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Sunday mornings are the best
Sunday here. Daylight savings begins today. Which means I am a little late as to the clock. Mia is trying but she still cannot tell the time. So I think I will be forgiven. But it amuses me how sheep learn routines. Since she has been sick, every afternoon I let her and Mama…
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Weekend Reading: an eclectic mix.
We are such an eclectic mixture of peoples all of us. You and I. Such a wonderful bunch. Some of us are photographers, readers, writers, observers, cooks, chefs, Mamas, Papas, some of you are lovers OF photographers, or writers, cooks, chefs, words, living, sharing, old trucks. We are farmers, gardeners, roamers, travellers, craftspeople, poets,…
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Walky about the Farmy
The barn is quiet once more. The wind is down. Everyone was resting yesterday including Mia, she did not have a good morning, so once again I let them out into the forbidden field where it is clean. We are supposed to be letting the grass grow! Everyone else has to wait on the concrete…
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Probiotics for penicillin tummies..
Yesterday I made kefir and yoghurt. Kefir for me and yoghurt for Mia. Yoghurts contain probiotics, a probiotic is the opposite of an antibiotic. And guess who has been shot full of antibiotics. Mia had some of her insides literally dragged through some pretty unclean areas before being washed and tucked back in. We decided…
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Sometimes the news will not be good.
When working with animals things do not always go the way we want them to. Mia has presented with a nasty prolapse. I will not go into details here. There are plenty of sites that will give you those kinds of grisly pictures. She got into trouble yesterday late afternoon. Of course my vet…
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