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off their trotters with horror
Ice now blankets the farm. I was moaning about the cold last week but the real cold is here now. I take all that other cold moaning back. I now long for it to rise back into the 20’s. I move carefully about the farm in an undignified shuffle. Some areas are flat and smooth…
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archives – may 2012 – daisy and me
May 29 2012. I chose this archive entry because it contains my frequently made broccoli soup recipe and heralds the beginning of the milking period and we get a mention of Sheila and a real look at Daisy and me. Reaching back and revisiting these old characters is a mixture of sad and delightful but…
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a wee warm up
We go up above freezing today. For about four hours. Then again tomorrow. Hopefully, the barn can thaw a little in this time. Then I will scoop and clean out and lay clean straw for a few hours. It will be nice to be able to stay outside longer. Here is the sunset from last…
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waiting for tima’s call to breakfast
This morning it is -6F (minus 21C) and still. The sun has come up into a clear brittle slit-eyed sky. Once again we will leave the animals unbothered for a wee while yet as it is mean to get them up out of their warm beds and into these frigid temperatures until they are ready.…
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wolf moon to read by
Last night’s full moon was so bright I did not need a light to read. I was moon bathing in my bed. Wolf Moon. I was a little too early and I don’t think I was able to capture Mars. (Though thanks for the heads up Jim). I saw Venus though. I think. This morning…
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