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Not always in control but momentum gets us to the end
It was so cool yesterday morning that the Tall Teenager and I weeded for more than the usual hour or so. I had watered the day before and the pulling was good so soon not only was I missing breakfast, but I was fast missing lunch. I will catch up on the rest this afternoon…
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The invisible pig party
Do you remember that episode of Roseanne? The sitcom. Or was it Rozanne? Years ago, when she appeared in that kitchen door looking like an absolute fright, hair all everywhere and says to John Goodman. “Do you think I’m purty?” What could he say. Daisy is way too young to have seen that but she…
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How to wash Skunk Stink off your Dog.
TonTon is all clean once again. In fact I would go so far as to say he is the cleanest he has ever been in his short life. So here is how I did it. When I first smelt the fresh skunk smell it was the middle of the night so he was left a…
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I was wrong last time. Skunk Stinks.
When TonTon got dealt to by a skunk last time… That smell was nothing to the hideously mind bending stink he tried to bring into the house last night after tangling with the skunk again. An absolutely gut wrenching smell. It has sucked the air right out of the house. I am afraid to go…
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Applause on a Saturday
To stand on a stage and receive applause is a very wonderful thing. I remember working on a show once where I was dressed by a woman who had been quite the socialite in the late 40’s and 50’s in germany, and the gowns she lent me for the show were so beautiful. I wanted…
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And then I had TWO broken pumps
I went out yesterday morning to wind up the new old pump and get to milking and it did not start, not a whisper not even a prayer. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Silence. I tried my one to see if maybe it was going to miraculously start, nothing there either. Tock Tock said Kupa from his…
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