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

My farms are organic and regenerative and full of stories. I have been writing here about environmentally sustainable farming and food and travel since 2011.

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  • Slow-Say Day.

    SLOWSAY  I Glimpsed many pictures but took not one For our Page, Yesterday. I Heard lots of words but wrote none To remember, Yes-T’day, I Bought a big silver suitcase, though, To carry along the way. Someday – Soon. I Say Yes to Today. You too? 23 sleeps until lift off. Are you coming to…

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  • Charlotte makes a run for it – ungrateful pig.

    So yesterday on my rounds I took the piggies out into pats paddock to have a munch on the grass. They love good long grass and there was a little out there. Then with no warning, Charlotte, aka Miss Naughty, went for a walk outside the fences.  I had opened the gate to fix the…

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  • It was not the 6th…

    When I loaded all these shots I wrote the 6th of November as their label.  But it was not the 6th.  It was the 7th and another dreary day. Today will be better. Look at this fat Charlotte.  Standing solidly on all four feet like a good girl. Even if she has broken into the…

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  • Oh dear …

    I got so carried away with The Writing that I did not get enough decent images for you yesterday. Or at least I forgot to check to make sure I had enough shots. Which I did not. And then it was too late. This is the only one worth looking at and Daisy is all…

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  • Beautiful Cold

    Winter came, just popping in to remind me that he is on his way. No resting on your laurels, miss c. Winter is still a gentle voice in the distance, but he is on the road.  But so beautiful, this cold. I guess the spiders are gone. Their webs are frozen solid. I shot the…

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  • A Delicate Shade of Lady’s Gray and Chocolate Mousse

    Sunrise. Do you see that particular shade of barely bruised gray just above the uppermost layer of new light? I hope to find a scarf in that colour one day. Or maybe a full length skirt. It is such a delicate shade.  Charlotte is back.                    …

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