Category: farm life
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I clean when I am Anxious
I am working with a little anxiety at the moment; The house is sparkling. But never finished. So there is always more cleaning to do which is good. That makes me less anxious. Cleaning, tidying, doing that pesky personal admin, tidying one’s desk, that all helps us run our lives smoothly and alleviates ordinary anxiety.…
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Start your Success List Today
I am still thinking about and listing all the things I got right and am proud of in 2023. It is a fun exercise in this curious lull. But the mud. This is not on my Nice List. The mud just keeps getting worse. No cats are allowed inside until they have cleaned their feet…
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Sunsets Are Boring
I have discovered that sunsets are actually not nearly as interesting as sunrises. I raced down the back last night at 4.15 pm when I saw that the sun was setting so I could get a video of it for TKG Take Ten and then when I looked at the little film later, there was…
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Loving the new set up
The sun was out yesterday and everyone was lying about in it. Abundant Sun sounds so glorious. Today we have abundant sun and abundant wind too but hopefully it will dry up some of the mud! Today may be a lovely 55f (13c) but by Sunday we will be down to 21f (-6c). These wild…
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All Except One
Chickens are not kind. They do peck each other. I found one pecking at Wai the other day – to my horror- his skin is fragile enough. But this chook had half her side torn off by her flock of white chickens. Basically skinned. It has healed somewhat but all the feathers are gone from…
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