Lockdown 5 day 7 - its been a week!

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 Lockdown 5 day 7 and its been a week!

Ive achieved a good chunk off my list of tasks and today I added a few more as covid case numbers dont seem to be reducing so who know if the lockdown will end next Tuesday or not.


So today was a bit of a "back to basics" day - firstly housework which has got a bit behind - Im not sure how and to be honest not a lot to do but the lounge room and kitchen got a deep clean.  Its lovely to walk in the house and its clean and tidy. Also the usual washing, dishes etc but a clean house does feel good.   




Tonight it was herd test night - this happens about once every 6 weeks.  We milk as usual but there are little flasks attached to the cups that take a sample of each cows milk.  This is then sent away for testing and we get back a report showing how many litres she produced, the components of that milk, her cell count and lots of other data.  Its usually a long process but pretty quick today as more than half the herd is off on maternity leave. 


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