Category: Farming
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Deep Down Jude is a Whale
He is just so big. He is a whale pig. It is a little warmer today so I dug out the big South doors to let light and air into the barn. I hate it when they are closed. The doors. It feels defeated. I am just not heavy enough to move these doors when…
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Things on My Mind
No – not things for me to write to you. Just things. So, it is pictures again for you today. Our favorite – right? Just pictures. Two cardinals in one shot. You will remember that this bird feeding set up is just outside my study doors. I watch the birds while I am thinking. Tonight’s…
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I’ll just wait right here …
In case more bird food gets thrown out the window. Said Mr Flowers. Or that ripe tomato that someone forgot was ready, falls in my direction. Sighs Mr Flowers (the scourge of tomato plants everywhere). Though he professes innocence. Jude is watching Tima carefully in case she decides to climb the fence. Tima is remarkably…
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It was New Years Eve
“New Years Eve is a kind of witching hour. Like a time within a time. The in-between. The moments between flashes. The pause between seconds”. (I began to write this post last night – I was waxing lyrical). “It is eve of a new year. 2024 is coming. I am half way through a bottle…
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Marmalade Cats and Bowls
Our Two marmalade cats (LuLu and Vandal) (Naturally Vandal is the cat sitting on top of the grill), looking at the array of feeding bowls (collected over time from second hand shops) and wondering which bowl might contain their dinner. I keep videoing hoping to catch Quacker flying in. She does it every now and…
The Kitchen's Garden 