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  • August 28, 2017

    Full of Bliss Quiet

    Full of Bliss Quiet

          Yesterday I took two loads of cattle across to the other side. (Five in all) Tucked in with the two black cousins was the little black bobby. The grass has been allowed to grow over there and should keep them busy for the rest of the summer. And the little bobby almost…

  • August 27, 2017

    My friend said to me …

    My friend said to me …

    “My  Grand-Daddy was a gambling  man,”  my friend said to me yesterday as we were packing her fresh eggs into boxes.  We had been talking about drunks.  The weekend kind who had a drink and went to sleep.  My friend does not drink.  But it was a natural jump to gambling. “He had gambled all…

  • August 25, 2017

    Wild Flower Garden

    Wild Flower Garden

    The wild flowers have begun to get all blowsy and over blown – going to seed  – with traces of last nights makeup and tired feet from dancing.  My plan was to fence it off and put the cows in there but I am not sure I could bear it.  It is still too beautiful…

  • August 24, 2017

    Pigs do not bend

    Pigs do not bend

    Pigs do not bend in the middle. When they walk they do not curl around the corner like dogs – they shuffle like little fat buses. Here WaiWai’s head is quite still while his rear end tap dances across to get in line before he can continue around the corner. Alissa and I threw up…

  • August 23, 2017

    Why am I cold?

    Why am I cold?

    I am cold this morning.  It is 54F/12C. This is downright chilly for high summer out here.  You know how you are fast asleep in bed but woken by being cold but not THAT cold, just cold enough to WANT to get up and get another cover for the bed, but NOT cold enough to…

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