A LONG walk.
He is convinced, poor deluded fella, that there simply must be a few kernels of corn left for him way out there in the field. But alas the harvesters nowadays leave nothing at all behind. And after the tiller has been through it is all mud in this wet misty weather.
Tane (as usual) did not respond to my calls so the dogs and I slogged our way through the mud right out into the middle of the field to retrieve him. Finally he gave me that “Oh? Were you calling me? I wondered what all the noise was about.” – look. He turned like a little tug boat battling the tide and began to churn his way back with us, the dogs and I turned as well and we proceeded, our feet turning from soup bowls to dinner plates of mud. And so we made our way back to the barn.
He always gets a bit puffed after these long hikes but is terribly pleased with himself none the less.
Tima never goes that far, preferring to graze the lawns.
Joey has come to visit. The big birds love Joey, the turkeys especially follow him around all day. He is long suffering as any small dog being shadowed by big turkeys would be.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
62 responses to “Tane goes for a walk”
What a naughty pig!
I love that pig. I love all your animals and one day, Cecilia, one day I am going to pop in and meet them all in person!
Me too!
Bugger, my comment went AWOL!
Was saying how I love your writing C.
Have a beautiful day.
🙂 Mandy xo
I’m sorry Tane could not find himself a little lagniappe in the field because the harvesters leave no kernels behind now. Think of the migrating birds & resident crows who cannot glean the fields either. Hard times.
Well, there you go, my first laugh of the morning “He is long suffering as any small dog being shadowed by big turkeys would be.” Haha. Still laughing as I type that in. haha. thanks, Celi
Hello Joey, cute as ever 🙂 Maybe Tane was looking for Hugo and the ride on mower? Laura
Dear Tane. A man after my own heart.
lovely boy.
where did the little dog come from? Lovely piggies..lovely stories..make the day brighter
That is my mother in laws dog.. c
Oh Tane, I hope you wipe your trotters before going into the house! I suppose the preparations for Celie’s absence are nearly done, and her excitement mounting by the minute.
Love,
ViV xox
He was deeply filthy and more than happy about it! ..c
Going walk-about, that Tane! 🙂 As it seems just about all the animals on the farmy do every now and then!!! 🙂
The kunes are allowed to walk about in the day time, they always come home though .. Tane would have come back at dinner time c
Oh bless him! Reminds me of our dogs – when we are out in the woods or running along the beach they never seem to hear us calling them but at home, I only have to head to the kitchen, or get something from the fridge and they come running as fast as lightening. Selective hearing methinks!!
Selective hearing alright – I saw him hear me at first because he stopped and barely moved his head before catching himself.. little pig.. c
My goodness but this struck me funny: ” long suffering as any small dog being shadowed by big turkeys would be”. Good morning, c.
Poor Joey! c
Joey! Such a sweetie. The matriarch must be on vacation, eh? Have a great day.
She went to visit a friend for a couple of nights.. poor Joey and his new friends!! c
He looks like an Ewok. Cheeky like them as well.
Especially with all the mud on his face.. little ewok.. c
On my farm in Germany the animals love going for walks. Would Tane return without any help or get lost?
He does return, but I was shutting the barn early so i could go in and make dinner, it got dark so early last night – so it was a bit early for him.