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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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Off Farm Surprise
We have the promise of miserable weather on the way today. Snow with high winds and then they are forecasting a dizzying plummet in temperatures (the drop in temperatures is more of a worry than the snow which may not reach us though BLOWING snow can cause difficulties). So I worked in the rain yesterday to get all…
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Alex – the Dexter
I very, very seldom go outside with the Camera House intending to take a specific shot to match an idea. In fact I never do that. My mind is usually quite empty as usual. So I take photos during the day as I see them, then load them into the post before dinner, then when I…
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Flying pigs
Not this pig. Sheila does not fly. She too much of a lady for such things. This pig. Molly. She would fly. Molly has the most red on her body. Red legs and the whitest little face. She is a beautiful wee pig. Very energetic like her mother. Speaking of her mother. Here is Poppy…
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Tane the Kunekune Boar
As you will remember Tane the little Kunekune boar has a bung hip. He hurt it the first time he bred Tima last year. Now we are in winter, and his limp seems more pronounced in the mornings. But Tane has put himself on a regime of exercise. Every morning after breakfast he lies at…
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Times of Plenty
When Hugo’s French family were staying with us in the Autumn they commented that if they stayed much longer their cholesterol was going to go through the roof. Too much cream and butter and cheese and pastry and eggs and and ice cream and pasta and cakes and cookies and so forth they thought. We…
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Save The Money
I know that this is the time for New Years Resolutions and things like that but how about a New Years Revelation: about saving. I am a slow thinker in that I can be idly thinking about a certain subject on and off for months before my thoughts filter from my sub-conscious to my conscious…
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