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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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Is there a song that goes: Sun, Sun, Sun, Sun?
I think there is. I was humming it all day long yesterday. It was bendy tree windy but we had piles of sun. Sun-Sun Sun-Sun. I could not find my phone for a while – apparently someone had been going through my jacket pockets! Puppys nowadays will only settle for the very latest technology. Everyone…
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Put on your jacket, Mum is cold.
Do you remember that saying? Something like ‘jackets are things for kids to wear when their mothers are cold’. Well when The Matriarch came out to the farm yesterday (and it was awfully cold yesterday – snow flurries even), she saw that The Big Dog’s coat had been removed last week when we all thought…
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How to choose the Colours for your walls
It is time to start thinking about the walls in The Coupe. The backdrop. The canvas. The first step is the fun step. Make a chart of your favourite colours. Using everything you see that takes your fancy. In the old days I would pin all these pictures on a board, or glue them into…
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TonTon remains stoic
Ton has been the best behaved dog in the history of dogdom since Blue was unexpectedly foisted upon him. He is not thrilled especially when Blue has picked his tail up in his mouth and chewed on it. He is stoic but unsmiling. On more that one occasion and too often for it to be…
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“We planted a tree!” they called out.
When the children’s mother came to pick them up yesterday she smiled and said “What did you do today?” Expecting a blather of talk about the new pup. “We planted trees” they called out, running to get their coats and books. “Look, we will show you!”Racing past they hung their bags off their mother’s fingers…
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