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Go West Young Man

Actually it is me who is going out West.  On Wednesday.  The Matriarch and I (in my favourite  role as the Handmaiden) are flying out to California to attend  her eldest son’s wedding and  then I am sloping off to visit my son and his family.  Would you like to come along? Oh? Really?! Cool.  There are some lovely images I want to collect for you on the travels. Plus visiting my Third Son and his lovely wife will be all about the food and the garden. I am FedExing lamb overnight to their place, with honey and lavender jelly. So we will be cooking Mama food every day. And I will have a team there so we can blog much more efficiently.

As you know I prefer not to eat processed foods and  travel is always a whole day – we have a two hour bus ride to the airport in Chicago, then a 4 hour wait for the plane, then we fly to Denver then on to  Sacramento. After all that bananas get kind of boring. So you and I can research the airport food and Celi Diet options. (I tried on  The Dress – a Vintage crochet silk, hope I don’t pull a thread!!- and  it is still just a teensy bit snug).

I actually love airports and planes and travel. I love the anonymity of the crowds. The bustle fades off into white noise and I do some of my best work in the cafes, restaurants (and OK – bars!) in those dark corners of airports.  The Matriarch is a great reader and can sit for hours with a book so we are perfect travel companions. So Wednesday if all goes well I will be writing to you from the airport.

Secondly I am still writing The Big Work  and I think it is important that I do keep adding to it every day, so I am working on ways to write on the move. Taking the lap top is only one part of it. I have to take my scene by scene worksheets and my notes. So much for travelling light.  But taking the laptop means I can take you on my travels. We will see about the packing tomorrow.

The third thing, and probably the first thing you thought of,  is leaving the animals. This takes some organisation. I am not irreplaceable and John will take over. So I am busy making sure that everything is at hand for him,  and especially that Daisy is very secure. I have separated the calves from Hairy M’Clairy so he cannot bully them and steal their food. I have organised it so that they all drink from one big central tank placed in a shared corner of the fields and the barn, which will be easier for John to fill with the new hose. All their entrances and exits are logical and secure.  I have been feeding them on John’s time scale for a while now, so they are used to a very early feed and a very late one.  The birds are all free range with an emphasis on free, so they are easy. TonTon and Big Dog get a dog-walker. She will come every lunch time to take them for a big walk. As long as she carries his frisbee TonTon will follow her anywhere. Who knows what Big Dog will do. John will do the morning and evening walks after feeding out. Hope he can keep up.

So there you are. You are in the loop! TonTon knows something is afoot..

c

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  1. Ahhh, bet all your lovely animals will miss you! I know I miss mine when away. Have a safe journey and don’t forget we want to see a photo of you in ‘the dress’. Have a lovely time at the wedding! E

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    • ha ha ha Well I will see what i can do about the dress, being the person with the camera in my hand all the time i so seldom get a photograph of myself! c

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    • I have taken John through his morning chores this morning and I hope he took it all in! he goes to work so early he does not see that much of the general running of the farmy and the animals expect everything done in a certain order!!.. thank you rumpy, TonTon says hi and would much rather stay with you guys that have a dog walker! c

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  3. Sentences I never expect to read: “I am FedExing lamb overnight to their place,” Brilliant! I love surprises. No one but you would FedEx lamb and no one but you would write about it!

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  4. I love traveling as well. I know people don’t but I don’t mind it at all. It always reminds me that I’m going to visit another place and I will have some type of fun. Enjoy yourself 🙂

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  6. I hope you will enjoy yourself Cecilia
    and don’t forget to bring me back something
    wickedly nice, maybe a stick of rock or a
    nice glass or three of chilled Champagne 🙂
    Only kidding, have a nice time now 🙂

    Androgoth Xx

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  7. I just haven’t been reading any posts properly as I’ve been so up my own a…se with my aggravations. Your blog is irrestible, and has got me in the mood to write a post. Have a good journey – I’m the worst long distance traveller in the world.

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  9. How exciting for your son’s wedding! Good luck on the travel food…it drives me crazy to try to find simple, pure food!! Be safe, have fun and looking forward to stories of your trip!!

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  10. Safe travels!! I adore California and love going to wedding (the vintage dress sounds awesome BTW you’ll have to post a picture). I always enjoy the way that being on a plane makes me stop for once. Hope you do too 🙂

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  11. Oh wow…can I have the window seat?
    Actually the thought never crossed my mind about the animals being left unattended.. I figured Daisies cat would protect her from those killer chickens. Or hide from them till the pass by anyway. I hope the pumpkin cured what ails Ole Daisy…have a safe, blessed visit.
    Bless You
    paul

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