Monthly Archives: January 2012

The last January Walky on the Farmy

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

TonTon and The Big Dog waiting for the walkies to commence.  And no, I did not pose them that way.  Big Dog is untrainable. You will note TonTon’s beseeching expression. The Big Dog still rules the roost and is obviously … Continue reading →

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I didn’t have a pair of red shoes! The award post.

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

But now I have a pair of virtual red shoes, actually only one red shoe.  I am waiting for the other shoe to drop… something like that. What does that Mean! Where did that expression come from? Don’t you ever … Continue reading →

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With no respect for cold.

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

My CameraMasquerades    As a reluctant poet With no respect for cold. I am a little late this morning because I thought we could watch the sunrise together. So I fed the animals early and had the camera out for sunrise. … Continue reading →

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The Things you find on the dining room Table

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Once a year, my mother used to take a week and go away by herself.  Usually on a retreat to a monastry or convent. Though I am sure she would have gone absolutely anywhere that promised peace, quiet and no … Continue reading →

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Lemon Honey Cheesecake with a Twist of Mint and a milking machine.

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Merry Christmas, John said as he carried two huge boxes through the kitchen door.  I checked the calender, yes,  still January. The milking machine had arrived.  Much excitement. If Daisy the cow could have seen us staring at the bewildering … Continue reading →

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Maybe the coyotes just want to be friends. Making music for us in the night.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

I went to bed last night after loading my pictures for this morning.  But I had no words in my head.  I looked at the writing book that sits beside the bed, it’s pen at the ready, then reached past … Continue reading →

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Lemon Butter Cake

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Well, it was so warm yesterday morning that I put my clown suit  (those ugly thick padded overalls the men use when digging slowly on the side of the road) and my Carhart jacket into the washing machine.  Both were … Continue reading →

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Daisy loves lemons, she won’t get the scurvy

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

I have piles of beautiful lemons.  So I decided to  make the lemon cheese (lemon curd). This is how Mum’s recipe, scribbled down in 1981 read. It is certainly spotty and dog eared and up for interpretation. juice of 8 … Continue reading →

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He got Cold Feet on The Farmy.

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

Yesterday we had glorious sunshine and not a breath of wind.  This morning sitting in my high up studio, the sky still black all I can hear is wind. One of the challenges I have set myself, for these pages, … Continue reading →

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Sweet cold farmy day.. we love the farmy days.

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

Snow. Light Powdery snow.  We had another  snowy day yesterday.   But it is still too dark outside for me to see what happened in the night. We have no  street lights in the country so there is no way … Continue reading →

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