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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.

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  • New Zealand Week: Fish ‘n’ Chips In honour of the rugby WIN.

    OK It is possible that in the far away or near future, you may take it upon yourself to go to New Zealand to visit. Mainly because we have the best rugby team in the WORLD!  In that case you are going to need to know some things to  avoid doing embarrassing stuff. First you…

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  • Banty the Bantam Rooster

    Did I tell you about my mother’s rock gardens? I think I did.  At the big house on the beach. You will remember that Dad said he would place a rock once then shift it once, then he was done. My Mother loved rocks. Well, the rock garden outside the backdoor had the special rocks…

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  • A little Jack

    The Frost I meant. Jack Frost was here. Not the drink! Not in the morning, I am being good today!  You guys!!  Look: Cupboard Love -Chooks, hoping to ambush me. Here is a little Jack Frost this morning. and here.  The corn is still hanging in there. The rooster above is illustrating for Katherine, who is…

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  • being bad: that bad

    Have you ever woken up in the morning and thought. Today I am going to be BAD. That is IT! I am sick of being good. I have had quite enough of that!  I want to be bad.  I am going to be as bad as bad can be. I am going to be the…

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  • Celi Diet – Colourful food: Eat Pretty

    I have wandered about some of the dieting sites a little more and oh dear some of them are grim. Dieters trying to yank and beat their bodies into weird shapes.  And getting angry and miserable about it.  All those beautiful bodies.  Remember there is no failure in the Celi Diet.  Because you are designing…

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  • Moving Day.. from my Summer Study to the Winter Studio in the Loft

    Celia over on her lovely blog has this very sweet idea. She suggests that we post shots of our favourite things in our kitchens. I am going to do this again next month after I have had the autumn tidy up. But today I thought I would send a tiny challenge out to you all…

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