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Methane Intoxication

Harriette is fully weaned, loves her grass and chews all day. After her daily grooming session she lies down next to me and either naps with her big head in my lap or chews cud blissfully. A lot of burping happens at this time. Just as well I've been planting lots of trees....... the carbon credits should help offset her methane emission.

A year in red........ part II

The rosella bushes were harvested a couple of weeks ago and I ended up with only about a 1kg of fruit. Once I'd removed the seeds I had only half the volume left........ it amounted to 3 small jars of rosella jam. Not much to show from 7 bushes. I must admit the bushes took a bit of a battering; they were attacked by all sorts of pests including cheeky Harriette. 

After pulling out the spent bushes I decided to keep the branches......... such a pretty red.

I had a fun afternoon making this strange structure. Don't ask me what it is!! 

More red vegetable matter...... red coral lettuce, ready for eating. 

 

Harriette is doing very well. Her legs are getting really strong and she likes to gallop around kicking, bucking and swishing her tail around. The nights are cold  now  and I've noticed her fur is changing....... it's not as red, but a darker brown, it's coarser and much longer too. 

                

                   My cheeky little bovine sweetie!

Another little vessel

The fence post is proving a good location to photograph my work. This necklace below is made from leftover plastic bag yarn from the "Rubbish Vortex". The three little vessels I posted a photo of recently were made from the same leftover yarn. 

Another little vessel below made from precious orange plastic bag yarn. It's resting on a small hexagon quilt I'm currently making (check out Alicia's Poulson's tutorial here). It feels really good to be hand sewing again. 

 

Here is Harriet wearing the little orange vessel.

She has started to graze, but still likes being bottle-fed warm milk and gets very feisty when it runs out.
 

 

Some new pieces and a happy heiffer

Hariette is a healthy and happy heiffer now. 

She's mooing, walking, running, kicking, bucking, head-butting and occasionally escaping. I get woken up in the morning by her standing under the kitchen window, mooing for her milk. I've been seen chasing her around the garden in my pyjamas. The grass is beginning to interest her and I see her patiently trying to get long stalks with seedheads into her mouth.

 There has been time for some crochet too. Three little vessels with a pedestal made from multi-coloured plastic bag yarn.

A black piece of coral.

Some black chain.

Multi-coloured beads on the flowers of the African tulip tree.

Components of a new coral garden: a couple of feather star arms

and yellow ascidians (next to a yellow cucumber found growing in the compost heap).

I found Lucy sleeping on her back in Hariette's straw crib today.