from above

I was up in the loft of the barn counting bales, and just happened to have my camera.

 I was hoping to get a shot of  Godot and Carlos Garcia, which was difficult as they are still keeping to the darkest corners.

I love watching the animals from up there.

The animals forget I am up there if I sit still long enough. I sit on the bales and watch them.  My life feels big and full and right from my lofty perch.

Though Poppy was suspicious. With the money Sheila has raised with her calenders I have begun to buy her (and Poppy by default) a very good show pig feed that will not make her fat (ter) mixed with a great rabbit feed that is almost all alfalfa.  And her vegetables of course. She likes it, even eats less of it but she still looks longingly at the oats barrel. Both these feeds are free of animal products, chemicals or medications and made with good clean American grain.

The two plonkers began to eat their hay today, they will be raised on hay and milk and oats mixed with alfalfa pellets and eggs.

I loaded all these images last night, as usual. But what was unusual was that I had a pig sleeping on my lap while I was working.  MOST unusual.  I made a ramp so Tima can get up onto the couch.  I know, I know what you are going to say. But last night was her last night sleeping in the house. Tonight she will start sleeping in her barn night bed, where Poppy was, now that it is cleaned out and limed. And in the day she is in the orchard. But she is allowed to come to the house to visit at times (well as often as she can probably), especially the evenings when I am sitting down to write.  And she only eats vegetables so she smells very sweet.  It is fun to be all grown up and allowed to make my own rules.

Good morning. We had another quiet good day yesterday. Today is the first day that my 100 lavenders might be due but after that there should not be anything new on the farm until the arrival of the chickens, ducks and bees in early May.

So I am consolidating, finding my rhythm again. Step, step, peck. I take little chicken steps, then pause for a scratch and a peck before taking another chicken step or my tiny Paddington Bear brain gets overwhelmed.

I hope you have a lovely day. I think that today is going to be a beautiful spring day here today. I hope you get some warmth too.

Your friend on the farmy

celi