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Adopted chooks
The blue skies have returned and the weather man says we are going back into a dry cycle. We are still very lucky though. Our dry spell is nothing like the droughts they are having down South. All weather is relative really. An Australian drought would devastate this area. And a mid west drought would…
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We got rain!
The storm rolled in with a primordial presence. That created a zing of excitement and terror TonTon literally hid for the entire afternoon. I mean he hid but had to have me in sight too. Such a confused dog. But there were puddles for water play. I had to start using the purse camera…
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Under the cherry tree
When I have family working with me. I get to lie under the cherry tree. And watch all the things going on around me. And wonder why I did not take up Poetry. Not exactly Chekhov. But he wasn’t a poet either. The objective of Cai’s training is to locate people who have been buried…
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Where are my hangover sunglasses?
Visitors are great. The morning came too fast today. I hear those roosters crowing but I am not ready for work. But Daisy will be waiting in an hour. The Search and Rescue Dog fit right in without any trouble until the guineas found him and reached new heights of screeching as they followed him around…
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The Day would not Fit.
Too much to do and not enough hours to get it all done, so I threw my arms in the air and drove into town and begged the hairdresser to cut my hair off. That feels better. My hair is the fast growing variety so John is not too upset. I was competing with my…
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How to make easy Vegan Sunflower Crackers with Garlic
This was our sunrise yesterday. Though it turned out to be a calm gentle day full of gardens, food and family. The Vegan Sunflower Crackers is more of a method than a recipe. Heat your oven to 300F. Take one cup of sunflower seeds and 3 fat juicy cloves of garlic and grind well…
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