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  • March 2, 2013

    Mia – Not good I am afraid

    Mia has miscarried all her lambs. This is sad for everyone. When I was a young Mum raising a family alone in New Zealand (we were thin but happy), before I started teaching, I used to pick up odds and sods of jobs here and there. One of them was picking apples while the kids…

  • March 1, 2013

    “But, I’m a GIRL! Miss C”

    All along this wee lamb has been So Noisy. Now I know why. I changed their coats yesterday, Mama hates when I do this, she will BAA straight into my face when I put smelly clean clothes on them but the hand fed ones had grown out of their first coats and have to keep clean…

  • February 28, 2013

    Knocking holes in walls is Deeply Satisfying.

    Don’t you think? Do you ever go to peoples houses to visit and silently imagine knocking walls out, reorganising doors, rearranging their furniture and redesigning their lighting.  I do. It is an affliction. I console myself with knocking holes in my own walls. I just don’t like walls very much you see. When I was…

  • February 27, 2013

    How to make No-knead Kefir bread on a Snowy Slushy Snainy day!

    The snow was a bit of a disappointment yesterday but we did  get about two inches of snowy slushy snainy rain. Snain is Viv’s new word for snow mixed with rain. I like it! We got snained! And while the wind was blowing the weather  in, everyone hunkered down in the barn, like those beautiful…

  • February 26, 2013

    A Ton of Hay and Freezing Rain

    These beautifully looked after cows shared their hay with us.. They are the most contented bunch of dairy  cows I have ever met.  And with a huge thank you and sigh of relief we are once more in good shape as far as feed goes.  Everyone is pleased, most especially The  Murphy’s who are already…

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