Like I said - Cherie was engaged with far weightier matters than her neighbours' departure.
We had a little rain on Monday night which broke the muggy heat.
Cherie must have thought that was an auspicious sign.
She ate her breakfast as normal on Tuesday morning.
Then went back to bed.
Although Linda and I have been saying for days: "It'll be tomorrow" , Cherie's been holding on and, in fairness to The Big Boss he did say the earliest possible date was Tuesday!
We thought he was wrong.
Naturally!
I poked my head around late yesterday morning and she was - seemingly -fast asleep.
So I left her in peace.
It was nigh on 4pm when Linda chirpily announced:
"She's on her way: two piglets so far and one just on its way....."
And by the time Linda went home there were 5 little squiggly things happily nuzzling and suckling for all they were worth with Cherie making contented grunty mother sow noises........
AAAAhhhh!
And later on, as if to celebrate, there was the most glorious sunset................... isn't nature wonderful.
And since Cherie is from the Little Tots litter, we have named these (courtesy of our visiting 'going to be vets' work experience students) the Truffles.
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Correction: Last paragraph, last line; surely you mean 'future vets' rather than 'going to be vets' ??
Back home and missing the wolds and the animals. Look out my window and see houses, road and cars, would rather see trees, fields and horses/pigs/chickens/sheep/pilot burying a boot...
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