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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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Two pairs of eyes
Through my eyes. And now through the eyes of Sonia, Hugo’s mother. French Mama as an American Girl. Country Life! My visitors helped me build a fence to enable the two young gilts Molly and Tahiti to have their outside run. The little pigs were filled with joy at being able to finally run around…
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Journey to Jul
Yesterday the boys Hugo and his brother Jules drove over to the big farm with me to collect walnuts for the pigs. Here are the pictures Hugo took with Camera House as we drove. Life is full of such journeys. Little ones. Good little journeys. No future or past. Just driving there and back. Collecting…
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A French Apartment
“There are wild turkeys out the front of your house,” said the FedEx man, his excitement palpable as he handed over my new crepe pan that Hugo later deemed Too Small. “Not wild” I said. “And that is why I have No Shooting signs up”. “Beautiful.” he said as he threw sticks for the dogs. No…
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The Daily View
Do you remember the year I spent taking a picture of the Daily View? Every day. Here it is again. A lot has changed since that year. I need to go back and see what year that was. But it is getting late and I have already spent to much time making my To Do list…
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Talk about Chicken
These speckled hens are the ones I love the most. Next year I am going to isolate my home grown speckled roosters with these home grown speckled hens and then hatch the eggs. Who knows what we will get but I hope to get more speckled hens. Boo has come into his own and is…
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