Category: homesteading
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throats
(I know my featured image never has anything to do with anything but I am sure you are used to it by now – never throw away a burnt pot – they come in handy) A throat – when stretched up to call out: is sublime, sexy, stream lined. When tucked into a scarf…
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Dancing
For the first time since early summer Our john had both weekend days off. So between much deserved naps he was able to get some barn maintanence done. This whole barn is slipping North, sliding off its concrete foundation. Years and years ago it was gutted (and those big swinging doors added, so it could…
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Kitty Toys
You wanna come and play, kitty? So all the kittens were named and presented with name tags. Counted, catagorised, sorted and inspected. Four of them being identical and all that, they had to have names. They were carted about. Taught to dance. Played in towers. Talked to. Watched and watched. Made new friends. Kitties as…
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Lead in the skies
Still the heavy lid of the sky sits on my head. One gloriously sunny day in weeks and that was the day before yesterday. But I have always loved a challenge. And challenges don’t always rush in sat atop handsome horses wearing chain mail and carrying swords. Sometimes a challenge is just the repetition of cloudy…
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Glorious SUN
We had sun all day yesterday. Sun! It is so long since we had a sunny day. So long that we have sat under that tin lid sky. The sun drew everyone up out of their houses, we were all giggly and I completely lost the kune kune. They wriggled through the fences and were grazing right at…
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