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FreeBee goes WalkAbout
I think I had an upgrade. When yesterday I was forced to delete the Jetpack app and reload it, then search everywhere for the password and all those annoying things when all I want to do is write, the reloading brought an upgrade with it. It is faster. Clearer. Lots more instruction. More intuitive. More…
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Our scary reliance on Internet Connections
We are scarily reliant on these connections, on connectivity. The other day my car and my phone stopped connecting and it is just SO convenient to have my map on the little screen in my car. It still annoys me. Losing that connection. I’m not gonna say I am dependent on social media because it’s…
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This kept me working late last night
The chicken poop truck came yesterday. To spread the last of our natural manure onto the organic fields. And yes! The pong was as awful as usual. However there was rain in the forecast so they worked late. I wrote late ( too noisy to sleep) so was able to film this two tractor fly-by…
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I put the cows in with the hog, then this happened
FreeBee and The Cows are sleeping together. More on this later. First – here is the funniest thing that happened this weekend! I am putting this right at the top because we need a laugh! Here is the writing from the weekend. I feel totally confident with the week-day TKG Take Ten, I think these…
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Keep Your Hair on
An old fashioned saying of my grandfathers. In other words – settle down. No ripping the wig off your head and trampling on it in frustration. Do you remember that saying? I told Jude this morning – keep your hair on – as he tried to rip the gate off its hinges. Again. Jude is…
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Something this way weary comes
The first thing I do in the morning is check my photographs from yesterday. And these photographs guide my post for today. But yesterday I was feeling cold and out of sorts. Not quite poorly but a little bloody. When you are feeling bloody it is like you don’t know where to put your body.…
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