Life On Regal-Hill by Gail Hillriegel

We still have Brownie, Allegra’s cow, here at Regal-Hill. She prefers being in the barn. If she is put outside, she spends most of her time bawling. Just why I am not sure, except that she is all alone in that pasture, but can see the other heifers if they come down off the hill or the younger ones above our house when they come over for a drink. Inside she has a bull calf and a heifer calf for company plus a bunch of cats and kittens.

I am still trying to decide whether it is going to rain today or not here at Regal-Hill. It was warm and rather humid but cloudy this morning. So I figured it would be raining before too long. Well, so far it hasn’t rained; according to the radio it could rain later today.

Here at Regal-Hill I am busy taking care of produce from the garden and cutting more flowers to arrange as bouquets for the house. Of course, the weeds continue to grow as well in both the garden and the flower beds.

Everything here at Regal-Hill is moving along. With the dryer weather the haying has begun in earnest. Even the wind has cooperated to help the hay and the clothes to dry. It has also helped to dry out the ground.
However, the weeds still grow as well as the lawn, so weeding and mowing still need to be fitted in while drying hay. For me, I continue to try to keep the weeds pulled while keeping up with the housework and preparing meals.

By Gail Hillriegel
It has been busy here at Regal-Hill. Three fields have been harvested, Allegra’s heifer calved and we are still milking her, there continues to be thundershowers or rain with warnings of hail, saw two deer while walking and one day we even saw two bears.