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But they look so sweet..
.. Who could NOT love faces like that. Yesterday we had another lovely sunny day on the farmy. By afternoon everything had thawed out enough for me to scoop the poop put of the cows loafing pen and fill all the water barrels with the hose. The Shush Sisters went for a walk with me…
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The Duke of Kupa’s flipside eye
Imagine if you had a third eyelid, like a veil. That you could draw, like a blind, across your eyes .. .. but still see out. How disconcerting would that be, to those who wished to pry at you with their miniature crowbars. Your veil eye would keep you safe. A safety net. I see…
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We usually have break outs…
…not break INS. I know this is hard to see but at the end of the pig sty is .. well WAS a fence.. The Shush sisters have been loitering in their summer fields, and hanging out in the sun-room on the South side of the barn, which meant that I had moved the Bobby…
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Daisy’s Naughty Face
Daisy is not always nice. But she is slowly increasing her milk production again. Ever so slowly. She was smelling sweeter yesterday too. I personally think she has been a little off colour. She has had other symptoms indicating a heath struggle. But she is improving. It may be that because they are eating the…
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