When I said good morning to you yesterday, this was the dawn I was seeing (above). Worth being a header I think? After I had quietly fed Charlotte, visited Sheila, fed the chickens and moved the sheep to a new pasture, and checked the cows, the dogs and I went for our walk around the boundaries. 
This is why Daisy is not popular with the fencer!
Charlotte and I opened the big door in the Barn Pig Pen yesterday (it has always been her job to open the doors so she has taken her confinement with ill grace) and out tumbled all the babies. Honking gently like ducks in the water. Steaming about on their jerky puppet legs like the indefatigable Thomas the Tank engine. 
She took them all back inside after the milking and settled them back in their back room so I jumped in and closed the doors back up against the night. I will open them again later this morning once the sun has gone from the run, we don’t want sunburnt baby piggies!
Good morning. Today the painter comes. And over the course of the next few days we will add colour to the Tiny House. So I cannot linger. He will begin on the wall repairs in the existing house and furniture needs shifting before he gets here. I have too much stuff. Some of it is going to be shifted straight into the garage sale pile!
A Peachick ( or the Chickpeas) is due any day now from Giraffe (the chook) and Tui’s (the peahen) are due at the beginning of next month. I am not sure about the remaining egg under Giraffe but Tui has been sitting solidly and I have high hopes.
Have a lovely day.
your friend, celi.
I am linking this up with Five Little Homesteaders for their independence challenge!
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The light that photographers love! Everything looks so beautiful.
Maternalism…isn’t it amazing?! Great photos, Celi.
Good luck with the peacock chicks 😉
I could smell the freshness of the air, and hear nature’s chorus. I’m in the queue to see the chickpeas!
Me too!! c
Seeing that sunrise, the G.O. would say “red sky in the morning sailors’ warning”… I hope it isn’t the case and your hay stays dry 🙂
Lovely gentle post about your lovely gentle morning, darling. I guess it’s easier to lock the piggies away for a little while than to sunscreen the lot of them.. 😉
The first photo would make a great header. Chickpeas! I love your humor. I just can’t stop looking at Charlotte’s sweet babies.
Since I have managed to get three things broken/refusing to work this morning oh what a blessing to sit back for a minute and feel my blood pressure normalize 🙂 ! Love Charlotte’s gentleness with her littlies – had no idea they could get sunburnt!! And can’t wait to see whether there will be chickpeas!!! Quite a summer nursery you’ll have whilst the coupe will also get its final touches . . . hope it has been a gentle day for you after your gentle morning . . .
Your last few posts have been even more wonderful than usual Celi… I’ve been dining out on the stories of Charlotte, the piggle-lets and little No Nine. Today was as beautiful as ever… what adorable little piggle-wiggles… and the views are benign and contemplative…food for the soul
I love the pictures of Charlotte nuzzling the piggies. And what a treat for them to go outside. The farmy is full of fertility, with the piglets and the pea-chicks. And what a glorious sunrise to start your day. This must be a great season. Here we have a biting storm, and snow in the south island in places that don’t ever get it. Brrr.
Even if I didn’t read your most entertaining and excellent words I would gain so much joy from your beautiful photographs.
That does look like a beautiful morning. I love the picture of Charlotte nudging the little one with her nose.
Oh those little piggy tails are so darn cute!
Love this post. Those piglets are too, too cute. I featured you over on the Independence Days Challenge today. I hope you’ll stop by and link up another post this week. http://www.littlehomesteaders.com/2013/06/independence-days-challenge_29.html#more
Colleen @ Five Little Homesteaders