Yesterday The Farmy dropped through into one of those delicious Pauses that we often see but don’t have time to feel. A gentleness rises up and envelops us. Encouraging us to yawn as we work, and sink onto rocks to watch when we are done.
The animals feel The Pause. They simply lay down and watch. They relax and potter. Daisy is especially calm and sweet at the moment. And Queenie, who take easy going to great heights , is so laid back at the moment that she is practically horizontal. These chooks were actually picking bugs off her as she lay there.
Scrapper knows all about pauses. He spends all day asleep but with one ear up as he is the best Mouser in the barn.
Tui has been sitting now for seven days.
And Charlotte has six days to go to her date. She spent most of yesterday sleeping in front of her fan. And is eating less each day now. She will drink up all her milk and eggs but picks at her grain mix. I am feeding her less more often. The garden is producing lots of greens that are high in iron so the foods she is eating are healthy.
Sheila rearranged her fence so that she can lay down and look out. This hole is quite big enough for her to get out too. It has been like this for three days now and I have been waiting for her to come out and meet me at the gate but it seems pigs cannot crawl like dogs so she is content to arrange herself so that she can rest in her new gateway with only her nose sticking out and visit with Hairy and the cows as they pass by. The pause is that strong.
Of course the only one on the wee farm who cannot recognise a Pause is Blue The Savage. I work hard training this fellow. He has cloth ears sometimes. But when he chooses to be good he is very, very good. Maybe he has a metaphorical curl in the middle of his forehead!
Good morning. I have four cats, three dogs and a peahen waiting quietly on the verandah. So I had better get moving.
We have another simply stunning day dawning. And I am moving slowly. Gliding really. The Pause must still be in effect. Can you feel it?
Have a lovely day.
celi
Your gentle friend, celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
62 responses to “A pregnant Pause”
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Such a lovely, beautiful post. I feel my blood pressure dropping. Such a nice slowing feeling. Charlotte’s stomach, which has become almost all of her, is very funny and reminds me of a picture I took of myself in profile when I was a week away from delivering my last baby. Hugeness reigns.
She is huge, but her udder still needs to drop a bit more, she was naughty this morning too, rearranging her outside run, emptying all the water containers and generally being brat pig… c
Once our udders drop, they tend to stay dropped. Maybe she wants to enjoy the last of her perky-breasted days, poor dear.
What a beautiful day to see the farm so blissfully expectant!
re Blue the Savage – when I was vetting many years ago, we vets all had blue heelers – the sweetest of dogs. They rode with us in our trucks, which is when they were at their happiest.
My fellow vet had a red heeler she struggled to keep in line. So she called on a great learned dog trainer who spent an evening and late into the night instructing her in the art of dog training. After absorbing all this she explained that she was talking about a heeler.
To which the learned dog trainer replied – ‘Oh in that case, there’s nothing you can do other than buy a 1000 Ha and 200 cows and keep the dog tied up until you want the cows in.’
Ok, that is too funny. I need more cows I think!! Blue and I were working on coming to me, when he would rather jump on Ton this morning, and I said to him, if you ignore me once more I am tying you up!!he just fell in a heap and waved his legs in the air. And yes he loves driving. He gets in a separate door to Ton and when I say go to the car he very quickly goes and sits by his own door, he has had no trouble learning THAT command! c
They are so lovely but so naughty.
Hope the animals are chilling out again today. (When I die I’m coming back as one of your chickens.)
I think you need to implement a siesta policy there at the farmy :-).
After breakfast every morning they all go straight back to sleep! c
Ah! The pause that refreshes ! Sabra bowers is right. That 6th picture should be framed.
I came out of the post feeling relaxed and sedated. Gosh, I might need a coffee to wake up. Good morning, c!
Sigh so beautiful! Deep breaths in the not so humid air now the rains have gone and the sun is shinning. Hope you get to breathe easy for a lot more days to come. Hugs
A very nice pause. I’m looking at this full view of Charlotte and thinking I may need to revise my vote on number of piglets…she’s big!
big and wiggly, i am sure I see movement in there sometimes, but when i lay my hand on her belly all i feel is belly!
I just read one of your comments. I remember Just Before each one of my children were born I would get a huge fit of housekeeping…I needed to know everything was just so and clean for when I came home.
Her time is hear…I do declare!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
I used to be like that too, thankfully she has quit rearranging everything and is sleeping now in the breeze of her fan. c
This post is so peaceful. That first photo is so lovely. May I save it on my computer just to look at? It makes me happy.
Thank you!
Of course you may Maggie, I would be thrilled, in fact I always say if you see a shot you like just steal it! I don’t mind! c
I could sure use one of those pauses Celi, it’s like I hit the ground running every single day. We’re moving the studio at the end of the month and I am responsible for selling the content, which is always a joy, people are so fickle. Just buy the whole thing and use what you want, it’s so cheap anyway.
I love to read and see the photos from your lovely farmy particularly when you have a pause.
Oh dear, you will be busy, Shifting is not my favourite! c
Oh, Charlotte! I may have to up my guess.
Oh dear! .. c
That photo of Sheila is just too cute! I love it. Looks like such a lovely day on the farm. You’ll have to let me know if you end up trying the carne asada tacos–they were super yummy!
I have started the meat marinading! Hope I have time but I just can’t wait until tomorrow! c
Whatever the reason for it, a pause right now for the farmy is a good thing. Soon, very soon, there will be the pitter-patter of more new little feet than the farmy has ever seen — save the chook chicks. Collectively, the farmy took a deep breath in anticipation. Glad you got in a few good, deep breaths, too. 🙂
I love that you are gliding Celi. One must occasional glide through the day if only to restore the soul, mind and body. Today I will glide with you. V.
Good, gliding is lovely, i don’t have to touch down, do I?.. c