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Rain on the hay – my language could be stronger…
This year, every time we cut the hay it rained. This time it rained then it snowed then it dried beautifully. My friend and I walked out to the hay makers field before lunch yesterday. She had come down to help me with the winterizing. Lunch would be pumpkin soup made with pears and lemon…
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Kupa’s First Eye..
The first eye feather of the the season. We have been watching his tail feathers grow and this morning there it was, the first eye feather, it is destined to be the longest of his tail feathers and when he lifts his tail in the spring and fans it out it will be the tallest.…
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A perfect housekeeper is my pig.
Every evening before bed-time Sheila has a little routine. I am allowed to place her clean straw on top of the old straw and she carefully tears it apart and pushes it this way and that until he has a nice high soft bed. She spends some time getting it just right before she settles…
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The first Snow of the Winter
I was most definitely not ready for having an entire day below freezing in November. Though I just checked the blog post for this date exactly a year ago and it was only marginally warmer. So why am I surprised. Though no snow then. This is Boos first time seeing snow and as predicted…
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nanowrimo without the capitals
Last year I signed up for nanowrimo. And finished in 21 days. It is an interesting concept. Basically it is a dare. You dare yourself to write 50,000 words towards a novel, hopefully including a beginning a middle and an end – in one month. The month of November. No-one but me reads it. No-one…
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A wee dollop of sweetness
Marmalade was a busy little kitten yesterday. He is a natural performer. And with all the animals I had to show the children yesterday, this wee kitten was the one who pocketed hearts in all directions. Later, Sunday being Sunday, the dogs and I went for a long walk. Then it being Sunday still, there…
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