“I can’t feel my face.” Amanda said to me after we had spent a good deal of the afternoon cleaning downed branches out of the electric fence across at the West Barn. All the little branches were carried to the growing bonfire heap and all the big limbs were sawed up for next years fire wood.
The dogs watched the traffic of branches just in case one should come loose and become “The Stick. ” They could not care less about the cold.
It was only a bit cold (we are below freezing now for a while) but the cold was made worse by a stiff wind. Even I was not speaking much by the end of the afternoon. Earlier we had been sitting by the fire trimming Tima’s nails. Giving a pig a pedicure in front of a warm fire seemed much more of New Years Day activity wouldn’t you say? Though Tima was well behaved but not amused.
Good morning. We got Tima back on her feet and out the door and after clearing the trees, the electric fence was turned back on and the cows on the other side could come back into their winter field again, Molly the little pig got lost, was found and returned to her house again, Tane walked so far out into the field I could barely see him, Poppy said No Thank You I don’t particularly want to have sex with Manu today if that’s ok with everybody watching, Lady Astor yelled loud and long because her bale of hay was not up to her standards and then Jake came round, we made dinner and ate too much again and now I swear I am going on a diet from tomorrow!
But look at this!
I think that is a sundog, what do you think?
Last time I saw one out here was the day after Sheila got in a fight with that mean boar in 2014. Do you remember that? That incident is why I am being so careful with Poppy and Manu. (There has been a little shoving but no nasty fighting. Mostly they are separated by the gate waiting for Poppy to come into a standing heat.)
I hope you also had a good day. Today I am taking Amanda back to the airport to fly home to Texas. Sad, me, I am.
Love celi
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70 responses to “A sundoggy day”
We see sundogs here mostly in late summer, sometimes late winter. In fact, these very sundogs are how I chose my blog name. I’ve always been fascinated with them. Are pigs not afraid of fire? For some reason I thought both wild and domestic mammals feared fire. I wonder if Amanda is basking in the 50 degree temperatures this week! Texas is always about 10 degrees warmer than Oklahoma.