Getting The Red Poll Cattle Ready For Winter

I now have most of the Red Poll cattle crowding the barn door for a bowl of grain each morning - unless I'm a bit later than usual, that is. If I'm late, they leave in a huff:

Ruby and Scarlett, in for a snack:

Ruby and Winston finally began to follow the big cows into the barn. Winston has tasted grain and decided he likes it, but Ruby is still wary of it:

The morning rush. I can't let them in, though, until both horses are walked, one at a time, out to their corral:

The girls eat their two cups of sweet feed so rapidly that I don't have time to put a bowl down for the calves. Luckily, the cows start eating the hay on the floor as soon as they've finished their grain:

Ruby watched while Winston tasted his first bowl of grain:

Jasmine:

Rosella, Scarlett and Ruby

This was midday, not morning grain time - so they didn't get any. Nobody needs grain, but I am trying to train them to come into the barn so I can have them inseminated, get vet care or trap the calves when it's time to sell them:

Winston and Amy playfully butted heads:

Scarlett and Rosella both needed minerals and salt, perhaps because they are both producing milk:

Breakfast time:

Happy Housepets At Home

Ready for more pet pictures? Maybe I should call them family photos. This first one is of all five dogs (Clover, Fergus, Daphne, Jack and Seamus) plus Caspar the cat. Notice the baby gate in the window, which I use to protect the window screens:

Caspar and Sammy: "Just keep walking, there's nothing to see here:"

Daphne, Fergus and Clover on the big, soft, green floor pillow:

Daisy meowing in one of the many pet beds:

Fergus, Daphne, Clover and Jack. Both Fergus and Jack are wearing absorbent belly bands to prevent peeing in the house:

Bugsy, Sammy and Caspar on one of the yoga mats I put down to help Seamus walk without slipping and falling:

Looking into the kitchen: Fergus, Daphne, Clover and Seamus:

Daphne, Fergus, Daisy and Seamus:

Sammy and Bugsy used to cuddle all the time, but now that they are getting older, they do it less often. It's still cute, though:

Speaking of cuddling, Seamus and Fergus do it also:

Clover and Daphne often have to share the morning dog food with all four cats. Fergus, Jack and Seamus were eating out of other dog bowls. I put down many bowls so there is no fighting and nobody goes hungry: