Category: Life
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Cold Feet
It is a measure of Sheila’s trust in me that she would trudge all the way across the snow drift that has had her cooped up all this time and come out for a walk. (Though she has balked at it three days running so I guess she trusts me when she feels like it) . …
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Thick Ice
As you know the day before yesterday it was warm and much of the snow began to melt, then in the night the temperatures dropped and a cold Northerly wind came up and by yesterday morning the slushy snowy covering on the ground had been turned to heavy ice. Not a crust of ice. Polished hard packed…
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Melting
We got so warm yesterday that the snow went mushy and the ice started melting. It will be a short respite, but we take it when we can. The air was full of the sounds of sliding snow and dripping water. Sheila is still snow locked though, the snow is deep outside her gate and…
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Made me laugh!
Puss and the Peahen. Poor LuLu. Tui tends to pick on cats. “Not a chance buddy”. Says Godot. At which LuLu says a bad word… … and Pania laughs – (in a mean way). – but on the inside. I had to laugh too. Poor LuLu. I could imagine Godot shrieking with laughter.. “Caught us a…
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The Cadet
Our Cadet came yesterday, everyone remembered her and she worked like a wee trooper. This girl loves to say, Yes! She collected all the frozen old eggs up in the loft of the barn. (From now on she will keep that clean of eggs so we know what is fresh and what is not.) She…
The Kitchen's Garden 