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)”
There is great love there and it’s palpable. Sheila feels your love and returns it with each syllable. That was just beautiful. Thank you for sharing it. A wonderful collection of photos as well. Have a wonderfilled day.
Wonder. What an excellent word. c
The audio worked well. Thanks. Familiar sounds to this former farm boy.
I had a good day. It ended when I taught a class to a large group at a retirement center about the Chicago 1893 Columbian Exposition and the Ferris Wheel featured there. Many had heard accounts from parents or grandparents of being there. I showed them what it was like. They loved it. Fun for me. I can provide a blog link if you are curious.
YES. I would love to see the blog link – This period in Chicago’s history is fascinating to me!. You are a man of many talents.. c
Thanks…enjoy. Dig into some of the links for much more detail.
Snorts with excitement. What a beautiful snort my sweet has – happy night-night time. XOXO – Bacon
I shall send your snort to Sheila. c
Enchanting swine song! Thank you.
Hope you are having a great day! c
What a beautiful post this morning! Loved being able to hear you and Sheila saying goodnight to each other. The collage of photos is lovely too.
It was a lovely day – and today the sun is out so it will be another great day but WITH SUN! c
Sweet communication between Sheila and her girl. I can imagine that your human children have lovely memories of you reading to them and tucking them in at night too. You have such a soothing and calm voice.
Yes, my children are all great readers – in fact I could talk whole classrooms of young people to sleep too – (laughter!)
Wonderful.
Lovely isn’t she.. c
That was great. Snorts back to Sheila!
I will pass it on.. c
Just love the audio! You the know the saying about ‘a man and his dog’? I think we can definitely have one for you about ‘a girl and her pig’!!! 🙂
or Jack and his pig! c
Yes indeed!!! 🙂
So special. I just closed my eyes and had a listen……
Sounds need eyes closed sometimes.. c
I loved the audio, as well as all the gorgeous pictures. I am going to re-christen you Cecilia Doolittle (for your language skills, as no-one could accuse you of doing little!!!!)
I hope your day is less wild and wet than mine so far. I made Jock’s favourite Noel tart to cheer him up.
Yes, the Name DooLittle was an interesting choice for that character. c
very Beauty Full, this exchange
I love tucking my pigs in at night.. c
Thank you for this audio, Cecilia. I love it so. So sweet. And Sheila has such a deep voice, deep and rich. I must say I’ve been looking forward to this. I still play Poppie’s babies.
Most welcome – Sheila does have quite a distinctive voice!.. c
I love the farm and all the animals which I know are a lot of work but so worth it. I dream of having a few acres and animals but at my age…welllll nothing is impossible, right?
I think once we reach our ages we discover that some things are impossible but much more is possible! However we also find that no door should ever be fully closed and no dead plant up-rooted because you just never know when new growth can bring about a sea change. Thank you for joining the Lounge of Comments! You are always welcome on this little farm.. c
So sorry: I was curious but alas – your audio does not work on my PC… Can’t see why though. Would there be another possibility to get it heard? – Can you tell what’s the story of that wounded tree? He’s got a stab with an axe? – Lunch or dinner shot with Sheila and the twins is so cute and peaceful. And I love the kitten pic.
That is the wound left from a branch that came down last summer – the tree is rotton on the inside. This is why the branch fell. both my big trees are like this – Dutch Elms. c
Thank you so much, Celi. It worked! It’s so calming, so soothing… And I agree with all the others: The “Aaaaaw” at the end is so unique. – Heard it four times in a row now. I’m ready for bed, I feel all tucked in. Lovely! Am off to bed. Good night to all.
Ah, and besides hearing Sheila, it was so nice to hear your voice, Celi!
Irmi, do you have the mute off……little speaker at the end. The sound suddenly stopped part way through my listening and after I’d @#&# a bit, I realised I’d accidently clicked the ‘mute’. Hope you can get to hear it, would be a shame for you to miss out.
Thank you Netty. It must be something else. When I press the play button the bar doesn’t move at all… It does not start. – The speaker you mention is on normal. I had it too the other day when somebody put the link into the launch to another farmy noises audio – don’t remember when… Could not hear it either (whereas I can hear and use other sources without any problemes). Bad thing when not knowing at all where the problem lies… Maybe I have to enable something at WordPress?