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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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Sunflowery
Every morning after he has fed the chickens Hugo hooks up the trailer to his beloved ride -on lawn mower, cuts about 30 – 40 stalks of sunflowers and driving about the farm, distributes them between the pigs and cows and meat chickens. Like a summer Santa without the hat. Tima is mad about them,…
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Have you noticed …
… That most of the time my images have nothing to do with what I write. Do you think this is because often we are watching what we are watching but thinking of other things at the same time? Multi tasking in the thinking department.. as well as just plain multi tasking. We got piles…
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Imperfect people
People, food, animals, laughter, and wine. The roosters trying to out do each other. The cough of big leggy grey herons trying to sleep in the tree. (There are five roosting in there each night). The rustle of the pea-chicks in the cloak room. The gentle breathing of the dog beside the door waiting for me.…
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Pouring by Sound
Every morning and evening I make milk for the calves. It is powdered milk. So once it is mixed I pour an equal amount into the bottles then top it up with warm water. I find myself pouring the mixture into the bottles by sound. Pouring by sound. You can tell when each bottle is…
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