At last. A warm Friday night. Cold cuts. A jug of wine. Fresh cheese. Fresh Labneh. Chimi churri with kale from the green house. Home made sour dough bread.
And those good, good friends – the kiwi builder, (back for a visit) Jake, The Matriarch.
And thou.
Bliss.
That lovely ‘tired from a late night out on the dark verandah’ – out under the stars, talking about nothing much (and everything) ‘et al’. Cats swarming. Dogs on their backs. A pigs occasional sleepy grunt. Peacocks soft calling. Pigs in their wallows.
What a day. My life as a pig.
I hope this wee video works – if it does – so sorry for the abrupt end – I was ambushed by Poppy.
celi
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64 responses to “… on a Friday”
Oh this video is a goodie. I love it, especially Sheila speaking and best of all TonTon zipping through. Cinema verite!
oh, soooo loved the video and all the background sounds – thank you
Wonderful way to spend a Friday night. Enjoy your weekend. I’ll be away next week but will catch up with you when I get back to see what’s going on the farm.
Such a great video! Just loved it. Love the call of the peacock too. Thanks for sharing your daily enjoyment of your farm for a city girl.
A Farmy Moment. Too good 🙂 I’m thinking Ton saw Poppy heading for you and ran across to be close at hand. I love how Sheila indulges her senses, laying in and tasting the cool mud. Life for a pig is indeed good. Your alfresco dinner sounded wonderful too, a lovely reward for your efforts and the months of winter. A marker I hope of the start of lmonths of the same.
Love the video! Now, for the first time, I really understand that wonderful word, to ‘wallow’. Nice to hear the sounds too.
I really think pigs know how to enjoy life! You give a dog a treat, one gulp and it’s gone, a pig savors it’s food. You can see Sheila is totally in the moment enjoying her mud. I think some of the most pleasant times I can think of are those spent parked on the porch with friends and a couple of brews.
What an appetizing yum meal . . . have never made chimmichuri from kale but my fridge sports a big bunch: guess what! Love the ‘Sheila – look how comfortable I am!!’ video and hope you will make a few more in the future perchance without assistant directors rushing in to help! That wallow does look so, so comfortable!!
That Ton! What can you do.. c
Love him as you and we all do 🙂 !!
Looks like Sheila is getting that wallow squared away and the way she wants it. Nice to see and hear (got the sound on this). Was nice and warm here Friday, not today though, oh well, it is spring. Thanks for the video.
Excellent pig film….and to think she did it in a single take……:)
I love the mud scene… and there is something magical about mud. I can see why a wallow is serious business. I played mud volley ball at a festival in Nebraska one time. After the game, and as the mud dried, it was an amazing feeling – tightening of the skin and almost a “pull” of toxin from within. I always longed to have that experience again, though I think a spa would be a much more pleasant experience. Then again, maybe not! 🙂
Ah, my life as a very happy pig! Loved hearing your voice Celi!
I am finally getting caught up on life on the Farmy. Naomi is so beautiful and I love the video and the peacock calls and your voice. Thank you. This blog gives me such joy. xoxo