Much of life is half in and half out. Don’t you think? We juggle all the balls that comprise our lives. Trotting to and fro colouring in each step, turning the page. Half finishing some stuff then starting other stuff too early. Half of ourselves completely involved the other half with an eye out for the next ball to juggle. I think that is OK though.
Just in case you did not fully get my visual example. Here is Manu again. Half in and half out. He has the eyes of a shark this boy. But the body of a wriggly chubby happy toddler. This was the door that the goats slept behind looking out the window.
Speaking of the goats here is an email I received this morning from the Lady on the Ridge. She worked late that night.
brenda and freya
“.. came home at 11:30 last night to find both of them lounging on my porch. It looked so funny that I could not get mad. “
And this was after an entire mornings slog before going to work fixing all the holes they had found for her in their fence. Sigh.
And here is yet another surprising example of a good Hereford Pig Mama. She lets her babies eat her food. She will even let them pull food out of her mouth as she eats. And because she is a good kind Mama she allows her babies to interact with people even strangers. So my little gilts will grow up calm and generous too. And Poppy used to be such a crazy thing.
Yesterday she allowed Amanda’s Mum (accompanied by me with an escape route planned for her) to climb into the pen with the piglets and actually record the tiny pig grunts a sow makes when she is feeding. Amanda’s Mum is a professor at a university in Texas and is going to play that recording for her students. She was delighted by the piglets and Poppy was a star though I did bribe her with corn stalks.
The mosquito eaters were purchased yesterday along with my cough medicine. They cost 28 cents each and I have no idea what kind of goldfish they are but they grow to about 6 inches long. Once they were home – (they sprang a leak in their little bag on the way home so it was a nerve wracking ride!) I gradually added rain barrel water to their store bought water until they were fully acclimated then released one batch into the rain barrel by the porch. It rained in the night too. So we shall see. If all is well the rest will be distributed into the water barrels and the frog garden pond around and about. I can do nothing about the lakes in the fields or the overflowing ditches but hopefully every little bit helps. How far does a mosquito fly anyway? I need to find that out.
Poppy’s dinner. Ours was pretty good too. Amanda makes a wonderful Kitchen Mama.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
Love your friend on the farm,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
69 responses to “Half in and Half out”
* late on smile!* Yes, I loved the look of that salad also: did notice the raw egg but since always have and always will eat them this way also . . .well, it in no way put me off! Hope your immunity is on the winning streak . . .
Those piglets have such sleek coats. They look healthy and happy. I notice you keep the used eggshells. I do too; I crush them and soak in lemon juice to make absorbable calcium to help my bone density. You probably have another use for them. Do tell.
I hope you have a lovely day too .. Wonderful pics Celi 😄
Very keen on the mosquito eaters…could I put them in the swimming pool, maybe. Your pictures go from strength to strength..
The ginger kitty is making the most of summer vacation. The silly goats–still up to their antics. Your sunflower arrangement is a table brightener.