Category: homesteading
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Sometimes pigs do play with sticks.
They carry them about in their mouths and have races. TonTon knows this about pigs and sticks, so he is always ready. Boo on the other hand is not invited in for games. Just as well too. He steals the sticks and runs off. The men finished lowering the corn curtain on my third and…
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Corn is down.. I can see for miles and miles!
With a sunrise like this we had to have a good day. And we did. Because the men in their green machines, came and took the corn away. Later we went out to play in the stripped field. After pausing in the long grass for ‘short legs’ to rest. And watching Egoli – his new hunting…
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The Duke of Kupa gets all tied up
The day dawned windy and cold yesterday. So on with the clown suit and out I went. Yes that is a piggie on the wrong side of the electric fence. It should have been here. During the morning chores I saw this. Not good. Not good at all. The wind must have blown this unbreakable…
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The leaves are piling up and so am I.
I like the leaves, I never rake them. The winds will come and deal with them soon enough. Until then I like the disheveled look of them. Their random falls and light shuffles. Shuffling light. Parchments and promises. It is Saturday. There will be lots of this! Sleepy time for babies. The Marmalade Cat is…
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Sit, Boo-Boo – Sit.
Have you ever known a child who is perfect one place (maybe school) and a proper little devil in another place (maybe home). I know a dog like that. His name is Blue. We call him Boo. Sit, Boo-Boo, sit. He is the opposite – perfect inside and a heathen outside. Boo and I have…
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