DOLLY SCARECROW & OTHER STUFF
Hello readers. Well we have a real mix of stuff to talk about this month. To start, the other morning we saw Number One (Marg) walking into the paddock with a piece of paper – surely it can’t be story time again. ‘Gather around girls’, she said, ‘this month, I want you to write about Scarecrows’. ‘Scarecrows’, we said, ‘Why? What have Scarecrows got to do with us?’ we asked. Number One then told us that there is a Scarecrow competition being held in Stratford to coincide with the garden festivals and while we should not be confused with Scarecrows as we are beautiful cows, it would be nice if we not only write a little about them but also, we could make a Dolly Scarecrow to enter the competition. ‘Why don’t we just enter Bossman or Mooman’ we suggested, ‘they look pretty scary. They could even take turns’. Number One responded, ‘which one of you girls is going to be brave enough to tell Bossman or Mooman that?’ Okay, we thought, that is not being nice so we better get to and build one. Now that got us all excited and so on Sunday after milking Number One and Mooman helped us build Dolly Scarecrow.
Anyone who watches horror movies will know how scary some Scarecrows can be and after all, that is their job. But on the flip side many Scarecrows are fun, lovable and suit the country style where they are often situated. Barbushka who is our technical nerd Dolly ‘moogled’ the origins of Scarecrows and this is what she told us. ‘Although they haven’t always looked like they do these days, Scarecrows have been around for a long time with the Egyptians apparently the first to use them about 2000 years ago. Since then many different races and cultures have used them. Their main purpose was to frighten away hungry birds from he wheal and other crops and while hose days they sill serve that purpose, they as much fecture as an adornment to the garden. But one thing did become apparent from Barbushka's 'moogling' and that is Scarecrows generally take on the male form (and we can understand why!!) so it seems to us to have Dolly Scarecrow is quite unique. Our Dolly Scarecrow is not scary though – she is lovable and friendly. By the time you read this we should have our Dolly Scarecrow finished and she will be standing guard at Dolly’s Milk from this weekend. So come on out to Dolly’s Milk and see our Dolly Scarecrow. She will be pleased to see you.
Well last week we did have some challenges. The card reader in the Milkbot machine went on the blink and it meant that our customers couldn’t use their Dolly’s Card to get their milk. Actually it was working but intermittently would not release the Dolly’s Card after the machine had dispensed the milk. However once the electronic technician had finished trying to fix it Monday week ago it totally stopped working. Bossman ordered a replacement from the Czech Republic and we received it on Saturday. So we are pleased to report that our customers can use their Dolly’s Card again. Further the part that takes in the cash notes in the Milkbot machine has developed a dislike for some of the new plastic $10 notes and often rejects them. So Bossman received a replacement for this also on Saturday but unfortunately it was programmed incorrectly and does not work. Technology as they say is great when it works. Hopefully it will be working by the end of this week.
Well that’s it for this month. We were also going to talk on the many stories our lovely customers tell us about how Dolly’s Milk is helping them however we will hold those until next month.
Dolly’s Milk is always open, all day, all night and every day. Glass bottles are available from the bottle vending machine and the milk vending machine is easy to use. Come on out and try it sometime.
See you soon.