PAUSE
The Farm has entered one of those longed- for pauses. There is rhythm. Nothing new on the horizon (too late for more ducklings – have to wait for spring). The plan for today day is ordinary: clean one corner of the shed, dole out pumpkins, prepare back pens for winter. Laundry, floors, feed Piglet more, less often. Order more feed, send out egg invoices, bake the bread, pay a few bills. Mow a little lawn, greet today’s guests, see a man about a pig. Usual stuff. The Matriarch’s dog is visiting and I have reached exactly my limit. 
Though you never know when one of the Gods I Thanks will pull back her arm and hurl another flaming javelin with note attached into my midst.
So we will take the breather with gratitude. 
I hope you have a lovely day too.
Love celi
WEATHER: Perfect Vitamin D Day. 
C
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Thats a good idea..relax and recharge the batteries….
Well I am not sure about the relaxing side of it !
Your limit sounds like way above the limit of many of us! Enjoy the period of balance and relative tranquility.
Balance – that is the word! Speedy balance.
Such lovely photos today… Those ducks look so still, as if carved from some beautiful timber, and Molly’s baby visiting the milk bar, but my favourite is Boo exchanging gossip with the chooks. Your brief patch of calm communicates itself in the images…
Keep those pumpkin stems and make some cute fabric pumpkins using the stems in them. You can find cheap fabric somewhere. Old clothes or thrift shop.
Then make the pumpkins on those really cold days or nights.
and then sell them for xtra money or give them as gifts…..
Sadly I am not even remotely crafty. No one in their right mind would buy anything I crafted!! In the evenings after dishes and night chores and collating the photos for the blog -by then it is 10 or 11. – my down time is SLEEP!
Gosh! It is getting cold there.
love the idea of a pause. The look between the dog and the chicken, while the other one is pecking away. There’s a story here….
I thought the rooster might be being rude…..’you sleep with pigs’ kind of thing, with Boo looking chastened.
Awesome! “How Rude” : it’s the look i gave my son the morning he slept over and his ‘rooster’ alarm sounded off!!
With all my children off on their own wonderful adventures and the farm slowing down for winter, I also find myself slogging through chores- wordless. Pictures seem to be enough for now.
Lovely golden light pin the animals, enjoy the pause, you have earned it😀 Laura
Enjoy the calm….while it lasts…….
Love the photos today. Contented Ducks.Dog With Chickens.
Glad you have a planned easier day. Hope it all goes as planned.
Boo and that chicken are having a staring contest I do believe. Enjoy the routine while it lasts.
It sounds like a nice day on the farmy.
I love those moments when the world sort of gets into a grove that works. Even though it never lasts, when it’s sliding along it feels quite nice. I hope yours lasts for long enough that you decide a it of shake up would be interesting. 🙂
Yes – that is exactly it. A groove. A flow.
Sure hope you knocked on wood immediately after thinking of calm? Boo looks like he’s resisting wanting to share that bowl of feed, lol. You said “a perfect vitamin D day” so I was expecting clear skies (but not the close to freezing temperatures, BRRR!!! ):
Great photos. Those ducks do look like they are carved out of wood!
a good day to recoup some much needed energy and calm relaxation!~ So happy that you are in this bowl of calm!
You make me laugh. I can see the gods throwing another fireball at you to catch and balance and the visiting dog driving you to your limit. Your list is too long. Just way too long. No choice I know but way too long. Come on Christmas so you get a vacation.
That lovely photo of the ducks reminds me of my favorite poem by Wendell Barry The Peace of Wild Things.
What happened to the pig who was so badly injured. Thanks for your posts – a soft spot on the planet. Love e
Do you mean Wai? The one who was burnt? Or the other piglet?
Wai
Oh Wai is doing fine- he is lying on on the lawn in the sun.
Flaming javelin with note attached made me laugh out loud. Love the photo of Boo giving side eye to the chicken. This is probably a foolish question but…is there no possibility of the wee bum piglet being integrated with the older litter of pigs?
No chance of that – they are much too big and he is alone.
I love the cow’s look…”Bring it on, I double dare ya, oh Hurler of Flaming Javelins!!” She, like the rest of the farmy, seem to be in a preparatory mode for the onset of winter. Rest and be safe, Miss C.!
Cold windy and sunny!
Beautifully written and illustrated. We all need to take a pause now and then and it has been a privilege to share yours
Congratulations on your pause, but your To-Do list reminds me of that old U.S. Army ad, “In the Army, we do more before 9AM than most people do all day.” That would be you–busy, busy. 🙂 I love the dubious look on Boo’s face looking at that chicken!
Loved the visual of a flaming javelin with note attached! And those EGGS! Look at all of them! xo
We are beginning our wind-down, too. All of the tortoises except the biggest one have moved to the greenhouse. Big guy moves Friday. Then next month, we separate the males from females and remove the heat bulbs so they will go to sleep for their winter.
I think that next summer I would like to visit your zoo. I would like to meet the big guy.
I would love that!
Same!! Though I get away easier in the winter but I guess your department hibernates in the winter?
Lovely!
Hey there, Cecilia. It’s nice chillin’. Right now, I’m sitting at my small white desk typing emails to you and my grandma. And it’s very chilly where I live. We have a heater in my room, but I can’t feel the warmth. I’m gonna order some electric blankets sooner or later. You up for Halloween yet??
Yes relax busy girl … heaven only knows how you do it 🙂 Hugs from NZ