At last we are settling down into a summer farm rhythm. Start the waters, milk the cow, feed the animals, have second breakfast, weed and plant and pick. This is the morning. A simple morning.
I am leaving the grass long down the back so the cows can lie down into it out of the flies. I hate flies. 
Tia is a beautiful heifer. All the young ones are bulking up.
The pigs are all putting on weight. 
Tomorrow I put both groups of piglets together. Everything will stay the same, I will just open the gate that separates them then see what happens. 
Spot the dog. While I sat on a brick watching the piglets Ton hid in the weeds watching us all. He is not very good at hiding.
More weeding today and mowing and weed eating and planting. I started this post today saying I cannot believe you are still reading because it really is just an ordinary little farm. A small soap opera with cows and pigs. Things move slowly. If things are going well nothing much happens at all.
And let’s hope it stays that way, at least until I have all the gardens in.
The day has already begin outside the open windows. The birds are singing into the dawning.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
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57 responses to “A quiet life”
Albert said it best!
He has a way with words doesn’t he.. c
It’s an addictive little soap opera, with real heart, real drama, real people and creatures, and an award-winning writer (take a bow, Miss C).
Oh no – I think it is a collective effort.. I hope your day is moving along well.. c
Perhaps the piglet thinks he is hiding too. Or playing peek a boo. From my perspective, it is a yearning for the so called simple life. It is not so simple tho. The health and safety of the animals, the planting and success of a garden that will feed the farm humans and the farm animals, the planted fields of nutrition for the animals and gathering of that nutrition with regards to the weather. The weather! It all depends on the weather. And yet, I still yearn for it. Plus all the collective knowledge and support of the Fellowship. There you go C. 🙂
Yup – I think you covered it – have a good one Kim.
Gotta add my agreement, too– you do so very much to make things seem ordinary, yet you also give us glimpses of how much is hard and messy and sad. You manage to make the time to let us all come along with you as your co-farmers in spirit? Invisible helpers? Constant cheer squad? Who needs Wonder Woman– we have our own Miss C !! 🐷📷🐔🐮🌱
Love your wee emoticons! (is that the right word?) .. have a great day .. c
Such beautiful animals!
Reading about the farmy is one of my favorite parts of each day. 🙂
I was watching an episode of “Maryland Farm and Harvest” on PBS and they had two dairy farmers on the same episode. One had gone back to tall, mixed grass pastures were the cows were moved frequently and the manure left trodden into the pasture, the other was more “modern” with contrete pads with curbs, grain fed and a large manure handling system. It was a striking contrast. The grass fed cows were generally clean, the barn areas were quite clean and the grain fed were dirtier, the manure handling a complex, labor intensive business and the majority of the farm given to growing the grain. Lady A and the others look just as clean and happy as those cows in Maryland in the pastures. I know which method I’d use if I had a dairy cow or two.
Can’t wait to hear what happens when the piglets are together. 😍
That piglet! I couldn’t tell which end was which until I studied it for awhile – then I saw the busy little ears under the big leafs. What a hoot! And that beautiful long blue-black neck – a bovine Aphrodite! Thank you for the calmness amidst the chaos. A piece of breathing space that makes sense!
It’s kicking off the shoes, it’s sitting down, it’s grabbing a cuppa, it’s saying ‘oh! at last!’, it’s feeling comfortable and unfussed . . . it’s normal and healthy . . . .and it definitely is Ton’s nose with its white streak peeking out from amongst the plants . . .
I love that pic of Ton!! ❤
It’s nice to see you have a wonderful crop of Burdock that everyone seems to love. It is an excellent year for them here as well (and I do mean that in THE most respectful way, they are a microcosm unto themselves: )
And so, SO very important: http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Arctium+lappa
Love the pic of Ton endeavouring to hide! I’m with you, can’t stand flies ..