Category: Humour
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All is Forgiven
Yesterday morning I was in a right grump. It was cold and raining and COLD and RAINING. I know it is bad to be in a grump about it being cold and raining with so many of you in California in a terrible drought but I was grumpy. Logic plays no part in grumpiness. …
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A miniature surprise
I have been ‘doing the paparazzi’ with this little peeper for a week now. Finally I have captured an image of him for you. My oldest barn chicken hatched this wee fella in the loft, he fell through a hole in the floor, she found him again and he is still going strong. I think…
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How I write the Farmy Blog
No pictures today! It was ‘one of those days’ yesterday and Our darling Barb at Just a Smidgen. has passed the baton to me to discuss writing so I am only writing today. Barb is a poet, photographer and designer of no small renown so I find myself a little out of my depth following her beautiful piece…
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Short Exciting Walks
Our walks are short at the moment. For two reasons – Tima has very short legs. And then she has to stop every few minutes to play ‘Gleeful Manchurian Mustache’ The Game (the rules are obscure) with TonTon, who can call out “Help me!” in 17 different languages. Actually the rules of the game seem more fluid…
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Look what came in the Mail
Chicks and Ducklings. In the mail! John and the Matriarch want duck for Christmas dinner. But I bought a few extra so I could breed them too. Sadly two of the extra were dead on arrival. So we have four Orpington ducks. The chickens are a selection of cold-hardy layers. Next week the meat chickens come. By…
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