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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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Zero Visibility
Yesterday really did dawn bitterly cold without a touch of sun all day. We heat the house with one fireplace as you know (the bedrooms are unheated) and yesterday the warmth did not reach the glass house so we took all the pots into the house but the plantings in the beds had to just brave…
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The camera sees all
I may have discovered the source of Godot’s strange behaviour. What do you think this is? One leg is black. Here is a close up. Is that dirt, from when he was stuck under the bush the other day? or something more sinister. He was fine yesterday. No limping, active. Eating drinking, Flying. Is it dirt?…
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I love Snow
I do. Especially getting up in the morning to a clear morning. With the fuzzy moon just setting… And the sun just rising. Everything has paused. Every single ear in the barn tuned to the click of the back door, and the squeak of my boots as the dogs and I slog through the snow with the…
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Barn Beds
The kittens are dealing with the cold by lying about in my washing, playing in the fruit bowl, sneaking into the cupboards and their table manners are dreadful. Boo still loves them though. The barn was still yesterday. Still and quiet. Cold. The birds fluffed up and warm, peering about watching for any loose oats…
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Snow on Rain on Ice
The light did a funny thing yesterday afternoon. It was snowing on top of the rain that was on top of the ice. The temperature was going down so fast that everything was freezing where it fell. Freezing AS it fell. I went out without my gloves and found myself jogging to the house to retrieve them ten minutes…
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