one more sheet of steel for the roof (a half would have done the job) so it will come when he orders the steel for the sides of the machinery shed. He had considered using the asbestos roofing that is so common here in Ukraine, but steel, while more expensive, has the advantages of being lighter, the snow will slide off better and it just looks nicer! At least he can get the machinery out of the rain now.
We had guests for lunch- the big farmer that we bought the three milking heifers from had arranged to bring his vet around to preg check the cows with a portable ultra-sound machine. This visit confirmed that all the cows Garry had preg-checked were pregnant and the ones he thought were open were- and that the cow that was in heat last week has a problem, and probabally won't get pregnant. Lucky for her, she's milking good. Garry is going to have the vet out once a month.
It was so damp out that the laundry I hung out at 9 am was just as wet when I took it down at 3- so I hung it on the rack inside. By four o'clock it was drizzling and water was trickling down the gutters into the cistern.
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