Category: Farming
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Prairie Squalls
Again and again yesterday we were hit with buckets of drenching rain. Inches of it. Pouring out of the sky., I don’t even really understand how a fluffy cloud could contain so much water. Literally Tons of water in a little cloud like that. How can it sit in there and wait to rain like…
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The Power, Your Power
I am often amazed by the power of a small word or gesture. The tiniest pat and smallest gentle correction can literally make a world of difference to a persons future. A small word as you open the door, a smile as you close it. We are powerful. All of us. We must be careful…
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From A little Mermaid
Because there has been so much more rain. I feel like I am swimming through the days. Yesterday it simply poured almost all day. Again. The rain carried dread with it. We wish for rain, but too much of anything carries its own punishment. I thought of mermaids as we sloshed through huge murky puddles…
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Tane Mahuta
Yesterday Tane Mahuta was loaded into Kim’s car and off we went to the vet. Thank Goodness for Kim and her car. After another 79 dollars we discovered that he has thrown his hip out a bit and developed a secondary infection. He has a temperature of 104 degrees (between 100 and 102 is normal) so he…
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Handle the Jandal
In New Zealand we call Flip Flops: Jandals. On the East Coast of America there is a rumour that they were called Clipper Cloppers. (I really like that name). Boots the Orange kitten just calls them A Pillow. As usual some days Poppy looks pregnant other days not so much but there is no arguing that…
The Kitchen's Garden 