My posts are crooked, the barn is leaning, the feeders are sinking and the BooBoo limps. The hay bales list, the fields are poggy and not one fence follows a straight line. 
The posts are on a lean, the gates drag and the chickens perch on ramshackle lengths of pole. All this I can take but if the horizon were crooked then I would lose my mind.
Straight is good.
The flat straight becalmed-at-sea-like horizon of the prairie is a perfect frame, reluctantly show casing my crooked contributions. The chaotic landscape hangs on flat-screens, a work in progress. An incomplete orbit.
Have you ever thought that you can move your head every which way, even stand on your head if you like (and if you can I would be VERY impressed) but the horizon of the prairie always stays in a perfect line watching our antics with dry straight lipped amusement. The Earth better not shake her head in amusement – we will all fall off.
I think that Sheila has found her forever friend in Tia the little heifer. But I am telling you right now that THAT PIG is NOT coming into the milking shed. Not in a million years!
Scroll down to the instagram feed and you will see Sheila being amusing.
Today the high will be 46f/7c – a perfectly acceptable winters day – maybe some snow tonight to liven things up. The weather promises us deep cloud for at least the next six days with gradually lowering temperatures. Good for the skin right?
I hope you have a lovely day.
love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
78 responses to “The crooked-ness”
If the horizon was crooked we would all have something to worry about. God is clever that way as the horizon is always straight…What is poggy?
Sorry that BooBoo is limping..has he something in his foot or the old problem causing it
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 2:54 PM
When you put your boot down and sink into the ground – that is poggy. Same old problem for Boo I am afraid.. c
Be on the lookout for a crooked sixpence! (There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile; He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a little crooked house.- Mother Goose)
Ah yes, mother goose! Well remembered! c
My father told me you get more corn in a crooked row. I guess you need more posts, too, for a long fence. 🙂
More corn in a crooked row? I am going to have to work on that puzzle..
Born and raised in the mountains I must tell you those straight horizons worry me. Have a great day!
I have never lived in a mountainous area – holidayed for sure – but never set up housekeeping. I can see why the flatness would unsettle you
Good afternoon, c. That header image is a gem. >
Isn’t he lovely!?
Very.
Love today’s post. We are surrounded by mountains, trees and MUD! Last straight line was seen in the skies above us, and that from the contrails of an airliner. Here on the ground straight lines are rarer than hens’ teeth!
Mud at your place too? Damn stuff is everywhere. Hope it does not slide down your mountain.. c
Thankfully, we are not at that risk!
I have just hung a door, oak planks old style z-frame, that I have taken about a month to put together sand down oil and wax. Old style t-bar hinges and a Suffolk latch.
I stood back to admire my work, after using a spirit level and wedges to ensure that the is an equal and level gap surrounding the door I thought I had done all I could, when I suddenly realised that one of the planks that I had used is tapered, 20cm one end, 18cm the other which makes either the frame crocked or the door, arrrgh!! I will not be starting again 🙂
A pig in a milking shed, not that would be fun!
I would choose the door to be straight? It has now become a piece of art in the shape of a door! As long as it opens and closes. And handmade – I bet it is gorgeous!
I’ll go with art 🙂
I am so happy Sheila has a good friend. Who would think it would be a little cow. Her ability to climb into the trunk of the car is impressive given her leg length. Maybe the photograph doesn’t do her justice. Heck, I have trouble climbing into the trunk of a car. 🙂 My world has always been a little out of balance so I probably wouldn’t notice. Have a wonderfilled Wednesday.
Her legs are very long – she is a tall pig.
I expect to see Sheila in the milking shed in a few months. I would not be surprised.
I am not sure that she will sit patiently in the corner with her knitting though. c
I’m happy with wobbly lines and things that are crooked…a good thing considering the pace at which we’re carrying out work on our own home!
Exactly. I am totally OVER rushing through stuff anymore, and getting things FiNISHED – nothing is ever finished. WE will never be finished.. c
I cannot believe that S is that tall. that is one big pig.
Yes and fairly daunting when in one of her moods.. c
I’m afflicted with the curse of straight horizon lines too, and straight pictures on walls etc. I have actually quit following a photographer (yes, a supposed professional) on Instagram because he posted so many photos with crooked horizon lines. I just can’t handle it. I would love to talk to Sheila and find out what she loves about Tia. They are similar sizes, but I wonder if they must just have similar energies as well. Sheila is looking quite trim and graceful as she ages…hoping someone might think the same of me one day! xx
I have trouble with that too and instagram itself (I think) has a way to straighten your horizon if you can’t get it done yourself. Isn’t sheila looking lovely – I am very careful with her diet – she eats mostly hay and vegetables – c
I’ve had to shift to the ‘dark side’ and embrace crooked, wabi sabi, modern grammar, relaxed dress codes, dust, etc that in my younger days I spent so much, too much time combatting. Our old house is crooked so when anything is installed straight it looks crooked anyway. I’m aquiring an affection for curves… physical, learning… 〰
What IS wabi sabi!? I am going to have to look that up! c
AHA! The ART of Imperfection. This IS me. I am that art!
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Ardys introduced me to the term – https://ardysez.com/2016/12/31/resilient/
Thanks Dale. 💕
Don’t worry, there’s not a straight fence, level gate or straight post on all 38 acres here! We are in the glaciated area of Wi. and it’s always been a conundrum, when running a fence up a hill. (we have almost no flat areas), do you make the posts vertically straight or perpendicular to the ground? (Think about it! It truly messes with my head.) At this point I’m just happy when the fences and gates keep them that needs to be in in and them that needs to be out out. We finally lost all the ice here and now the ground is poggy and after today it’s poggy under about 7″ of snow, ugh.
That is indeed VERY poggy.. seven inches is a lot of snow.. c
I don’t think I could manage on a farm, for I would be forever seeing things needing repair and I would get no rest.
AHA! Please come and visit my farm – I need you to repair things and I would make sure you rest!!