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Confusing the man
Often we forget that I am a foreigner here. Well, I don’t forget. Especially when I encounter people who do not know me. Like the optometrist yesterday. Who, with one eye on my chart said,” So did you watch any of the Olympics?” “No. I am sorry” I said. “I don’t watch television.” He looked…
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Daisy the Virgin Cow
Yesterday Daisy met with the Vet. She was wild eyed and leery. Daisy that is .. The Vet was calm and brave. The Vet has known Daisy since she was a new born so everything soon settled down. Maximus is the name of the bull. His semen arrived frozen, and held suspended in a tank in…
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Adopted chooks
The blue skies have returned and the weather man says we are going back into a dry cycle. We are still very lucky though. Our dry spell is nothing like the droughts they are having down South. All weather is relative really. An Australian drought would devastate this area. And a mid west drought would…
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We got rain!
The storm rolled in with a primordial presence. That created a zing of excitement and terror TonTon literally hid for the entire afternoon. I mean he hid but had to have me in sight too. Such a confused dog. But there were puddles for water play. I had to start using the purse camera…
The Kitchen's Garden 