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Spring Sounds
As Gracie and I worked, yesterday morning, hauling out fork-fulls of winter bedding and spreading it across the corridor field, flock after flock of geese flew overhead, crying out with their distinctive melancholic call. But they were flying North. No need for melancholy. They have decided that the warm-up is on its way. I am…
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Pre-Warp Speed
How we reached pre-warp speed so fast I have no idea. (What was pre warp speed called anyway – cruise? But Warp speed is on its way!) But yesterday had everything happening at once. Thankfully I had Gracie and the Cadet to help out. And John is still waiting for his call back to work…
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Man Walking
It was warm enough yesterday to once more walk down the familiar track alongside the Creek that is really a Ditch- – to the Farm across the Way. We have not done this walk in months and it felt Marvellous. This familiar sight once more. The big white barn. This is the Point of View…
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Slip, Slop, Slap, Splash
This is exactly how we are walking now. Slipping on the ice hidden under the slopping water and slapping and splashing about. Nice though. Huge puddles everywhere. Everything is sloppy wet – because it is warm. By afternoon most of the ice was slush and our work pants were wet to the knees. Gracie fit into one…
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