lost and found

This morning Garry was still feeling sick with his cold. Maxim was feeling better- he had gone to the aptenka (drug store) and and bought a bag of cold and cough curing medicines last night. Garry decided to try some of Max's medicines since Max was feeling so good. I got out a bottle of cough medicine from Canada, but he hasn't tried any of that yet.




Garry also took a nap this morning, and then again in the afternoon. He says he doesn't feel that bad, just gets tired easily. He sandwiched in some work outside before lunchtime, and went outside after the village herd came home when Maxim popped his head in with a question. It turned out that Garry confirmed Max's idea- one of the heifers had calved this afternoon in the field, and no one had noticed. Maxim went out to the field and amazingly - actually found the calf- it is a little black and white bull calf as you can see in the photo. The heifer has not bagged up much (very small udder) which is why no one thought she would calve for a few weeks. Strangely enough, this is the heifer I chased down the street and dragged home on that Saturday evening in July.

See post from July 17,2011 It sounded so easy... for all the details






Right after Maxim brought the calf home, someone came to get a cow bred. Maxim had bred one earlier in the day, but Garry went off in an older blue Lada to breed this cow, he, and the driver were loading the semen tank in the back of the car when I snapped this photo. Apparently Garry bred the man's neighbor's cow and she got pregnant, so he wanted his cow bred artificially also. Garry said this one was a pretty old cow. He gets lots of cows to breed because of neighbors' recommendations.





Victor was out to the farm today, after lunch (I fed everyone Chinese- it wasn't as good as what we had on Saturday) he worked on getting the light fixture up and working in the entryway, among other things. Here in this photo you can see Needles, who is not limping like he was last week, going out into the entryway. He has the new door all figured out and uses it to come in and out of the house (on the days he sneaks out- I am still trying to keep him in.) You can also see Polo in the doorway of the house. For some unknown reason the dog will follow us into the entry way, but you can't entice him up the step into the house- he has no problems coming in the house through the other door.

Two nights ago I had Polo in the house, because he and Mint were barking like crazy around 11 pm. When I let him back out, they were back at it, and again last night.

For more on barking dogs and other noisy things go back to Sept 17 2009 Top Ten Noisy Things in a Ukrainian Village