Awake to Dawn Light.
Awake.
Really Awake.
Barely Awake.
Sometimes Awake.
Oh, there you are.
Awake.
Yesterday we were simply awake. Drifting through our day and tired at the end of it.
Daisy’s udder is showing considerable fullness. And she stood quietly for almost half an hour while I brushed her and talked to her calf about getting itself into the right position so when he presented it was with a nose and hooves facing down. Later Sheila opted for a short walk. The snow was still too cold on her wee hooves. However we got right to the creek. It is melted. No longer solid ice, and moving with intent already. It will flow faster and faster as the ground melts and the fields begin to drain. Sheila got up to gallop all the way home. Ears flying. Tail out like a race horse. She loves to run.
Ton came with us but was being torn back to Daisy. So he literally ran to and from the barn not sure who needed him most. He feels a real affinity with pregnant animals and hates to leave Daisy alone.
Good morning. I hope you all have a lovely day.
Love your friend on the farmy
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
57 responses to “Awake”
I wish I could see Sheila running 😉
She runs like a rocking horse on stilts, pulling her head up and down to get a gallop going. like a see saw. Hmm.. this is hard to describe, i shall take her for a run right this minute and watch carefully so i can put it into words. Whatever else, she is very fast!
I wish, like I’m sure you are wishing, that the melt would occur in a snap. Like a Chinook wind! Winter today…spring tomorrow!
Linda
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with grass, lots of long luscious scented pasture.. ah yes.. c
Oh that Ton, what a wonderful, devoted dog and companion he is! He tends the outdoor animals and Boo, the inside ones. Love it! I have another idea…take a little video of Shelia running in her little see saw manner and post on the blog. You will have a whole world of your Farmy Followers falling out of their chairs, Laughing! 🙂
You are just full of marvellous ideas Chris!.. c
I would love to see some videos!!!!! 🙂
Your Ton is a wonder dog. Taking care of his charges so seriously. Hopefully Boo will learn his lessons well. Never saw a pig run,……that would be an interesting picture. Maybe they do fly? We had a nice soaking rain the past two days, but no snow on the mountains at all. It will be a dry hard summer for us.
Those dogs are well trained: One outdoor nurse and one for vulnerable animals indoors!
Hi!
We were out this morning sloshing about but enjoying the warm sunshine! Summer is napping and then out we’ll go again! 🙂
Feels like spring! Hope it’s a sign and we don’t get fooled!
I love to read about your days with the animals! You bring it all to life for us and it feels like we are with you…waiting for the births!
Have a great day! (((Hugs))) Mere
I have hung my laundry outside today. Fifty degrees. Sun beaming. Heaps of snow still everywhere.
ours is out too! wonderful.. c
Bucketing rain here, which is lovely, we had a very dry summer. It’s still hot enough for shorts and t’s though. Thanks for the visit yesterday, nice to see you wander by.
And there’s a children’s book all ready for press. Just add Sheila running at the end!
Molly has turned out to be one that wakes slowly in the morning – never had a dog like that before…but once she’s up, watch out. The German wakes quickly and I have to keep them apart until Molly has her eyes opened enough and isn’t grumpy – how like people they are.
Listen to Celi calf, and cooperate, now.
PS. I would give anything to have curly hair like Queenie does in her photo above peeking over the gate. Does she let you put your hand on her lovely forehead and give her a scratch in those lovely curls?
Love the coupe ‘self-portrait’ [better? 🙂 ?] and would so like to see a 400 lbs Sheila at trot – you must hear her right across the farmy!!
she about ran me over this afternoon and then laughed as she swerved at the last minute.. naughty pig!
naughty Eha laughing also [oh me, oh my!!]
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Boo’s a nanny and Ton’s a midwife. Big Dog must be wondering what’s going on. I think Chris is right. You need a video of you all taking a walk and Sheila running. Maybe I can help you with that. What a glorious day it was today! Just a glimpse of what’s to come, once we get passed Wednesday, that is. We’ll get there.
Have a great evening, Celi.
wednesday.. sigh.. c
It was an absolutely gorgeous day here! Mac and I finally had our walk on our rural roads – sans hat and gloves and no yaktrax or bugboots – wonderful. Wed. they’re saying highs only in the teens, sigh.
My potbelly pig would go into a fit the first few warm days of spring, bucking and jumping and spinning in circles, a truly hilarious sight but I knew exactly how he felt.
Fingers crossed for smooth deliveries and healthy calves.
wasn’t it great to walk without all the extras!! c
I love the pictures! You have the most adorable animals!
Great shadow shot, love the lamp shade. It must be something to see when Sheila takes off to gallop. Does the earth shake? 😉 Everyone looks good.