You remember that my Dad always said that “where there is light there is a photograph.”
Godot says, where there is light there is warmth. And whenever I turn the big overhead light on in the barn – within minutes Godot is perched under it.
Tui had a turn too.
I did not have my lens hood on so Tui has a halo. Ah well.
This is why I think that Queenie Wineti is pregnant. (Other than the fact that she was seen having wild jiggy jig with Psycho Sid on November 25.) She only ever lies on her side like this when she is preggers. And if so she is only a little over a month pregnant. So who knows.
This is taken from the porch. This image also points out how overweight this cow is. I think it is possible that she had a hard time getting pregnant because of her weight. Next year I am going to have to stand her in the yards for half the day.. my fields are too good for this cow. The only time in her life she had grain was when she was visiting Psycho Sid the Bull. But she is back on her maintanence rations now. I wish I had a hilly farm so she could get a bit more exercise. That is a Round Cow. I hate it when they lie like that.. they look so… well .. dead.
Are you pregnant Queenie Wineti? Hope so.
Good morning, says Sheila.
I called the people at Port-a Hut again today and this time I got the boss and he put me in touch with a fellow in Indianapolis who has two little farrowing/calf huts for sale. So, on Friday, very early, we will hook our woefully inadequate trailer to my mother-in-laws Jeep, stow Camera house in my bag and go on a road trip to collect them. How I long for a rugged hard working farm ute (we call the pick-up truck a Ute in NZ) that I can load up and that can PULL things. (In fact you can stack these huts on the bed of a pick-up truck.) My white Ute is so past its use-by date and has so many problems I am not allowed to drive it further than I can walk home (which is pretty far actually). Ah well. We are saving. All things come to those who wait they say but it is a lie. If you want something to happen you have to MAKE it happen. But first we save. I am a good saver. Then I make it happen.
The sheep will use the new huts as shelter for the winter and in the late spring Poppy will use one for her piglets (fingers crossed as she is not bred yet – I need to wait until she is a year old) .. and Sheila will have another so she can camp out under the trees and la la about for the summer.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farm,
celi
PS. I am (listening to) reading a book called All The Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr. It is exceptional. I have bought a copy to take across the sea to my daughter. That good.
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36 responses to “Light”
Oh how I wish I had your energy, Ceci!
It does look weird when cows lie down like that, almost as if some drunk kids have been cow tipping (which I believe has been proved to be a myth). I wonder if Queenie would come with you on the pig and dog walks… 🙂
Godot is getting more beautiful every time I see him, and Tui is beginning to get lovely colours…
Please don’t let Queenie hear that she looks dead, she would be most upset when all she is doing is basking in the sun, possibly dreaming about Psycho Sid and what a good time she had. I shall be very pleased if she is preggers….
I do love the way that you write about your animals, I know they are alive but it makes than larger than life if you know what I mean.
Hopefully one day soon you will get a new Ute…I am sure it will not be long..have a safe journey to get the huts and have a FANTASTIC 2015
She is very round, isn’t she…. But I believe you only have to worry when their legs stick up into the air! Beautiful shot of Godot, glowing like an angel under the light.
Make it happen……a new Ute for Celi in 2015…that’s a sort of prayer …hope it happens..Happy New Year:)
I love that shot of Tui, she looks like Elizabethan royalty painted by a dutch master!
The birds look extraordinary in that light. The Farmy Jewels. And Queenie is quite astonishing.
don’t forget to burn your calender on new yrs eve, so bad luck will not follow into the new year.
wow.. that is a new one.. I certainly do not want this years luck twice.. c
Oh, I am so glad you are reading All the Light! One of the best books of the year!
I also hate it when the animals sleep like they are dead. I don’t know how many times I have run up to the paddocks because it looks like one of the goats is dead. And then they look at you like you are crazy!
I will need to check out that book.
Here’s to piling pennies to purchase that pick-up.
Nice shot of Gordot. I’ll show the picture of Winnie to my brother and asked him if he thinks she is pregnant.
This coming saturday we will do the blood test, otherwise it is hard to tell at this stage.. He will appalled at how fat she is though!.. c
Poor Queenie, must be hard on her hooves to be walking around with such love handles. 🙂 At least those love handles will help keep her warm this winter! Fingers crossed for a positive preg test!
Good luck with the huts, and fingers crossed for Queenie. Saving up is good – it makes us appreciate the object more if we’ve struggled a bit. We pick up the new car today…. Jock hasn’t been able to sit still all weekend! I shall miss the easily-driveable-by-me Picasso.
Looking out across the fields still gleaming white with last night’s frost, and shining in the bright sunshine.
Love,
ViV
As always – lovely photos. And that must be a very good book. When I run across glowing recommendations for books I immediately pop over to my local library link and place a hold on it. All the libraries in the Phoenix area are out of it with 91 holds on it in front of me!
And the title is so poetic!