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How do you know your pig is pregnant?
When she has trouble lifting her foot over the step that she usually trots over. If she had a hand she would be reaching for the door frame. Queen Charlotte is large with child.. I mean pig. Her belly is dropping and her teats are down and she waddles. But we must not forget Sheila…
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Stepping out of a few more Fellowship back doors!
Such gloriousness in our ordinariness! We are doing a series on the views from the Backdoor steps of the Fellowship of the Farmy. If you are a reader you are part of the Fellowship. This is the third Fellowship Backdoor page! We are on a roll. If you have only just popped in check out…
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Miss A came to visit Miss C and the Farmy
And she was kind enough to bring her mother. Miss A and her brother Mr N are the stars of the family blog ‘Our family Food Adventures’ they eat, love and play, eating and playing through country after country of food. Mr N had a field trip with school so Miss A came on a…
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Even more stunning views from The Fellowship of The Farmy
You guys are the bestest, you are superb at stepping up and into challenges. Here are a few more views from the back porches of the Fellowship. As much as possible I have put on the links too, and usually there are more shots on those lovely pages if you want to see more! Charlotte…
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A Flood of delightful back porch views!
I am so excited at the response to the back porch challenge. Here are the highlights from yesterday and there are more coming in! So we will have another post of back porch views tomorrow too. This is fantastic! Charlotte on the other hand is practicing keeping her head in the sand I mean muddy…
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A Flood of delightful back porch views!
I am so excited at the response to the back porch challenge. Here are the highlights from yesterday and there are more coming in! So we will have another post of back porch views tomorrow too. This is fantastic! Charlotte on the other hand is practicing keeping her head in the sand I mean muddy…
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