That my hands are still shaky?
Not good for a photographer. Ah well, today is Day Three of the IcePick Headache Bad Head so I am sure you will forgive me the camera shake. I feel so sorry for people who deal with pain on a daily basis. I should be grateful that all I have to deal with is the occasional Bad Head.
Above is the most boring picture ever but it shows you the surroundings. We are surrounded on all four sides by waterlogged empty fields.
And what a misery of a day yesterday was – it rained and blew, the clouds were low, the fog thick, the light dim and slowly it got colder.
Two middle sized pigs (the smaller hand reared ones) have been slow to pick up – still not eating much. They are too old for this kind of problem. They will go off on jaunts around the field and chew on grass but then straight back to bed. No fighting for food. I am still concerned.
Tima and Tane are still a box of birds though – nothing slows these two down.
Everyone got an extra portion of straw to help with the cold last night: we are drifting down into another cold snap again, though so far I see nothing below 0F/-17C . I don’t call it cold until we get down to 0F. We all do ok below freezing. Sub zero is the killer.
Actually wind is the killer! Luckily everyone has good deep beds out of the wind. It will be chilly today with wind but I am promised some sun.
Some days on the farm in the winter are kind of dull to report on. But this is what farming is like out here. Some days are dreary, it is real life.
I need to shut this screen off now. Get moving.
I hope you have a good day.
celi
c
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58 responses to “Can you tell ?”
“When icicles hang by the wall, And greasy Joan doth keel the pot…..” Not being a farmer, I will stay stay out of the cold wind here & finish my Christmas jigsaw puzzle, a little January pleasure. I hope your horrible ice pick takes its final stab Today & goes away forever.
It is certainly diminishing – on the mend now.. c
Maybe 3rd day is the charm and it will be the final day. I have to go inspect a broken tree in the front of my house. After freezing rain followed by snow was too much weight. Looks like it just missed the car, I hope. Well the Christmas lights are down…on the ground 😒
Did it miss the car? Oh my goodness – a tree coming down is just awful.. c
Just Missed it by a few inches!
I hope you and the pigs are feeling better tomorrow 🙂
All four of the pigs trotted out for breakfast this morning – and did it again at lunchtime so i am feeling more hopeful.. I hate it when pigs are not 100 percent. They just look miserable. c
That’s good news. It’s hard to imagine a pig going off it’s food.
It was a worry – I was fretting.
I read that people feeding ducks and geese often swap coats, because the birds become accustomed to their smell and don’t like change. They will similarly get upset and stop eating. Perhaps the pigs have the same sensitivity to smell? No doubt your older pigs feel more secure and are less worried by change.
when you write everyday it must get difficult to find things to write about but you do it so well….and no I cannot tell that your hand is still shaky…There has to be a reason…
This weekend our weather is to be -25 and 20 cm of snow….and wind…you might never hear from me again. All large vehicles have been banned from using the roads and ordinary folk told to stay home….
I really hope that you will feel better soon love p
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2017 at 2:45 PM
Gosh – banning trucks from the road is serious. Hope you are staying home! c
Do you think that your migraine might be related to the extreme cold and wind?
No – we encounter cold every year without problems – this is just a miserable headache.. c
Hope the wind drops, temperatures rise and the sun comes out. Laura
we have sun – but winter has arrived for a few days! c
Migraines are terrible. Like you, I only have them once in awhile. Sadly, hubby has suffered from them for years. Now he’s added worsening back problems to the mix. Not a good mix for farming, which is why I had to let go of my farming dream 😦 Instead, I live out my farming dream thru the words on your blog, but miss living close enough that the girls and I could make the drive up to visit your little farmy.
Thank fully this is not a migraine – I feel awful for migraine sufferers, this one does not force me to close my eyes at least – best to work through it. Yes, those visits were precious. I still think of that picture of Naomi (was it Naomi or am I remembering her name incorrectly)running at top speed through the long grass. c
I don’t remember if it was Lili or Naomi, but most likely Naomi if running was involved 🙂 We will have to make a point of coming up for a visit on our next trip to Illinois.
I’m with you. The wind is the worst of it. We have been packing out my son’s storage unit into a Uhaul truck. We are not used to cold temps here in Portland and it was COLD yesterday and colder today while we finish the packing up. At least it sunny and dry so things can be spread around outside. To do what you do everyday, would be too much but then you have animals counting on you. I hope everyone perks up soon. Three days with a headache would be cause for concern for me. It’s been a long time since I’ve had one of those. I had bio-feedback many years ago because the meds didn’t work. Sometimes a headache isn’t just a headache. Just know I’m thinking of you and hope you feel better sooner.
Well this is just a stupid headache – and losing its grip today which I am grateful for. You have a lot of work to do – those storage units can hold a lot! c
I feel for you miss c….I am a frequent sufferer of migraines so have plenty of medication and am ready to fight back. Think it must be dreadful to be attacked randomly like you have been…you’re defenceless 😢
This is not a migraine thankfully – my Mum got those and my Dad too – this is just a bad head that is giving up now. c
I have found that migraines can take many forms. I seriously sympathize that your ICE PICKS are so severe. I wish that I could suggest a remedy. Periodically I have the strangest thing happen. I can only describe it as a hallucination. It is a visual semi circle off of my left eye. It is mostly colored and looks like a pulsating shattered stain glass window dancing to the beat of my heart. If it’s not in color it looks like zebra patterned chevrons, but still pulsating. When this happens it is so distracting that I need to stop whatever I’m doing, hang my head, and close my eyes in a darkened space if possible. Even walking is difficult, so you can imagine how I feel about driving. Fortunately it comes on slowly, and is often gone within a half hour. When describing this to my physician, I was told that it was a migraine. My response is that I didn’t have a headache, the guess is that I’m so glad the hallucination is gone that I don’t notice the migraine. Weird.
I was told those were optic migraines and I had those for several years before the ice pick migraine came immediately after the optic one. Now I just grab the migraine medicine as soon as the optic one starts and head for a dark room. I have tried to work though them but for me it only prolongs them so Advil Migraine and sleep are what works for me.
Hmm – that must be the strangest feeling. And affecting your vision like that is frightening. I am feeling very grateful that this one is only pain. c
Thank you for this information, optic migraine sounds about right. My hopes is this is where it continues to start and end. Currently the people that are around me at the time just think I’m ready for the loony bin, telling them it’s an optic migraine sounds much more sophisticated than shattered stain glass dancing 🙂
I’ve heard them called “visual migraines” and the first one I had scared the pants off me. I was at work and suddenly realized I couldn’t see the report I was reading. Thought I had a fluff or something in my eye, then thought maybe something to do with my retina, but no. It’s more like the old prism tube things we had as a kid – you looked in and turned the bottom of the tube and the patterns changed – can’t remember what they are called. But I never have pain associated with them and thank heavens they don’t come often, because they really stop you from doing much when you can’t see properly. Mine do clear quite quickly, with only perhaps a heavy feeling while it’s happening. Oh – just remembered – kaleidoscope!
Chris S in Canada
Oh sweet friend – we hope that you feel better really, REALLY soon. Ice pick headaches suck… well that’s what mom says. Sending you major hogs and snout kisses for a quick recovery. XOXO – Bacon
Recovering as we speak Bacon.. Thank you. c
There are dreary days in every job, trust me…
Yes, so there are – c
My headaches last for three days. So here’s hoping yours is over TODAY!
Three days of cluster headaches would be very much worse. I feel for you. And yes I think I am shaking free today.. c
Oh C. 3 days with that stabbing head pain sounds unbearable…Maybe it is as someone suggested, weather related?? Do you also get them when the temps are warm and dry? Ugh! Severe headaches are the worse…they drain the life out of you, don’t they? I also hope as someone else said that the 3rd day will be the last. Get well!
Not weather related but they come so seldom that it is hard to draw a pattern. However almost over with. c
Miss Celi ~ I’ve had a history of migraine headaches in my lifetime ~ along with Dad. Believe me I know what head pain is all about!! The best ole immediate remedy I ever had was when Mother would put hot hot wet washcloth on my forehead ~ she would run the faucet water over the washcloth til it was boiling hot, wring it out and lay it on my forehead and I would turn it a few times to keep the hot side on my head; then Mother would come with another hot one, etc. It always immediately took the worst throbbing pain away. Years ago I would have headaches 24 hrs a day for a month and more at a time ~ used to take 4 -5 aspirins at a time which never took it away 100%! They say stress can cause some of these migraines ~ yet when my husband died in an accident and I was in deep shock for awhile ~ I never had one headache ~ explain that one!
Also ~ for your cold ~ many people say you need to put vicks on the bottom of your feet along socks and on the chest ~ they swear by it ~ don’t know if that’s a good medicine in New Zealand!!
Stay warm and snuggle up with my buddy BooBoo!! Do you have a good ole down comforter from your Grandma? Hope he is doing better ~ can’t live without Boo on the farm!
Hope Piggies get better ~ maybe they need a chocolate malt ~ our ole Dr said malt is the best thing for tummy ache ~ and it definitely always felt better!!
take care Miss Celi ~ NO MORE BLASTED MIGRAINES!! and hugs to Boo.
Your Mum sounds like such a caring person – the hot wet cloths must have felt lovely. c