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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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Ice, Ice everywhere and not a block for my drink
Thank you for all yesterdays excellent comments re: printing Sheila’s calender. I have some wonderful avenues to explore now, in my search for ways for Sheila to make some pin money to buy extra feed and maybe outfit a new summer area for her in the Rat House. Mama and the girls are living in…
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Fuzzy Double Sweetness
Marmalade has been watching Marcel the lamb very carefully. Thinking about whether he can be bothered making friends with a barn person. Yesterday he came down off his perch to say hullo. It was a very quick kiss. Too fast for my camera to catch. But here you are. Fuzzy double Sweetness. Sweet meets Sweet.…
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If Daisy had a Stick and a Thumb
She would bash me for this shot! Not long Daisy Girl. My two big fat pregnant cows. March is breathing down my neck and since it does not look like Sheila is going to respond to the hormone treatment. She has been keeping herself busy cleaning out the pens. One of her jobs is to…
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FREE Screen Saver
Free screensaver. Marcel. You all know that I do not mind at all if you nick any of my pictures from the blog. You may have my words too, since they were yours in the first place. This image of Marcel is sure to become a screensaver on my computer for a while. You can…
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Good morning
I am having a quiet blog day today. I went down to the local pub last night,when I got home a great weariness descended upon me and this morning my brain hurts. I hope you all have a lovely day. Marcel is very active, putting on weight making lots of noise but he still is…
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Are you my Mother? Some Sweetness.
Oh, there is so much to talk about. I try so hard to make these posts short and sweet enough to be fun to write and entertaining to read. I wish I could tell you everything that makes my eyebrows raise, everything that makes me laugh. Everything that catches my eye. But I would not…
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