REMEMBER
Don’t read too much into my headings. They are often ( usually) cryptic and probably ( always) without thought. Yesterday’s ‘throw in the towel’ heading was part of my discussion about the endless RAIN!
Have you ever known me to give up? I am like a weed though. If I see a gap or opportunity I am just as likely to change tack and grow through it. And sometimes this means change.
Anyway. 
Look at this fella. 
In this heat Tane has finally found the pond. For the last few days this is where he has spent his days. Such a dear wee pig. And so much healthier – he is even putting on weight.
This is the gateway I have to negotiate to get to the Six. Walking through this is an adventure. I sink down in my boots, squelching and sliding. This area has not been dry since the snows melted.
If you were to click on this image and look closely you would see some big hogs. Covered in mud. Looking like the earth itself.
Today the Mill is silent. Anna goes back up to the city for a few days and I am going to catch up on housework and barn work. Also I will go for a walk and make a list of all that needs doing on the blackboards.
I hope all of you Americans have a lovely Fourth of July. I see that congress has decided we can send donations to the refugees housed in camps along the border. Does anyone have an address? We need to find an address.
They should let us adopt families. I know there are thousands of people in terrible stress and wretched conditions but there are thousands of us too who want to help however we can.
Ok! To work!
Cecilia
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I wrote about a woman much like you in today’s Independence Day post. Her image — actually a collage, and not a photo of a real woman — is at the top of the post. Its title is, “She Made Her Own Groceries.” The actually collage hangs in my kitchen, and now and then, when I look at it, I think of you. Carry on!
Nice to be thought about. Thank you !
you are the last person I would ever think would give up, you always find your way through the mud )
Nothing like a bit of hard slog
I had a mucky spot like that (although smaller than yours) I added river rock (from the farm store). I would put some on and then step on it, over and over for a few days until it no longer does that.
My goose has a real pond but won’t go in it even in this heat. I sometimes dip my chickens in water to cool them off because they are not smart enough to stay in the cool area.
Your goose!!
Tane always makes me laugh RIGHT OUT LOUD despite whatever public place I might be in – and today’s shots take the biscuit! That face! And such a grin he seems to carry and a twinkle in his eye. A little monster like you’d find in a Disney movie – lives right there in your backyard – AND he knows he is loved and cared for and has buddies all around. Hang onto that puddle Tane! More hot weather is on the way. Phew!
He hangs out in his pond for HOURS! The ducks camp out under the willows and grumble
Would roll-out walkway work in that muddy area? Made from pallet strips spaced 1 inch apart and screwed to old fire hose or strapping. It would spread the load so your boots don’t sink, and you could roll it back up when you’re done to prevent damage by boisterous piggies. I believe you can get old fire hose when the fire department retires sections that will no longer hold water to the required pressure, and it’s strong and waterproof, so good for this purpose.
great idea! Brilliant!
Kate – bless you – I don’t even have the time it took you to research that. Let alone roll out a bridge then pull it back in. Faster to just waddle through the mud. Where the cows walk through Is diabolical. Thank you though – I need you out here building your ideas!
I wish….
Tane looks like a submerged crocodile.
That is pretty funny! A hairy crocodile!
Poor Ducks, first Wai and now Tane! Tima probably have chased both of them out too. But great to see Tane is taking some happiness out of life again.
Happy 4 July to USA fellowship
That mud, yuck. Laura
Took me absolute ages to find the pigs but I did! I’d love some of your rain.
Funny right?
So funny!
The ducks have their own landing pad in the middle of the pond named Tane. Oh, that would be the best picture ever, a few ducks sitting quietly on his back grooming their feathers and speaking softly to a hairy, hot pig 😉
That would be pretty funny. But they are appalled by him taking over their pond
Yes, please, please, please, if someone has an address for donations, share for us all. Hearing anything about the stuff going on down at the border makes me feel so helpless and impotent. At least being able to send donations would be something I could do. Celi, if someone shares can you make sure to share it in the body of one of your posts so that it doesn’t get lost down here in the comments section? Thank you!
This lady has some ways and places to donate on her FB page https://www.facebook.com/lizpoulsenapplegate?fref=search&__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&eid=ARDQJ5Thwy81YxQiLOY4f70cqSrnQ7372m5WZ7u9LPPTxNJ05n_QYKagNmasCBPLbZAynO07l0u5namx
And Doctors Without Borders is accepting donations https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/countries/mexico
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Nanette – do you know this fb lady? I would like to find some verified avenues to help.
No, but a page I follow knows her….doesn’t mean of course it’s a verified avenue. Drs without Borders is good, and Save the Children…..
I kind of like the idea of someone knowing someone. We have to get down to people level I think
Anyone able and prepared to help, please read the ‘Doctors Without Borders’ website and do so ! The most able and honest organization worldwide I know. Have had a number of close doctor friends work for them for years for free. Almost all your moneys actually is used for help. Have been with them our side of the world forever . . . even all our Sydney New Year celebration collection was once directed there . . . those poor families surely could be helped more on your 4th !
Yes! I will copy and paste them into tomorrow’s post. Good thinking
You did say no more piggies? Are you still hoping to have the farmy self sufficient? Such a hard job. I’m glad you have a home day. And……praying the ground dries up for you : )
We are pretty self sufficient. The egg sales pay for the corn feed. I only eat proteins I grow myself and have lots of greens. I even Mill flour now. lemons or olive oil or avocados or coffee or tea or salt and pepper – beer and wine and gin? All these I must buy. But I have the staples covered/ easily. And have done for years really. So buying in a few plonkers will not change that
You are amazing : )
Try this site:
https://www.susankaisergreenland.com/mindfulness-together/list-of-ngos-that-support-immigrant-families
Do you know these people? Have you dealt with them before? Thank
What a wonderful thought. I would love to donate too! These people really need our help. Happy 4th
What are the flies and mosquito’s like this year? I would assume horrible. So the largest detention center I know of is in McAllen Texas. You can’t donate to border patrol directly but there are agencies in McAllen and in the US that help. I found this article:
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2018/06/19/291600/heres-a-list-of-organizations-that-are-mobilizing-to-help-immigrant-children-separated-from-their-families/
I send money to the Salvation Army in McAllen every so often as they have shelters to help released persons.
You know. Very weirdly there are less mosquitoes then usual. Certainly there are lots of flies but not in the hordes we have had before / I think the prolonged springtime coolness has affected their numbers?
Maybe it’s all those ducks eating the insects.
And that big fat stupid idiot in the White House is spending god knows how many millions of dollars to go up in smoke today instead of using that money to help the displaced families living in squalor at the border. This is one 4th of July that I will not be celebrating…I am so ashamed to even be an American right now! Ugh!
Love Tane…how lucky he is to be oblivious to what’s going on in the world right now! Sorry…rant over! And you’re right…there are thousands of us that want to help and CARE!
PS. That red, white and blue bouquet was made when President Obama was in office…when we could actually be proud of this country!
I agree 100% with Christina. Makes my scalp tingle with rage.
I didn’t write yesterday but I was so sad to read about the piglet. A perfectly healthy little guy dies because the weather is so damn unbelievable and his mother couldn’t take another minute of it. The repercussions of the weather are deep and wide.
Yes they are – summers in Illinois are not for the faint of heart. It did take s while to get hot though!
Those pigs do just look like part of the mud until you blow up the picture. I’m glad Tane found the cool pond and is feeling better. I hope poppy is doing well.
Poppy is getting better every day. Giving birth to that many babies is hard on any animal / but she is looking much better today
Tane looks blissful!
Yes, I agree…….
I’ve wondered why the adoption of families isn’t a thing, like the evacuation of children from the continent in WW2. If you hear of a way to do so, please do share.
I certainly would adopt a family- I have tons of space and lots of food. Hmm. I will ask my immigrant lawyer. I have to talk to her this week anyway and she is a bit of an immigration activist too