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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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This is not the wedding car: the Grooms Page
This morning I was taking shots around the property of the absolutely still and reflective pond. I went around a corner and found the Groom’s Wheels. I hope this is not the wedding car. I am sure this is not the wedding car either… But this is! Now, time for a…
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Up in the hills of Sacramento
I have reached SACRAMENTO and have been gently transported to the Big House somewhere up in the hills. We did a lot of this yesterday. But today it is quiet and I will soon crank the big empty kitchen into gear. You will be thrilled to learn that I have joined the masses and am…
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Go West Young Man
Actually it is me who is going out West. On Wednesday. The Matriarch and I (in my favourite role as the Handmaiden) are flying out to California to attend her eldest son’s wedding and then I am sloping off to visit my son and his family. Would you like to come along? Oh? Really?! Cool.…
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Poor Daisy has a cold. So I have given her a pumpkin.
Hope you all had a great weekend. c
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Because it’s right, not might or fright .. just right.
My first real holiday job when I was 15 was cleaning in a private surgical hospital. I wore a green nylon uniform, with two pockets and my school shoes. (We only had two pairs of shoes in those days and I could not wear netball boots to work.) When you become a cleaner, secret doors…
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Strange lights in the night.
Caught betwixt and between.Yesterday I saw this leaf hanging way up high, hanging by a thread in a tree where it does not even belong. Just visiting. As I was shooting it lifted and simply blew away. Last night it was windy and one of the loft windows was not quite shut. Open a slither.…
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