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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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24 Seconds out my Front Door
Week 3 46F / 7.7C Going to rain all day long! Looking forward to seeing what is out your Front Door! Good morning! Cecilia
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Along comes Mr Cool
The cool is creeping in. The little glasshouse is beginning its slow move into winter. The house will get colder and colder ( the battle for the temperature gauge will be lost because I am seldom in the house) and it will never really warm up again until next summer. And the mill is even…
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24 seconds from my Front Door.
At the kitchens garden we are watching the seasons go past 24 seconds at a time every Sunday morning. Ordinary – unfiltered – unstaged – virtual travel. Just one take. All that good stuff. Once a week. On a Sunday. And you are invited!! You are welcome to show us your 24 seconds too! Don’t…
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Unpacking the Groceries
I am being watched by BooBoo and TonTon as I write because we can smell a skunk toddling off to bed (it is still morning-dark) and they are convinced that they should be allowed outside to give the skunk the ‘hurry up’. Not Happening! I was reading this great book last weekend called The Perishing…
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One image a week on a Sunday
Do you remember how – years ago- we had a thing running where we all took a shot from our back door and shared it and linked it and other people joined in! We had a lot of fun with that! I think I took a shot from the same spot for a number of…
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One of those quiet days?
I am having one of those days when I feel almost horizontal with quiet. Or at least I begin by being quiet / but you know how that goes. Do you remember these, Diane? It is all about the chooks and their chicks and half grown chickens everywhere. Eating very well from the restaurant bucket.…
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