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The Long Low Light.
In every way. Low in the sky. Late in the day. And rain was coming. And I had been cleaning out the barn. R and I had been talking as we were sweeping. She went outside to grab something. Popping her head back around the post she says. They are listening. The cows. Standing just…
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Four Pigs and an Old Chook
Here is the best shot of the week I think. Four little pigs and their chicken. She is so brave this old girl. They make a delightful family. Jude on top of his hill. His leg is feeling better. These two big pigs, Jude and FreeBee are doing a lot of grazing in the lovely…
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Feeding Hay to Friendly Cows: not as easy as it sounds.
Though it remains warm the cows green feed in the fields is diminishing. The light is less. The cold not here yet. But the cows are demanding hay more often now. So they receive two bales of hay a day. All spread out in the fields so they continue to manure these hungry fields of…
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Quiet Farm Syndrome
Suddenly there is a whole lot of not very much to do. And I keep panicking! What have I forgotten I say to myself? The barn has become a retirement home for chickens. Everywhere I look there are old hens sitting about with their ancient roosters lamenting that all the feed is in barrels with…
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Life jackets on my Lovelies
I spent a lot of yesterday in intentional thought. Thinking on purpose is a whole new level of thinking. Like you – I have a lot of thoughts. But I marshaled them. Set them up in a line on the beach. Gave them a little boat each and rowed around with each thought for a…
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Bleak.
That is the only word I have for the news this morning. Bleak. One man’s meat is another man’s poison. This feels very true this morning, too. I get that we cannot possibly all agree. Politics is super charged with emotion here. Dangerous territory. I know. I keep taking my hands off the keyboard to…
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