We walked through this farm yesterday on our way back to the car park.
A really tidy well farmed place it was too. We were always very fussy about keeping things clean & tidy when we farmed, easier to keep on top of the job when you attend to details.
The milk tanker passed us on the road going to pick up that days milk. One of the friends we were walking with had the same guy pick up their milk too.
As you look to the north west of this photo you can see the sea towards Morecambe Bay.
Three good things:
1. The perfume of the lavender next to me while I am sitting outside posting this.
2. A very kind offer from NZ.
3. Picking Lydia up from the airport later.
Lovely countryside. Things have changed since I was a child, I remember seeing milk churns waiting at farm entrances. My parents had a caravan parked in a farmer's field and I used take a jug to the farm and collect milk that was still warm from the cow 🐮
A lovely landscape ,-- and like Carol @carolmw I remember as a child the milk churns sitting on the milk stands along the main road to be collected by the milk lorry !! and we had our milk delivered by the local farm and put in our pint cans ! And if my dad took me up to the farm we would be given a drink of buttermilk which my Dad loved !!
Lovely......it feels like you really connect with the content! And how nice to see Lydia again after her trip! Have a lovely time hearing all her stories and hope she isn't too jet lagged. Glad she enjoyed Melbourne too- Laura loves living there!
Such a beautiful farm scene. And I love the sight of the milk truck on it's way to make it's collection. A wonderful composition!
Welcome home to Lydia! I'm certain she had some fabulous adventures to tell you about!
@maggiemae Yes you're right but no picture this time! Just got back so haven't been able to comment tonight ...lovely to see Lydia! She has had a great time!
@busylady Hi Judith, well of course I agree with the farmers. It does seem to have brought attention to the plight of dairy farmers. Unfortunately the situation is world wide...NZ farmers are on half the price they were last year. It's seems strange as we are having water problems at the moments& are having to pay more for our water than milk! The cost of production is so high specially as its so labour & buildinfpg intensive here as cows are inside for much of the time ( that's another story! ) all I know is if we were milking today we would be bankrupt! I think long established farming set ups with no mortgage etc can hang on but the young ones have no hope.
@busylady@happypat my farmer son in law said the best way to support them was to get our milk from the milkman, which I do now and it tastes better from glass bottles
Welcome home to Lydia! I'm certain she had some fabulous adventures to tell you about!
lavender in the garden is such a sweet perfume :)