I asked this of the busy kitchen after dinner last night. No-one had an answer of course. It is not cold like real cold is but I am sitting writing to you in August on the prairies with a sweatshirt on, thinking about socks. It is 52F /11C . Not warm. And the middle of August which is the hottest month here. The sleeping is good though and with a breeze things will dry out without festering.
I am finally getting tired though. I thought since the rescue piglets are getting bigger (14 days old now I think) I might take them to four hourly feeds through the night but it was so cold last night that it was obvious that they would need that warm milk in their bellies so I stayed with the every three hours.
The piglets hear me open the door, come out of their house barking, have a pee then a big drink then back to bed where it is warm then I scoop up the ones with walking difficulties, they do the race track a few times, have a pee, a drink then they too are sent back into bed. The whole episode takes about thirty minutes each time.
Molly’s piglets spend all their time in their garden so sometimes Milly can sneak up to the barn and have a few minutes almost alone. Look at the size of her babies. They will be fine to wean early.
With all the franticness and the gathering tiredness I took my eye off the ball and last night Lady Astor presented with mastitis. After an extra long milking session I was able to hand milk it all out but we will see how that is this morning. Well, you know the drill, I will milk her three or four times a day for a few days . Then go to the antibiotics inserted into the quarter if that has not sorted it. Poor old girl. I have been testing Aunty the last few days and I missed this developing. This is not like me – I am fastidious about mastitis.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
54 responses to “Why am I cold?”
Sending warm hugs.
Glad the little piggies are still doing OK. What has happened to Tahiti? Has she been banished to the outer Farmy? I know you said you weren’t going to keep her, but maybe I missed her being sold?
She is still here – in a pen next to one of the plonkers, when Molly weans her babies Tahiti will be her companion pig for a while. c
That first image is fabulous – like a paintitng (Edward Hopper? He used colors like in those first 2 pictures)
Cold winter ahead? What are you dog’s coats like? (We’re still roasting here – dog and cat shedding like crazy though.)
I heard talk of a bad winter – did you hear that? My lot still have good coats but the pigs are BARE
Just looking at possible signs – like fronts actually making it to the gulf. No cool air, only storms, but pretty unusual any front makes it to the coast in August. Say a flock of white egrets overnighting in a favorite migration resting spot – and they moved on south. They could be bird brained but keeping an eye out.
Celi, I love that last photograph! This is a busy time of year, but I have faith in you to see it all through.
It got chilly at the cottage the other night and I had to bundle up. I think our bodies need time to acclimatize to the cooler temperatures and initially we feel cold. Those same temperatures after a winter would feel very warm to us.