After our usual nightly rain it came out hot and humid yesterday so by evening Amanda decided to make Watermelon Cocktails. 
A girl after my own heart. After consulting with her sister she made Equal parts: Gin and Tonic and Watermelon Juice with a twist of lime. Divine. They had a good kick!
Here is a picture of some really filthy piglets. Their mother was so hot she kept knocking over her water and lying in it then calling them over for a feed.
No-one minded. Pigs love to be filthy. 
The fish in the water barrels are still alive. Though they are being closely monitored.
Everyone is doing their best to look nonchalant.
The butter churn is working hard out now trying to keep up with all this cream. No wonder Naomi is a good size, she was drinking all the cream. I hope you have noticed that I never dress my kitchen to look pretty for a shot. You see it exactly the way it is! In fact you see everything exactly the way it is.
My objective is to have the ground dry enough to cut the hay on Monday. If this hot weather continues we might just make it!
I hope you have a lovely day.
Amanda and I are off to the local Farmers Market in Pontiac this morning. Jake and Bryce and their friends are cooking local produce for breakfast there and he has some pretty good coffee too. I will be selling sunflowers! Singing: “Who will buy this wonderful morning. Such a sky you never did see. Who will tie it up with a ribbon and put it in a box for me.”
What a life we lead.
Love your friend on the farm
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
34 responses to “Watermelon Cockails”
and it is a good life isn’t it!
Good luck with the haying! The first cut here in MA was late and poor, due to no rain early and too much rain later. Hoping for better with 2nd cut, or we’ll be in for another tough winter of feeding. Last winter was the most expensive I’ve ever had for feeding hay – and I was thrilled to be able to find enough for the last few weeks before first cutting! And now I’m already looking ahead to next winter. Seasons seem to be going by at the speed of light these days…or is that just me?
Not just you! Time HAS sped up! I must have missed the memo.. c
Enjoy the Farmers Market. Hope you sell all your sunflowers.
Oh my god, girl. You’ve struck the Memory Cord. I used to sing that song…what the heck is it…is it Nancy from Oliver Twist? I learned it ages ago…I think we had to sing it for a school recital. And I hadn’t given it one single thought until now. That is the weirdest sensation, that flashback like a lightening bolt. Memory works in mysterious ways, storing things on different levels. On another note entirely, that sky! Egads. Looks like more rain, no? I hope not for you and your hay’s sake. xx
Yes it is from Oliver Twist – the scene where Oliver is among the vendors in an out door market and everyone is trying to sell their wares. Beautiful song!
I love all the photos! That’s pretty cool that you sell sunflowers at the market. I sell plants and plant stands when I go. Curious…how many flowers do you bring? And how long are the stems? As everyone else wants…pictures 🙂 Glad your feeling better Celi.
Robin🐥
We’re all loving that cocktail and your kitchen looks pretty fab to me. And yes please, I’ll buy a couple of wonderful mornings from you (please)!!
This post makes me very happy, miss c.
A grand life. Dirty but very cute piglets. 😃. Love the cat pics
Oh, I actually sang that on stage at my school production of Oliver decades ago……happy days! Jenny x
Great post! I did have a Wtime with the word ‘filthy’, though . . . Pigs don’t like to be filthy, although these days they are often kept in such close quarters that they can’t avoid it. Whagt they do love is being muddy, as mud protects their delicate skin from sunburn. I had a pet pig years ago; he was always clean until he was moved outdoors; then he was muddy. We kept a patch of gthe paddock wet just for him to roll in. I love pigs; they are more intelligent than dogs and so easy to train. People don;t like them much, I think, because they are not disney-cute. Well, I just had to add my two cents worth . . . love the cocktails and all the photos. I prefer un-staged pictures myself; they give us a glimpse into other peoples’ lives.
When my pigs find cow poo they LOVE to roll in that too. And yes – always with the mud and wet and compost heaps to dig in! c
Hope you had excellent sales!!!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
Pontiac Markets resounding with Celi being Nancy from Oliver Twist! The mind kind’of boggles but I do hope you sold lots of sunflowers as a result!! And if you were selling and singing your cough just has to be better 🙂 ! Whata a world indeed . . .
What fun to think of you selling sunflowers. Sounds like something from an old English market. You must be so happy having the milk flow directed back at the farmy again. So glad the sun is shining, and long may it last.