Timatanga Moana, who rode home from the KuneKune farm on my lap. Cuddled into the crook of my arm. For two hours. This image was taken from the back seat of the jeep by The Matriarch. It is way too gorgeous to look at only once. Who ever thought a wee piggie would sit on my knee that long.
She is small, small enough to lay in my lap with plenty of room left over. She is chubby and smiley, has short legs and tiny tiny hooves and plods about the floor making a sound that is a cross between a purr and a small tank engine chuff. When I scratch her belly she slides to the ground and makes a whistly song. Her long soft hair is a tortoiseshell mixture. Red, black and white. She is set up in the Snug with a bed of hay, a bucket to hide in (Poppy now reverses into her barrel and sleeps with her snout poking out.. so cute) and her food and water and a heater. Each time she comes out for a walk we go a little further. I don’t want her senses to overload. She will become anxious. I love her calm friendliness.
Her family lives out in the fields in North-West Illinois. Here is her father. The one on the left.
Here is her mother. 
And this is her Aunty.
The whole lot were very tame and very sweet. Living out in pastures with little shelters. These are tough pigs. They have a very.. um.. distinctive look!
This is Tima (pronounced just like Tina). When we finally went into the nursery to see the little ones, the litter hid in the corner under their warm light. I slowly sunk down onto my heels to take a picture and one little piggie disengaged herself from the others and very slowly sniffed her way across the room to me. She reached up and touched my knee with her nose, regarded me for a moment with a clear brown eyed gaze, then continued on to have a drink of water. The others cowered in silence against the wall watching. “Which one is ours?” said John softly from the door. “This one,” said the breeder and I at the same time,the camera forgotton, watching her have a drink before leaving home. I had chosen her from a photo weeks ago and she had chosen me yesterday morning. Magic.
Timatanga loosely means beginnings and Moana means the sea or the water, they are not meant to mean anything when put together, just a first name and a second name, like Cecilia Mary. I love the sound of the words too. We will call her Tima.
She will stay inside until the weather is warmer, she comes to her name when called and Boo has got over his excitement. He is way too excited about this little pig and spent all last night lying in front of her closed door.
And now I had better get busy. My days are filling up but I have planned every new event to have a consolidation break in between. Next will be the plonkers (Their milk is ready!!) and Queenie’s calf. I wonder who will be first! I hope you have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farmy
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
72 responses to “Tima”
She is beautiful. And you are clearly already in love. And I love that.
She is adorable! And I love the story of how she chose you. That’s how we got our last dog at the breeders’s–out of all the puppies in the box he was the one who jumped in excitement when he saw us come in the door. I knew he was ours!
Another pretty baby. Life is good.
I read the story and saw her full on picture and squealed like the proverbial…well, you know. Boo is one lucky dog. How amazing that she came to you from the very first….from now on, you shall be known as “the pig whisperer”!
Have a wonderful day.
It was an incredible moment. Not squealing or running or anything. She just gently disengaged from her brothers and sisters and she was the furtherest away, pushed up against the wall by them, and wandered over to me. Very quietly. Tap tap on the knee. a special and unreal moment.. c
She is darling and delightful! Just the cutest little pig…and she knew you knew her. As she knew you!
❤⊱彡 Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
You described her so well you filled us with tenderness! I’d never thought them as such a hugely affectionate animal & you changed my whole outlook 🙂
they are very friendly, expecially if there is only one. Pigs love to cuddle, they love warm contact. c
Awwwwww Another beautiful baby on the farmy! ❤ ❤ Bliss ❤ ❤
Timatanga Moana, is a Kunekune piglet whose name is bigger than she is.
Every single one of your animals is adorable. I hope Tima and Boo get on well together.
Enjoy the growing farmy population, but try not to work too hard.
Love,
ViVx
TIma is adorable and how she knew you were meant for each other seems the beginning of yet another wonderful storybook. Celi, you need another three of you!
I know it! Now, don’t forget, if you and your husband want to motor down when spring is here and the gardens are growing, you could come down for tea in the garden.. c
Tima certainly delivers on the cute factor! What engaging looking little pigs these kune kune are. Ewoks, definitely. Would love to see/hear the whistling song she makes when you scratch her belly…can you video/audio and post? (Like you need one more thing to do!)
I believe animals read our energy… Tima was drawn to you – she was courageous to follow instinct in coming forth. Even the choice of name has significance here. This day was a new beginning for both of you – the start of a new journey. Tima is a smart girl who knew she must have a good sip of water to make the trip to her new home. Oh, and I love the photographs! What interesting and unusual features they have. Who couldn’t fall in love with that family? I also love that you photographed “Aunty”. I’m the Aunty in our family and nary does anyone think to include me in photographs – it’s the parents and the kids that steal the attention!
That walk of hers across the stable room to me was quite astonishing really. For her to be the only one to walk across when she had already been chosen by me from photographs and all the others were sold by then too.. to other people, so i could not have had a choice at this point. Am I making sense? I had to take her home. Yet she chose to come too. Weirdly. TonTon did a similar thing. Boo just slept through his whole choosing!! c
It is a very special kind of magic when an animal chooses you. Our cats have always chosen us…..the ones we rescued. Our spirit speaks to them and they hear us. Little Tima knew you were hers and she was yours. Very special.
Oh C…What acan I say? You must have felt teary when little Tima came up to you first…I did just reading the story! She is adorable and I can’t wait to see Nanny Boo with his new baby! 🙂 Too much sweetness there today!
She is precious!
Cecilia is a female given name of Latin origin meaning the way for the blind. These tiny vulnerable animals might be considered blind to the world about them and the sweet voice of our St Cecilia soothes them on their way!
I did not know that. I knew she was the patron saint of music and that was about all. How wonderful! Thank you.. c
Mazel tov! Welcome home little Tima! What a totally adorable piglet. She will do great things for the farmy I am sure.
And so with the arrival of Tima begins another enchanting pig character in the world of The Farmy. There is something wonderful about pigs – you either get it or think we are all barmy. Obviously PG Wodehouse got it for the star of the BBC TV series BLANDINGS is not the actors but a pig called The Empress. We are so delighted with the series we have watched the entire DVD twice, and so look forward to the next adventures of The Empress and her eccentric aristocrat owner.