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Well beehaved bees
The bees have arrived and not only did they survive their travels with very few casualties, but they even tucked themselves up into their own new homes without terribly much bother. You see, yesterday morning early I hurt my back. Not badly but enough to disable my strength and slow my stride to a creep.…
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The drought is officially over: miss c said
When the basement floods the drought is over. And in this region today there are lots of flooded basements, and flooded fields and minds flooded with possibilities now that it looks like we may have some water around for the summer. The ducks will be floating in the fields soon … a sight that always…
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Crossing the line… they come bearing gifts
They do come bearing gifts. A roof. A roof over our heads is most definitely a gift. A man on his little machine, that was attached to the back of his semi trailer when he drove straight past the road closed sign, pottered down the drive carrying the beautiful corrugated iron roof that will keep…
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Piggie heaven
Sheila was so excited to be out on a walk to her new pen that she literally ran rings around Charlotte and I as we slowly walked up the drive and through the gates and across the fields to the new Pig Palace. Eating green grass, and laying in the dirt is piggie heaven. Charlotte…
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