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Shifty Chooks
Yesterday the chickens and I played musical chairs. Well musical pens actually. Watched closely by a very muddy Sheila. Lulu came wandering around the corner and did a very fast about-turn! Horrors. Filthy pig, she said. Sheila was unapologetic. Until my new chook house is built we are still pressed for space for chickens. I flatly…
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Garden of Cecilia
I was going to use the title ‘Garden of Eden’ but it made no sense, there are still plenty of weeds! Do you think they had weeds in the Garden of Eden? When I was a child I wondered who Eden was and how she managed to be such a great gardener. Obviously she was not Eve.…
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Squalls
It was a wonderfully hot day yesterday which I enjoyed so much I ended up with pink arms and pain in the soles of my feet from walking in sand-shoes without socks. But my feet will toughen up and after that long winter and spring I cannot bear to waste a moment of this fine beautiful weather. In…
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We’re back!
The last few days have been divine. Tons of sun. Not too hot. And very little wind. Just wonderful. Gorgeous weather and no need to leave the property at all. So we gardened and farmed, We picked and ate, Our John worked on his pool, The Matriarch worked in the flower beds and generally we had…
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Day Off
Morning darlings. I have discovered that if I sing the score of The Sound of Music, Daisy stands quietly to be milked. Apparently she is tired of Oklahoma and South Pacific! Ah well. One does what one must. Unless something very exciting happens, that I desperately need to tell you, I am going to take…
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All pigs Love milk
Especially this pig. This fat plonker who tries to climb the fence to get to the milk first. Those pigs may be in the running for the Christmas calender shot. Remind me to put it in the appropriate folder. We are still flat out gardening. Some of us move faster than others though. The chickens…
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