Gratuitous piglet pictures I mean. Just once more with the piglet pictures then we really need to get back to work. I know we have had one of the warmest Octobers on record and I am so grateful, but winter will come. And I have to be ready. However for today here are Poppy’s Nine.
Poor Poppy overturned her water barrel yesterday and then lay her udder into the cold puddle. Poor darling. She had the door open all day, and I think that was our last very warm day. I am glad she made the most of it.
I don’t mean to neglect the great bunch of louts out in the back field. And I think this is the one whose name is Not Elfie (below). I have such trouble getting images of the Tweens as Kim calls them. Molly’s and Tahiti’s Bunch. They are quite the rabble. Just stepping into their field is a disaster – they are immediately on my feet. Wild and loud and trying to trip me up to get to the buckets. They are such – well – pigs!
This wee pig was on the verge of rushing out of her house – I was lucky to get that shot.
The coyotes were endlessly calling last night – displaced by the harvest they are exposed and howling- the dogs were kept very busy making sure they stayed on their side of the line. In fact the dogs have elected to sleep outside for most of the nights now, to watch for stragglers.
We walk the boundaries in the mornings and evenings, so my dogs can mark all the posts – I don’t know if it makes such a difference but it is what we do and so far my little farm has had no trouble from the wild dogs. Though I do make sure not to Give them a dinner – all the little ones are kept close to home. And you never know – there is always the rogue factor. But all in all we have been lucky with our coyotes.
I hope you have a lovely day
celi
ps.If you are one of my Instagram family, yesterday I posted a beautiful piglet picture over there – I love it. My instagram handle is cecilia_thekitchensgarden. (or something like that I keep forgetting). c
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28 responses to “Gratuitous piglets”
Love all the photos but especially the chicken sitting in the wagon. Charming–all!! Yes we have coyotes in Chicago. I feel sorry for them. They are so skinny.
GRATUITOUS piggies aside, because it is hard to beat baby photos, that shot of the cows in the barnyard is a beauty. The light playing with the colours is wonderful there and you can “see” the unseasonable warmth of the fall day. We, too, are experiencing that gorgeous weather and I am feeling hesitant at the end of each day knowing our great good luck has to come to an end sometime. Most days reading your blog produces smiles and sometimes, like today, a real chuckle…. over your comment about how piglets will be pigs, like they’re in training or something. Hope you have a lovely day too! ~ Mame 🙂
Poppy’s a no nonsense pig who does things as she feels fit – I can see her coming from Herefordshire.
I read about someone with a small biodynamic vineyard in France who collected the urine from his whole village in an attempt deter boars …it didn’t work, but I suspect that dogs and coyotes have a better scent marking understanding.
Bring on those gratuitous piglet pics, I love them!
A couple of neighbors before we moved had little dogs snatched out of their yards by coyotes, an area of houses in a large city. The coyotes were seen by myself and many neighbors trotting right down the middle of the street or on the sidewalks at night. It was not wise to let pets out unattended. After our move we still see them in the alley, as well as skunk, raccoon, opossom, chipmunks, squirrels, and sadly now, rats (they are attracted by the dumpsters of the apartment buildings). It doesn’t matter that the place we’re living temporarily is on a busy street, the coyotes don’t seem to care and happily trot on the sidewalks along it.
Love the chicken in the wagon and the shadow of another cow on the barn wall. Love the little piglets, too. Their ears are so big.
Those wee piggies are endlessly cute, but I can do see that you can’t spend too long on them, you have a whole Farmy to care for. Miss Poppy looks delighted with her own version of udder balm, what a clever girl she is! I know nothing of coyotes, but if they’re anything like our local equivalent, dingos, they do need to be kept at arm’s length. Dingos have taken human babies…
I don’t believe I am making what a friend of ours calls a ‘generic comment’ BUT: OMG, aren’t these piglets the cutest ever 🙂 !!! . . . and I know how fond you must be of your ‘great bunch of louts’ out in the paddock . . .
Love the velvety piglets with silk lined ears.
I’m your Instagram mummy, remember? I’m waiting for more footage of piglets rushing around playing, I so enjoyed that last time! Jenny xxx