A real cloud not a metaphorical one – thankfully.
Tima is such a round barrel that her speed in this shot can only be determined by seeing TonTon (stick in mouth as usual) hurrying along beside her.
When Tane hurries his movements smooth right out. When he walks he barely uses three of his legs. Like Boo – when Boo runs he engages all four feet but when he walks he only uses three of his legs. Maybe speed somehow disengages pain for a second.
The little pigs who are not so little any more have a landing so they can reach their water.
The chicks are just beginning to show signs of feathers, they grow fast at this age and have already been divided into two totes so they have more space.
Alex looks like she grew an extra hump for this shot. And it is hard to get a “mouth shut” shot when they are relaxing and chewing their cud. Oh dear. But she is so beautiful. She looks so neanderthal this cow.
The peahens are roaming. Soon it will be planting time and then they will have to go into their peacock palace but I will use row covers and hold their imprisonment off as long as I can.
The carrots survived the winter and are growing.
I am late this morning. I lay in bed a long time, listening to the roosters crowing and stared at the ceiling with nothing in my head at all.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
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48 responses to “Under a cloud”
Sometimes it’s nice to lay in bed with nothing in the head …just staring.
Araucana and Americauna chickens lay green or blue eggs — a given hen only lays one color, and apparently Blue Egg is a dominant gene, so you can get blue or olive eggs from even a half-breed! Here’s a couple websites that give some details:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/25421/blue-egg-genetics
http://104homestead.com/science-creating-egg-color/
It’s warm here outside DC, and my garden is popping (crocuses, daffodils, witch hazel, wintersweet all going great guns, despite a morning frost yesterday!
Lynn
I want to say thank you so much to all who expressed their sympathy to me – especially to Netty, Chris, Eha, Aquila, John and Celi! So sweet of you. Thanks again. Yes, I am calm. Everything is as it has to be…
Oh, this cloud over the Farmy looks weird… We had a (very short) thunder & lightning today with lots of heavy rain… Love the landing for the little ones to reach their water – you’re caring for all and think of everything, Celi.
Thank you for this pic’s roundabout from today.
I too love those deliciously sound-rich few minutes between waking (more woken by Max, the rooster) and moving. I slide the curtains aside just enough to see the hills to the west and lie there all cosy, just listening to my wee world wake up.
Lovely Tima, mature years have not wearied her, have they? She’s still a lightning bolt of mischief.
Tima and TonTon are such a cute combination. Wouldn’t you just love to know what TonTon is thinking, looking at her?
great capture of the cloud! Have a lovely day!
How interesting Celi! Do you pre start your carrots in the fall, or are these 2nd year growth from last year’s crop?
started in the very very late summer – the ground needs to be a little warm to start the seed.
Does Alex meditate? Or pray? It looks like she tried to kneel but collapsed on her bent foreleg. Oooohh, painful if I tried that. But she seems peaceful, content, at home next to the old car. Great photograph. The contrasts say a lot: ancient creature muses over broken machine.
Interesting about Boo and Tane .. walk versus run. Dan is exactly the same .. poor pooch is very hoppy today!