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Off to Chicago for the day
After a day and a night of rain. Seven inches of rain all told. pouring. Tropical warm rain.. after 24 hours of it, I think the weather is easing. At midnight I got up and rearranged the cows so the grown ups and the white calf could come inside too. Now it is early morning.…
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The Pond attracts All Kinds
My New Zealand visitors got up super early so we did first chores before retiring to the porch by the pond to wait for the rain. It is that deep quiet that comes when the clouds are heavy and still and pale and thinking. Soon I will make second breakfast. What shall we have? The…
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Did you see that snake?
It crawled right across the hay feeder above the cows and then into the loft. I think knitting was Friday? Was it Friday? Having Fourth of July holiday on a Thursday upset my brain. Here he is. It may be a she. This is a Fox Snake. And now it is in the loft –…
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The Long Awaited Day!!
The ducklings have found the pond. They went in three times yesterday and are back this morning – I can hear them splashing about as I write. They are sticking close to the sides. Not yet ready for deep water! And it is deep, the pond, the middle is almost 10 foot deep. The fish…
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I sat Down for a Minute
I cleared out some old dead(ish) bushes from the front of the house and so Tima has shifted camp to under the hydrangea (which is a disaster for the hydrangea) but Mayes for a cute picture! Happy Fourth of July for those who observe. I was chatting to one of my junior farm hands yesterday.…
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Sad Seed Germination
It looked like rain would come in the night and it smelt like rain this morning but no rain came so today will be a watering day. With hoses. But I can’t water the pig garden. It is too big. Probably a third of an acre. And. Miserably it looks like our flowering pigs field…
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