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gardening in california
I am finding it tough to chat about gardens when we have all these shady goings on in the USA and the major news channels so well managed by the Musk and Trump that they are not even reporting it. The Musk unit have not just stolen data from the people who did not vote…
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live fish swimming in the winter pond
Exciting news! we went above 60f on Sunday and look! The fish came up for a look see. The whole school is alive. So I think they might last the winter. But the water is a long way from 50f yet so no feeding them! The pump is running again. The heater and the bubbler…
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full bore and full steam ahead
I wrote a rather lovely newsletter on Sunday. It is lovely. I really liked it. Go HERE to read. Leave a comment or a like there. I would really appreciate it. But I struggled to keep it linear. I kept going back and forth because my brain is still in full-bore gear. Flying out at…
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from the archives – july 2012
July 28 2012 “Welcome to my Long life of Glorious Littleness” Sometimes I think we worry too much. That our lives are too small and won’t amount to much. When they already have mounted up to quite something. And the weight of my life in gold would be too heavy to carry anyway. If we…
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frostbite and frothy vomit
What to do if your pig is vomiting – call your vet of course. But vets don’t grow on trees and nor does money. This little pig came rushing out for breakfast as usual (so he was not sick), shoved the others out of the way and lunged at the apples (the fattest greedy little…
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