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Pig Sitting on a Dog Bed
And I laugh at her every time! Look at your little feets hanging over the edge, I say to her. The dawn came in strong and clear today which means it was able to get up and video it for this afternoon’s Take Ten. Ten minutes watching the sun rise. This shot was taken from…
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The Cardinals have Come Back
I don’t know where they go at the end of summer but they always disappear late summer then reappear for the winter and spring when they nest in the high trees. I sometimes wonder if they are escorting their teenagers off the property. Though that feels a wee bit Grimm – a tad Hansel and…
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Loving the new set up
The sun was out yesterday and everyone was lying about in it. Abundant Sun sounds so glorious. Today we have abundant sun and abundant wind too but hopefully it will dry up some of the mud! Today may be a lovely 55f (13c) but by Sunday we will be down to 21f (-6c). These wild…
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Mud Mud Mud and a Tomato
Do you want to see some mud says FreeBeeI’ll show you some mud. Freebie is very, very well. I still can’t quite work out why he spent two days in bed. Maybe it was just the cold? The mud is only going to get worse – I suspect we are looking at another wet winter-…
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All Except One
Chickens are not kind. They do peck each other. I found one pecking at Wai the other day – to my horror- his skin is fragile enough. But this chook had half her side torn off by her flock of white chickens. Basically skinned. It has healed somewhat but all the feathers are gone from…
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Pigs get to go back to bed on rainy days
We had steady rain all night. So much rain that I actually sat up and recorded it for tonight’s SubStack SoundScape. So, be ready to close your eyes for that; coming out at 5pm. The sound of rain on a tin roof. But nothing to see. All dark. As you would expect at 2 in…
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