Last night everything was quiet in the home barn, the wind had dropped, the birds were roosting and the cows munched quietly in the background so while I put Sheila and the kune-kunes to bed under their respective covers, I recorded the discussion between Sheila (my big old Hereford pig) and I. Our good night talk. A talk we have every night and have done for years now. (The Bad Things – Molly and Tahiti tried to help with the straw, though kept quiet for the most part.) So hopefully you will find a little sense of the connection between my big fat pig and her girl.
In the recording Sheila speaks every time I lay another arm-full of straw along her back. You can detect the shuffling of the straw and the little pigs higher voices in the background and you will hear her saying thank you and mimicking me at the end. Usually her good nights have two syllables but of course when I decide to record her she changes her sentence structure! She is such a dear. I love Sheila.
Tahiti playing with a rooster!
I hope this audio clip works. Fingers crossed.
c
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
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106 responses to “Sheila speaks. (audio)”
Wonderful!
I loved the Podcast and the pictures are terrific, each with a different mood. Today will be good, my finger is healing… I hope, at least the bleeding has stopped and my kitchen no longer looks like a murder scene!
Hope you have a lovely day doing what you like best!
Marie, what on earth did you do to yourself? It sounds horrific. I hope you had someone to look after you, it must have been a dreadful shock.
Kate, I was chopping a carrot (in a ladylike manner) on Monday, when the knife collided with my left index finger. Blood thinners and cut fingers are not a good combination. I have never seen so much blood. I wrapped it in a damp face flannel and phoned a friend. She took me to the doctor and they cleaned it up and steri-stripped me. That sounds rather naughty, doesn’t it? 😆 I will be fine, just need to be careful that the wound does not open. Maybe you could come and quilt it back together for me… Whatcha think, Kate?
Sorry about your finger. Hope it heals quickly. I’ve done that too, always in the middle of something.
I am sure it will, IF I remember to keep my hand above the level of my heart for a few days. It is a good excuse to stay home and be lazy.
Oh mercy! You have been in the wars again.. c
Not by design, Celi. No knives today, my food will come from my freezer!
Me too – then continue working with a rag around my finger!! c
Bloody blood thinners – they terrify me.
Mostly when I prick a finger when sewing it takes an age for blood to show, but this was immediate, I was sure I had cut a blood vessel. Thankfully my friend was at home to come to my aid.
I’m on blood thinners too; so far, due to my lack of culinary interest, the fingers are working! get better quickly
I am behaving myself… when I remember, but have self imposed a ban on driving for a few days. We drive on the left and my car has stick shift. I do not want to make any sudden moves on the gear stick. I will live, there are people in a far worse position out there.
They do me. Three years ago, after surgery the cardiologist insisted I needed two kinds of antigoaculent plus aspirin, leading to spontaneous gum haemorrrhages that went on for hours until I could persuade the hospital to give me vitamine K. Do be careful with knives Grannymar – the anaemia following a copious bleed is no fun at all. Nowadays I work out my own dosage after each monthly blood test. I don’t trust the doctors!
I do not like them, but not as much as statins, which had me nearly bedridden about ten years ago. Cardiac problems are rife in my maternal side of the family. Celi it would take a book to list them all. I do realise that one day I will keel over and not get up, but in the meantime I’ll have plenty of fun!
Oh wow… that doesn’t sound nice at all! On top of it being an ‘ouch’, and all the mess of the clean-up and doc, etc., it is also an awful inconvenience as it will surely take four or five days before it’s closed properly and you can carry on in normal fashion. So sorry, Grannymar! Hope it knits together really quickly for you! ~ Mame 🙂
Mame, Kate is working on a stitching design to close my wound. I wonder what colour she will choose?
I will come and do some invisible mending with tiny stitches. Alternatively, I could do something nice and decorative; maybe some feather stitch. What colour would you like? I know… anything except red! Poor you, what a fright.
Kate, I am the one usually called upon to mop up other peoples blood, It made a change for me to be the one calling for help. How about rainbow colours? 😉
I know the feeling! You shall have rainbow satin stitch with sky blue pink spots if that will help it mend faster…
Perfect!
What a happy pig! I love the picture of Tahiti and the rooster too 🙂
Yes, that is probably my favourite shot for a good while – I think Roger might like it too if he pops in today..
So sweet, and she says, “Awwwww”!
Beautiful photos, too, thank you for sharing your farmy.
I know, sometimes she matches me sound for sound she is definitely making soothing noises back to me so i continue.. c
Oh no, can’t hear the audio at all, very sad. Umm, does Tahiti not know about those spurs? Laura
That rooster often perches on that fence and the pigs come along and flick him off with their snouts.. i really like that shot.. c
How cool is that!
morning darling! c
that was wonderful to hear Sheila talking…and you have such a gentle voice..it was a pleasure to listen and thank you for taking the time to do this
You are so welcome! c
I love it. Sheila’s girl sings her a lullaby, while she makes herself comfortable for the night. “Night night, Sheila, night night, Sheila”. There’s such a lovely tone of affection in your voice, and such contentment and peace in hers! And now I know the tone and pitch of your voice too – you have such a young voice!
Recordings always make my voice sound higher – I don’t like to hear my voice actually. c
No one ever thinks their recorded voice sounds like the real thing. It’s missing all the internal reverberation of the skull. I like your voice, and Sheila’s!
Great audio! Difficult to hear what you are saying, but Sheila definitely mimics you! What a sweet girl!
I was speaking in Pig! For you to understand I would have to speak in Goat!! c
LOL!
That was so cute, especially the aww at the end. Very sweet picture of Tahiti and the rooster. Reminds me of a scene from Charlotte’s web.
Good morning, c. Do you always speak so softly to your animals?
Yes, always very softly. Very very softly, even when remonstrating.. c
Ha ha I love it! So sweet. I can hear the love in your voice 😀 And in her contented grunts 😍
Yes her grunts are eloquent! c
Loved it!
Good morning, hope all is well with your flock today!.. c
Aw, sweet Sheila. What a lovely pig she is. (and I would have never thought I would say something like that…..)
This particular pig has a way with her.. c
What fun to hear Sheila settle down for the night. Sounds like some of the settling and relaxing and nurturing that goes on between my youngest granddaughter and I when she is having a hard time going down for a nap. I speak little quiet words, stroke her face and she snuffles, and breathes, and sighs, and slowly drifts off…
The best way to go to sleep. c