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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.

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  • And then the water stopped flowing

    See that small roofline right there on the right of this picture, in the foreground, that is the top of the well, 88 feet down from there dangling on the end of a long long rubber hose is a little submersible pump. Right when I was half way through the washing and the watering and…

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  • Red door

    This is what the kiwi builder was up to. He and John put in the first of the red doors (there are three)… the inside of the door is red too so when it stands open all summer the colour is still present. The Goldilocks windows.. these are the most extravagant of the windows but…

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  • Milk bottle from Missouri

    Look what John and The Matriarch brought me back from Missouri.  The label on the back says Flynn milk. I need to try and date the bottle. The theory is that you let the milk sit overnight, all the cream rises then you can pour the cream off without any milk diluting it. Usually I…

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  • Happy Easter – You knew I was going to do this didn’t you!

    The Old Codger chose this years chickens. They are Leghorns. They will grow to be leggy white chooks who lay good white eggs. He thinks they are an excellent old breed for this area. He had leghorns years and years ago. These are in a big tote in the basement with their warm light and…

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  • Looking after our canopy of trees

    On the North side of the barn is a smallish field. A loafing field really. It is directly behind the pig sty. We rolled the last two bales of mississippi grass hay through the pig sty and out to the North side, positioning them with difficulty at either end, then built a fence down the…

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  • SUN!

    Sorry, did not mean to shout. SUN. Oops there I go again! but we had the most perfect sunny windless day. Naturally I opened all the windows and doors and spent most of the day outside. That is Tilly on the right, well you knew that, she is still into the panda eyes look. She…

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