They do come bearing gifts. A roof. A roof over our heads is most definitely a gift. A man on his little machine, that was attached to the back of his semi trailer when he drove straight past the road closed sign, pottered down the drive carrying the beautiful corrugated iron roof that will keep The Coupe dry for many many years. 
Such a little package. We have to wait for the weather to clear up now though. No men on the roof in high winds. Sigh.
Maybe next week.
The lambs were loving their little field time yesterday afternoon. Watch closely.
Yup he jumped over his brother. Do you want to see that in slow still motion?
How is that for high spirits.
We opened the way through the barn so that Sheila and Charlotte could walk from their indoor pen right through the barn, across the yards and into their outdoor pen without supervision. Wandering to and fro at will. Pregnant girls need exercise.
This shot is from the pen back to the barn.
The pig pen is behind me here. Now, to show you their pathway we will cross the line and look back. Crossing the line is a very important concept in film production. In fact it is something you should not do as it upsets the logic of your viewer and gives him an jolt as she struggles to reorient her thinking. Imagine a line that cuts through the middle of the scene, the camera is on one side or the other, the image in the middle. Crossing the line and shooting from the other side without warning, changes the viewer’s perspective. And breaks a kind of contract we make with an audience. I try to avoid doing that on these pages too. But today we will.
Here we are in the barn, in the winter quarters actually looking back out at the new pen. In the opposite direction. We have crossed the line. Do you feel sea sick yet!? Though hopefully you have a better idea of what we did yesterday.
Good morning. Outside it is blowing a gale again – with more rain in the forecast. We are starting to get water in the basement. It seeps in through the old foundation walls when the ground is very wet. We are living in a reclaimed swamp as you will remember. So this is par for the course. There is a sump pump and a drain down there and the freezers and washing machine and dryer, etc are up on blocks. So we are prepared. I just wear gumboots when I am doing the laundry! Fixing up the basement is very very far down on my list.
Have a lovely day.
your friend celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
43 responses to “Crossing the line… they come bearing gifts”
The lambs are jumping for SPRING JOY!!! Happy Day on the Farmy:)
New roof coming in had to be a welcome sight! You seem to be making good progress, particularly when examined in light of a long, long winter! The little lambs are telling a happy story today, though! SPRING!
I love all the movement in your photos. And, what a happy face on TonTon!
What a lovely walk around, thanks so much. I can’t believe that sheep, how cute! We’re expecting about 20°C today so it’s nice and warm and sunny, but by Saturday it will be 2°C again. I can’t stand this jumping around.
Boots to do laundry–“What! You too? I thought I was the only one!”
I am in good company then! c
Lambs doing “the dance of joy “……spring is in the air !! I am still practicing
being grateful for the 2 snowstorms this week that brought moisture even though
it i cold cold cold cold cold and I am done done done with cold !!
Looking forward to the roof !! The coupe is really taking shape.
A joyful clutch of lambs. Virginia
So the lid is there, but needs placing. Minor detail.
Never thought about the crossing of the line that way before but it makes sense. I know I always tend to get confused by a 360 degree panorama!
Those shots make me feel sick! if they were suggested, when I worked in film, I would roll my eyes ! and next week for the lid .. fingers crossed.. c
Leaping lambs! The Farmy makes me smile 😀
Everything’s looking up at the farmy, from a jumping Murphy, to a new roof, to a storm front passing high overhead. I’ve not seen much about flooding down your way and I hope your basement was spared. There’s been quite a bit of flooding in the Burbs and some neighborhoods but not here. My basement took on a little water but the sump pump saved the day. Not so for my neighbors, unfortunately. I’ll still have to go down there with a mop once the storm passes but no complaints here. It could have been far worse. I hope you can say the same tomorrow, Celi. Have a good evening!
still mopping, our sump pump manages one side and i mop and scoop and sweep the rest in .. not a biggie really just a few days and it will stop coming in, and as john said when the basement floods the drought is OVER!! c
A great way of looking at it !
Love the little lambs! Beautiful post, lovely to catch up. That roof looks good!
Those pigs do have 3-star accommodation! Loved how Ton had managed to get himself into almost every shot 🙂 ! A good babysitter all around ! And do hope the rain will keep softly falling on the plain 😉 ! We are due for a lot more + 120 kmh bendy weather by tonight: a rogue hurricane-force cell wandering up the Coast! Yuk . . .
how ironic that you and i have gale force winds on the same night.. our weather is heaving at the moment, but all good.. no more drought for us, i hope you get some good rains out of your hurricane.. c
The metal will look better on the roof. 😉 Those lambs are full of spring! What a great space for Charlotte and Sheila.
I hope your house dries out soon, that is so inconvenient when basements get wet as it can lead to so many other problems. The spring weather seems to have made your little farm friends quite fiesty… How cow..I mean holy lamb ..he jumped over his brother.
When you crossed the line (I thought that was at the Equator with a ducking! ) the barn looked so comfortable and comforting… I love the sound of your barn with all that activity going on in there all the time… no shots of the kitty cats for a while????