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Gone off
Boo is handling security. Jake is handling lunch. Ton will watch the cows. Sheila is head pig. And Geraldine promises to keep the turkeys off the porch. Love c
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Autumn Rains
And rains and rains and winds and winds. Though today is just wind. Cold wind. Yesterday evening, in my clown suit and jacket, I opened the gates for the cows to come up and shelter by the barn for the night and they GALLOPED through the fields to get to the trees. Clods of soil flying…
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Chapa Bread
After a weekend of feasting with new friends, yesterday I was treated to a visit from two old friends. They have been here before. So there was no need for nervous cleaning or shining. It was a very relaxed few hours. And a perfect day to make chapa bread and an omelette for lunch. Here is BooBoo on…
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The quiet feathers
After I dropped Hugo and his family at the railway station to begin their journey to Chicago, I drove all the way home to the farm again in an empty car. When I got home I stood in the drive and the silence was almost crushing. I went inside to see if the silence was the same in…
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Two pairs of eyes
Through my eyes. And now through the eyes of Sonia, Hugo’s mother. French Mama as an American Girl. Country Life! My visitors helped me build a fence to enable the two young gilts Molly and Tahiti to have their outside run. The little pigs were filled with joy at being able to finally run around…
The Kitchen's Garden 