Category: Life
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Once more into the breach
Difficult the calf, who was always so hard to feed and who ironically never got the scours, has come down with pneumonia. Her tall bony body is thumping with it. The man said calves never recover once they start to thump, that I should just let her go. He said it kindly. Like many of the…
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A Wedding
In the Country. Our good friends down the road had a wedding for their daughter under the trees in their three acre back yard and were kind enough to invite us. We went to the wedding then milked the cow, fed the calves and went back for the dinner and dancing. As usual I annoyed the…
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Spanish Black Turkeys
The Spanish Black turkeys are growing very slowly. But surely. They are inquisitive and have a shrill call when they think they are being ignored. I still have no idea what the gold one is. I am hoping it is a hen though. Then we can keep her. Geraldine the Peachick has bonded very strongly with…
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train delays
Tomoyo missed her first train last night and the second one was horribly delayed. This happens often with the railway system here. So we did not get home until way too late and now I have over slept and poor you have a shortened version of yesterday. John had the day off yesterday so he picked up my…
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My Pig and I
It was hot yesterday. Humid and hot. All the animals and birds used as little energy as possible and rested in cool spots. Any animal with access to the barn got a fan. Especially Poppy and her piglets. Sheila was limpiing yesterday and as she has spent months in the mud now I had to…
The Kitchen's Garden 