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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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TE ANAU LAKE WALK
Just pictures. Unedited. This walk way is a good long pathway well used by cyclists and walkers. This whole walk is through the bird sanctuary area. Today we take the long drive into the fjord and have a look see. Later in the afternoon we will take the boat ride into Milford Sound. Evidently it…
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GARSTON, SOUTHLAND
We left Canmore yesterday. and came to rest for the night further down the South Island of New Zealand in a one horse town called Grafton. We are officially in Southland, New Zealand now. This has always been a staging stop or rest stop between Queenstown ( our last stop) and Te Anau (our next…
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MY LITTLE HOUSE IN THE MOUNTAINS
In the South Island of New Zealand. Above Wanaka, New Zealand. Welcome to the boonies! This morning I am beginning to bake bread without my favourite Janie’s Mill flour is proving to be a bit of a challenge. Baking bread for my family is my favourite thing. ( I have many favourite things). The house…
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TWO OWLS
Last night there were two owls with two distinctive voices calling for hours in the night. They were in the big tree-house tree outside the kitchen door. This tree is close to my bedroom too, I opened the window so I could hear them call in and out of my dreams. They both used the…
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LOOK WHO IS BACK
TonTon is back on the farm. He was wearing Nanny out with his early morning starts. Out here on the farm my co-worker is up by 4am. So Ton is trained to get up early too. So back to the farm he came: Bed, Bowl and All, and Nanny went to bed and slept for…
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