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The starlings have come
When the field corn starts to sweeten and the insect population starts to strengthen the Starlings come. They line the overhead telegraph wires like fat black pegs on a clothesline. They fly into the fields by the thousand feeding on the pests feeding on the corn and swoop back out in cascading formations. They fill…
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How to train your dog in Five minutes, Five times a Day.
I was not trained to train dogs. But my dogs are all very well trained in the basics. Many people will look at them work and say Who trained your dogs? Me. I say, a little surprised. Don’t you train your dog? You can you know. It is easy. I just know a little and…
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Fly Away Home
Though his multi coloured tail is almost gone, The Duke of Kupa is still a gorgeous bird. The tail feathers I am finding now are shorter and fluffier. The piglets are still exploring their new boundaries and threes times yesterday Ton was sent out to “See the Piggies” . This is his command to find…
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Controlled Break Out
There are many grandparents, especially grandmothers, who spend a good deal of their time bringing up their grandchildren. Our darling Marie in Rhode Island is one such grandmother though she has Two toddlers. The Matriarch is another. However energetic she is The Matriarch is not a young grandmother and will often bring her grandson out…
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Sweet Potato Dog Treats
A gift. Not for you. For them – (Not the best composition but they did their best). These shots were taken to print and send away to Triple T at basic training. I am sure he misses the dogs and his cat. And his car. This is a Dodge Rampage that our John fixed up…
The Kitchen's Garden 