numb digits and muddy piglets

my hands are still numb. so are my feet. doc said it could take 6 weeks to notice a difference from b12 injections. so, i'm hopeful. i know i had promised to make this blog a self exorcism of sorts whilst i cannot write with pen and paper. i'm sure you've been waiting with baited breath to peek into the depths of my madness/genius. sorry to disappoint. but it's not going to happen. apparently typing is more awkward for me than my crippled-ass hand holding a pen like a child holds a crayon. so i'm back to dusting off my brain into the contents of my trusty old pocket journal. albeit, i probably won't be able to read it a week from now. children have terrible penmanship.

good news is... we can now return to anthropomorphic photos of my farm animals! this week: piglets.

piglets love baths as much as they love mud


long sally and white paw cheesing it up

white paw is the lyrical gangster

long sally's flirty look

the fence, the fence!

never thought i'd see the day. but it came. and there is peace in the belgrade valley. goat, pig, black mouth cur, all getting along and enjoying the fine front field (aka our former front yard). yes, we are officially hillbillies.

the hog & the hogdog

who needs a tractor when you got samson?

842 approval

meet samson & delilah.

my apoligies for taking so long with introducing our new piglets, samson & delilah. but life got in the way. family illness. sick goats. baby turkeys. oh, and the nicest surprise of all, snow. yes, i awoke to a few inches of white yesterday. glad i didn't plant my 'taters yet.

so, please allow me to introduce.... all the way from columbia, missouri... sampson & deliha. our guinea hogs. i put the emphasis on hogs, because they are in no way related to guinea pigs (which are cute in their own right, but quite a different species). guinea hogs are a heritage breed hog. there are very few of them in missouri. or even in america. and we are lucky to have this cute little pair as a new member of our farm family.

where as i failed miserably with speedy introductions, the piglets succeeded by taking matters into their own hooves. they snuck out of their pen and made the rounds. introducing themselves to all the other animals.

"s'up, jeliza-rose"

"hey, we're the new pigs""albert, nice to meet you"

"so, you're marla?"

piglets, armchairs, & short-term memory loss.

so this weekend the rook farm welcomed our latest additions, the guinea hog piglets. a boy and girl we have named samson & delilah. however, i forgot to bring my camera out to the barn whilst i was playing/feeding/talking to them yesterday. so, you will have to settle for picks of the indoor dogs checking out our new armchairs (graciously handed-down to us by my dad & co.). i promise a full exposé on samson & delilah as soon as i can remember to take camera out to the barn.

"mine"

"dude, you can't have this chair too, porkchop"

little bit treeing invisible squirrels

sibling rivalry