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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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In my Kitchen
Timatanga Moana the KuneKune Pig walks about the house squeaking like a badly oiled door. You know the one. The Hitchcock Door. The Virginia Wolf Door. The elongated Footsteps Man squeak as it opens and the bad guy creeps through. Accompany that with the pitter patter of four little hoofy feet on the wood floors and then a…
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Topping and Tailing
Sheila and Poppy. Marcel and the Big Bobby. Queenie and the Little Bobby.Tima. Nothing like a sleeping baby. Good morning. I hope you all have a lovely day. Your friend celi
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Sheila and Poppy
The other day I took the door from between Sheila and Poppy’s areas. Leaving only a piece of hog fence between them. They had touched noses a few times between the bars, and it all looked promising so today I opened the hatch in the fence and let Poppy in with Sheila. Poppy leapt…
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The Cuteness Factory
Not too many words today. Words seem to tax my brain and my back more than images and hay bales do when I am tired. We are building up to Busy here and every step I take I have to take with care making sure my feet go into metaphorically firm ground. My mind must…
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Late night, early morning
Queenie began her labour at 6pm. By 8.30 pm nothing further had happened. I led her into the barn, trailing streams of waterbag, so she and her calf would be safe from the coyotes, she ate her dinner and then lay down for a sleep. While I proceeded to have a nervous breakdown. Boo Nanny…
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