Dreary and rainy here with the temperature expected to drop sharply this afternoon. Everything is still green around here so it could still be November here too.
At some time yesterday the pigs' watering system broke: there was this new fountain behind the barn! It was not their fault; the rather Rube Goldberg contrivance that I constructed about 15 years ago finally deteriorated. I made a quick fix this AM but it will need some replacement parts when I get to the hardware store. Pipes that run along the rafters take water from one side of the barn where all the normal plumbing is located to the other where the pigs are fed and watered. Fortunately the problem is on ground level outside the barn and simple to repair - or at least so it appears at this point.
Now I'm off to deliver eggs and oranges to a neighbor who recently broke her hip. I have saved some of the hens' better work for her. I have several older hens who lay HUGE eggs; they won't fit into normal egg cartons. I thought she might find them amusing. I'll take a dozen average sized eggs as well in case she needs them for recipes.
