Category: homesteading
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Gone to the Birds
It seems Camera House is tracking the big birds lately. January is here, the long winter months have begun. The birds stay mostly in the barn, undercover. As do I. As does Camera House. I often think that you would want to see something new each day then I remind myself that you are here to…
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Happy New Year
Last night I wish I had gorged on grapes while bells rung, toasting my feet on the fire of my (least favorite) calendar, then running all over the house opening the windows and doors and running all the way back around closing them. I wish I had grabbed the whiskey bottle and a lump of coal, rubbed…
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Lifting Gloom
For the last few days we have had good big periods of sun. Vitamin D is flooding back into our systems. All the animals lounge in the delicious sunlight. Soaking it up. Like yellow flowers. Though a good number stare through the window (where I am cooking for dinner guests) saying – Now? Are you…
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The Christmas cow
No, not Elsie. Our darling head tossing Elsie. She is not the Christmas Cow. (John asked why she is still wearing her halter – I still cannot get too close to her, so until she is quite calm with me, I need to be able to have that halter.) There is another cow coming. Another…
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Christmas Eve/Day
Because Christmas is not polite enough to fall on the same day of the week each year, I am Always mixed up. I need continuity. Without a TV or radio to remind me of the day – a muddle happens. Two of my children are on my side of the globe but three of my…
The Kitchen's Garden 