Yesterday it blew very hard and very loudly for the whole day, shredding the nerves of people and pigs. I spent a lot time with Molly who was feeling down about being pregnant (I hope) and alone (poor pig). She does have Sheila next door but Sheila does not like pigs very much.
The crashing and banging of wind-made-sound was getting to her I think. There is more stuff that rattles and clangs in the wind over here at the home farm. Junk mostly.
(I would love an enormous bulldozer to push it all away but all this junk is Johns and not my department. So there it sits).
There is a lot going on around and about at the moment that has nothing to do with the farm and the farm blog so please forgive me. Everyone has troubles. I think one of the arts to a calm life is being able to glide just slightly above other peoples jaggedy thorny problems. Involved but not so caught up that our own self needs extra fortification. But few of us can learn that art. Most of us forget to glide and nod and just be there to listen, but allow others their own lives, and soon we are snarled and caught up and then have to spend time disentangling or taking the blame. Though even identifying the problem seems to be the biggest hurdle. And trouble attracts trouble I find. So I fret. I am a fretter. As you know.
The wind last night blew up into a full scale thunder storm with extreme winds and smashing rain and little sleep in the noise. So I fretted about my animals but I am sure I will soon see that they were fine.
I fly off again on Thursday to California for a long weekend and the annual spring visit to one of my little families there. This is my last trip of the winter. When I come back we will begin the season in earnest.
While I am away there is going to be some pretty awful weather so today I will haul in more bales of straw so everyone can bed down warmly.
There is a line of black cloud above the South horizon with a sliver of white below it. I wonder if this means that this storm system is receding. We have had a battering in the last 24 hours.
I will check the weather forecast.
Hmm no such luck. More wind by the look of it:
A mix of clouds and sun with gusty winds. High 53F. Winds WSW at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
Our spring winds seem to have come early too.
I am working on a beautiful collection of guest posts for the period I am in California. You will be well entertained while I am away I think.
The wind is low for the moment so I will get going and get the chores done before it escalates.
I hope you have a lovely day
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
51 responses to “A Lot of Things”
Judging by the amount of wind turbines off in the distance of your photo, the wind there must be fairly much a constant, Celi? They are truly such ugly, gargantuan things; you have my condolences on their blight on your landscape. ):
PLUS – they have destroyed the peaceful night with their endless blinking red lights across the whole North, West and East horizons. scattering our starlights. I really don’t like them. And yes we do have a lot of wind but when it is strong the windmills turn off or they literally catch on fire. c
Yes, I truly feel your distress. They are hateful things and have been spreading here as well like some sort of disease… It does seem rather idiotic doesn’t it – that the technology in these things can’t even handle what they are intended to harvest? *sigh* It seems to me just one more instance where greed over-rules the lives of common folk… Take care, Deb
I’m like you and don’t like the clutter of the wind turbines either!
Better than nuclear I suppose. Though they are dotted all over too. c
Great numbers of birds are being killed by wind turbines, especially my beloved Eagles. The cost out-weighs the benefits.
Poor Molly – I wonder if she wants some pet cows too? 🙂
The weather is reflecting the mood you’re in. It will all survive, fresh and clean when it’s over. Safe travels. I was wondering about cow friends for Molly too.
Don’t have any outdoor animals, but my poor plants take a battering in the wind. It’s changed, here. Over the last 12 years it is October that is the worst for wind. Not much last year at all! But a few random days last month and this one already have given the green babies a battering.
Windy wind, noisy noise and… the stuff of life can shift our focus and make us feel off kilter. The best I’ve ever been able to do is ride it out, heeding what I need and applying the little prayer Kim shared to the rest ♡
Have a wonderfully relaxing time! Doesn’t your family live in Central Valley? If so, partly cloudy with mild temps and moderate breezes until Tuesday by which time you will probably be back! Oh, John’s belongings which rattle and roll – I would cook his favourite meal, disempower him with a plethora of what he likes and say ‘pretty please darling’!! You do want to make my life easier, don’t you ?’ * big smile*
We are having ferocious winds too, I find them unsettling. If you discover a way to get John to clear the junk please let me know. I have threatened to rent a giant dumpster when my John is off on one of his fishing or hunting trips. Sigh, maybe I’ll just put up a fence…
That is quite a photograph. I almost missed the ghostly wind farm . It’s like another layer of being., creatures that we created in order to survive on ours.
Lots of damage here in Northeast Ohio as well, due to high winds. I lost a few pieces of barn siding but no major damage otherwise thankfully. Enjoy your last trip of the winter. : )
Nice to hear that you are getting away again .. sorry to hear that things aren’t right! Thinking of you Miss