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betwixt and between
Which reminds me. I need to order the cat and dog food to be delivered to the farm. Ordering feed for the Midwest farm from a town in Victoria, Australia is not as crazy as it sounds! It works. Back on the farm. (Illinois) Apparently FreeBee has been a naughty pig and escaped his winter…
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my brain is finally catching up
Not catching ON quite yet but definitely catching UP! Changing locations every week for the last month left me a bit tired and more anxious than usual. Now I am here in Melbourne – gardening and walking and settling in with Daughter and it is a great relief. I am so grateful not to have…
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bye bye beach
Leaving the beach is hard on a beach girl. Leaving all these NZ kids even harder. But this time I am not going far. I will be only across ‘the ditch’. But there are no other beaches on my travel horizons. Unless we drive out to a Melbourne beach. But driving to the beach is…
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the beach some more – love local
Friday is our archive day but how about we go to the beach instead!! We have plenty of time ahead for the archives. Yes? Ok! First get out of bed!! MoMo the cat. Kapiti Island. The weather has been stunning. I said to the boys that we were going to the beach to do beach…
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gardens, farms, beaches, kitchens
What more could we want. Beach Garden Fourth Son has a really big vegetable garden. Very close to the beach. He is able to work remotely three days a week which means on his lunch break he can hurry out to munch his way through the garden as he does garden things. Prices for veg…
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on the hill
The city garden is on the steep side of a small valley, like a chip out of a big hill. There is a rugged micro climate up here, the Southerlies are mitigated by the hill but it is still a bit windy when a Nor’West blows in. And today the Nor’Wester is blowing. In New…
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