This morning I awoke to strong LOUD thunderstorms, pouring rain and strobe lightening that flashes on and on and a severe weather warning beeping on the phone. I merely note the severe weather warnings. They send them out for the most ordinary of weathers. It’s a thunderstorm. Not an extraordinary event. If I did not have a smart phone and wifi connection I would not even be getting these hyper-ventilated warnings at all. And I would not be alarmed.
I hear the weather, I note the wind direction, I memory cycle through all the animals and all their doors in my head, if everything is in order I go back to sleep. No, I am not taking shelter away from windows. I am going to sleep.
Very sweetly (as I write) I just got more beeps on my phone telling me the severe storm warning is OVER. Someone should mention that to the noisy spring storm raging overhead!
Anyway it may be pouring rain with thunder and lightening right now but yesterday was superb.
And when the sun comes out the pigs down tools, lie down and simply sleep in the sun.
Flat out and fast asleep.
You know how Boo sleeps on his back with his legs in the air?
Well, I have a little pig who sleeps like this too. The first time she did this I hurried over thinking she was cast like a sheep or stuck with her head under the fence.
But she leapt up, looking about to see where the problem was – it really is very hard to sneak up on a pig. So when she laid back down and rolled onto her back again I took a photo for you instead.
Txiki has been sent, in disgrace, to stay with the steers. Yesterday I found her suckling on her mothers (Alex’s) teats. This is naughty and really not good for Alex’s udder either. If Alex is pregnant and developing an udder for her next calf we do not want that process interfered with.
She is such a good looking wee heifer. She is almost one year old and a very sturdy well developed animal so in a couple of months she will be going to the bull herself.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
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43 responses to “Pigs. Sleep.”
We get cyclone warnings on our mobile phones once they reach a certain category and a certain distance from the coast. It doesn’t/hasn’t happened much, last time was in 2015 when Cyclone Marcia hit Rockhampton instead of us! I have my phone turned to silent for the sleeping hours in any case, otherwise there’d be a constant stream of bleeps and bells as emails and SMS alerts came in. It’s all just Too Much Information, isn’t it? Sometimes we can just look at the sky and get the same data.
Cyclones can be pretty bad. c
I don’t ignore THOSE warnings, I’m much more likely to head for the hills…
I have a feeling I will be chuckling about your little pig for much of the day! Great shot!
isnt she funny! c
I was going to say that all the pig pictures are funny, but then I recognized a lesson in their flat-out unapologetic sleeping. If there is no work to be done, and the sun is inviting, what’s the point of standing around, or (addressing the self who fears being seen lying down) of standing your ground. Still, those pictures really are funny.
I like to keep an eye on the weather reports when there’s lots of rain…..like the last few days. I live right on a tidal river, and if everything’s aligned……too much rain in the catchment and the tide coming in……boom, there’s a flood. I can keep an eye on the river but like to know what the rain’s doing too, so there’s time to move chooks up high and be prepared. And no mobile phone here, so no warnings bleeping at me 🙂
That could be nasty – glad you have somewhere to stash the chooks when the rains come.. c
they look like they are dead. I take that to mean they are sleeping soundly. wouldn’t that be nice.
Sleeping soundly – yes – none of them SNORE!! c
Sheila looks like the little (or not so little) pig who built his house of straw, and now she’s taking a rest! Love the piggy on her back as well 🙂
Sometimes I think we should take a lesson from the pigs and nap while soaking up the sun!
Got to love the pigs 🙂