Today we had visitors... this morning around 9:15 Garry phoned me and said there are some people here and we'll be in for tea in ten minutes... and said no you aren't! I was in the middle of sweeping the floor, there was a pile of dishes to wash, everything was scattered all over......and I was just started cleaning for the company I was expecting for lunch! (after a lazy weekend)So I raced around for 15 minutes before calling him back with everything cleaned up---except the dishes---with everything on the table in the arch room for tea. So the first thing Garry did was lead them (4 Ukrainian women and a man) into the kitchen where I was just starting the dishes and said come on sit down with us for tea. The boys are outside feeding the cows- you've got nothing to do....
Anyway he had a lovely talk with this family- about farming and English teaching- two of the daughters teach English- from Dnepropejisk while I made the boys eggs and they got a little schoolwork done... and I even sat down for half a cup of tea.
After they left I got started making stuff for lunch. Doreen who has been teaching English in Kramatrosk, came out with Victor in the van along with her visiting niece, and Natasha from Morningstar Church and her dog- they are staying with her for a for days- before taking the train to Kiev. Doreen brought the main course- shake and bake chicken- so I just made salad, rice, and some crepes and cherry sauce to have with ice cream for dessert.
After lunch we hung around the house watching the dogs and kittens play while Victor and Garry did a little work then our guests toured the barn and tried out Andrei's bicycle- as seen in yesterday's blog. After Garry and Victor helped Oleg load up milk they walked around the village with Garry.
Garry did not get much done today- he planned to disc up that field with the sunflower stalks on and actually started on it early this morning. He got quite a surprise when he went across the field the first time as he came back he could see something near the trees. It was blankets and like 10-15 young adults sleeping under them in a row- he said when he was 10 meters away two of them woke up and got up. He went to work at the other end of the field and wondering if any of them were the ones from Easter morning with the six-pack.
Tuesday Maxim is supposed to be back, Seth and Jonah can't wait as they are helping feed the cows- twice a day sometimes. Jonah did the brewers' grain again today- he says that it is a long way down now.
Luba is supposed to be back tomorrow also- which is good- here's her son milking Sunday morning- he got a blister on his hand (he had not really milked before he came this week) so today Yana got two of the wives on the street to help her milk. They did eight cows each.
We had a lot of milk in the tank-as you can see-- with the holiday no buyers came since Saturday (except Oleg 2 around 4 today) Still haven't heard from the lady buyer- and we seem to be taking a price drop, we'll let you know what happens next. You can see how Garry loads up the milk buyers now- Oleg has large plastic barrels that hold 300 liters and Garry uses the pump to fill them - he puts the end into the tank since the valve for the bottom has not come yet and Oleg holds the other end in the barrels. Little Serosia was watching too he came with Andrei on the bike.
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