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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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The Duke of Kupa gets all tied up
The day dawned windy and cold yesterday. So on with the clown suit and out I went. Yes that is a piggie on the wrong side of the electric fence. It should have been here. During the morning chores I saw this. Not good. Not good at all. The wind must have blown this unbreakable…
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The leaves are piling up and so am I.
I like the leaves, I never rake them. The winds will come and deal with them soon enough. Until then I like the disheveled look of them. Their random falls and light shuffles. Shuffling light. Parchments and promises. It is Saturday. There will be lots of this! Sleepy time for babies. The Marmalade Cat is…
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Sit, Boo-Boo – Sit.
Have you ever known a child who is perfect one place (maybe school) and a proper little devil in another place (maybe home). I know a dog like that. His name is Blue. We call him Boo. Sit, Boo-Boo, sit. He is the opposite – perfect inside and a heathen outside. Boo and I have…
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Vegetable garden gone. Frost. Blink. Frost. Gone.
Daily sweetness. Marmalade Cat (to be – still Marmalade Kitten really) and Boo-Nanny. Not enough yet? Let’s have a double wammy. The Marmalade kitten creeping up on Boo Nanny. The most obvious ambush in the world. Wee kittys .. um..toilet is becoming more normal so we are going outside three or four times a day…
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Daisy puts her foot down
It rained, no snow but big slushy droopy mushy plops that looked like they had been hurled out from the murky clouds by a vast muddy shaking dog. And it was cold. Wet and cold. A wintry day. By afternoon I decided to throw down some extra straw and let the animals into the barn.…
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