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While We Worked
While R and I made the new field run for the little black Guinea Hog piglets … M did the chores. Topping up all the waters and wallows. Feeding the chickens. Giving The Charlottes their lunch. Cleaning their feed bowls. Tending to the turkeys. Doing all the stuff she will do when I am away.
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Cows and Clouds
Do cows and clouds have anything in common? Not really. Except they both photograph beautifully! And it is calming to watch them move across the landscape. I wonder if there is a cloud app that I can aim at the sky and identify clouds. That could be handy. Here is a little video for you.
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Time to Move
After you read this pop over for your weekly (and this week quite short) newsletter. With all yesterday’s pictures! This weeks newsletter is missing some pieces. I had visitors from Texas sleeping in my study and I just do not write as well away of my own studio study. Then yesterday I was delivering my
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Almost but Not Quite
Yesterday I almost wrote you a blog post to tell you I was not writing a blog post because I was feeling a little under the weather, then as I began to write the blog post to tell you I was not writing a blog post I realized how inside out that all sounded out
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Otherworldly Fey Things
And The PopPops are still Top of the Pops! And very aware of any human movement. I just need to walk past their courtyard and all four are up and out. Grunting at me. Steaming about like tiny train engines. They are so small I am feeding them little bits often yet they always act
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Rich Golden Light of Sunset
The turkeys put themselves to bed last night. I came out a little later than usual to herd them back to their house and they were already there! Their piece of tree looks like a whales head. I didn’t notice that until I took the picture. Do you see it? Lulu – the oldest barn
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