How do cats and dogs manage in the heat with these big fur coats they wear.
I was flattened by the heat these last few days and the heat was not even long lasting. It was only a couple of days of almost 100 degrees culminating in a massive thunderstorm. Which ratcheted the humidity up but was marvelous for the gardens.
Unlike the pigs I can’t cover myself in mud and lie in the shade all day. I am not going to raise Durocs again. These pigs are mean. I cannot get into their fields to collect feed bowls – the pigs bite. I have never come across such badly behaved pigs before.
R and I are looking about for heritage pigs for next year.
I feel like I have been run over by a bulldozer this morning but I am sure that will pass. It is cooler and much more pleasant this morning.
If I could just get rid of this headache!
Today we reach up into the 80’s. Nice. It is foggy so far this morning and they are forecasting a partly cloudy day. I’ll take it.
This fog is showing no signs of lifting yet. My brain is still foggy too so I will leave this letter here.
Have a gorgeous day!
Celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
31 responses to “Fogginess all Round”
Bad biting piggies! It’s the humidity that causes the headaches I think.
Could be. Humidity makes it harder to breathe, too, when it’s 90 degrees here, with no breeze.
It certainly does. My lungs were on fire day before yesterday. But I don’t understand my reaction to it. We have hot weather all the time!
I know about midwest heat in summers. You at least have some shade where you live, but you may have been outside working in the sun and dust. All can irritate the bronchi. Panting, for instance. Your animals have it good.
Probably. And changes in the weather. I have been plagued by headaches since puberty!
You and me both–I feel your pain! Mine have gotten much better since menopause but I still get them at times. Ugh. Hope you feel better today.
I do. Though better is a relative term!!
Feel better soon. ❤️
I am certainly feeling better today. Just enough!!
I think cats stay very still and only move when necessary. I read up on the Plop Plops and in contrast to the Durocs, they are supposed to be the best natured pigs ever!
yes! They certainly are so far. One keeps running for my feet and throwing himself on my boots rolling over to show his belly for a scratch. Very sweet.
We had Gloustershire Old Spots, a heritage hog from the UK. Mad might know of them. They are big, very gentle and a wonderful meat pig. Folks that bought the meat said it was the best pork they had ever eaten. Of course they were pasture raised and had lots of goat milk and eggs as well. Our breeders moved from the area soon after we bought our 13 years ago, so I’m thinking they may be difficult to find. We were the only ones with them in our area back then.
I remember them. They looked like lovely pigs too.
That is disappointing that the Charlotte’s are nasty. Makes it easier to know they are for the table. Those Charlotte’s need a through the fence look and meeting with huge Jude and FreeBee. Maybe some controlled big pig intimidation will bring them around.
Barometric pressure changes are known to cause headaches or make chronic ones much worse and can also mess with other body systems like blood pressure. I think as we age we become even more susceptible to those changes, at least I know I feel the weather much more.
Maybe that is why we all feel better after a good storm!
Yes, I think so!
Gosh!!! We’ve never had pigs that bite. What a mess! I love the fog. I wish we had more here, but we don’t.
It is. It an aggressive bite – more of a playful one but you can tell these pigs were not brought up by their mother!
I am sorry to read that the Charlottes are so bad-tempered, biting the hand that feeds you! I hope your headache goes away soon. I am impressed you can move at all with that heat.
I am going back out now. As long as I have my hat I am ok but it does wear on a person- I don’t know how road workers manage it – stood out on the hot tarmac all day.
Ouch! That would be even worse.
Good morning Cecil………..Ahhhh, hot weather AND humidity. Living in AZ with the monsoon season means I can certainly relate to your headaches and general malaise with the weather. It often is above 110 here and if you add the humidity it is almost unbearable to be outside.
Hopefully you will be on the mend soon, cold ice packs to the back of the neck seem to help me.
Don’t have any recommendations for the nasty pigs, though, the only thing I live with is my husband, and his comments to me at times certainly do “bite”. LOL
Have a good rest of your day.
Jo
Ice packs are a good tip thank you. 🙏 I have to go out there and wrangle in the pig bowls for cleaning – i have one of those grabbers that is helpful. They don’t bite as much as gnaw playfully. But their teeth are sharp!
A beautiful photograph 🙂
I feel your pain with the headaches and I agree, ice packs usually help some. I have a flexible shawl like freezer thing. For many years I’d wake at 3 or 4 AM with a screaming headache and I’d trudge to the freezer for it and put it on – it covers the back of the neck and upper back. That usually helped, otherwise I’d carry that headache all day, they are miserable. As I’ve aged they’ve mitigated a lot but I, too, have been plagued with headaches the majority of my life. Be sure to wear your hat in the sun, that usually helps a lot.
Isn’t it the pits!! Your ice shawl sound lovely on a hot day! My mother would plunge her hands in hot water and keep them there for a while. She had a ton of headaches as a result of the head trauma from the accident. I do wear my big floppy hat – after years of wear it is not holding any shape at all and I have to clip it up out of my eyes! 😂
hahaha, my straw hat has a chunk missing from the front brim where a dearly departed mare decided to taste it
oh! That is too funny!
A dog trainer gave us a great tip once. Throw a treat or two in the opposite direction of the food bowl, that’ll give you a chance to pick up the pig’s food bowls in peace. If need be, throw a few more to give you more time to get out of that space. As for the headaches, we understand and hear you. We try to keep glass water bottles in the refridgerator and add a packet or two of electrolite powder. There’s some really good ones on the market and they taste great! A combination of the cold water plus potassium can prove to be a good tool. Even a banana helps!
Lovely photos, as always! Sounds like it might be “good riddance” once these pigs are ready to leave. Sorry you have to put up with such bad manners! Patti
You need a cooling neck wrap. Amazon has them, not very expensive, and if you have a couple you can swap them out when one gets warm. It’s a cloth tube containing a gel which gets cold, you tie it round your neck and it really does help to cool you down. My headaches are almost always either dehydration, migraine or neuralgia, so cold packs are the last thing I’d want, but I’ve found a phone reminder to drink has helped keep the first one at bay; I don’t seem to get thirsty like normal people.