Category: Life
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Meet Al: The Berkshire Boar
When the time came for Sheila to break out the lippie and hop the limo to visit the Boar, she very quietly followed me onto the trailer, was driven 15 minutes down the road and very quietly unloaded herself. No fuss. Not interested in her treats at all. But very interested in all these little…
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Photo-less friday and Sheila has a date.
I know people have posts called Wordless Wednesday, and really it is Saturday though we are commenting on Friday, and I am never short of words but sometimes short of photos so it is Photo-less Friday on a Saturday. It all gets so confusing. Poor us living in the past with our pleasantly addled brains.…
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As it gets colder again (but not too cold we hope)
The heat lamps come back on. The dogs creep back into the house. Last weeks snow beings to look saggy and loose, disheveled. No longer pristine and attractive. Snow is a great leveller until it starts to sink and go sallow. And the Daily View reaches a pinnacle of sublime sameness. But back comes the…
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Frostbitten chickens and work for butterflies
The frostbitten chickens, now reunited with the rest of the flock in the chook house, are recovering very nicely thank-you. They may not be pretty and cute. But they are bright eyed and beautiful. All bright eyes are beautiful. In fact I have never seen an eye that was not beautiful. At least we have…
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A Kitty Elevator
As you know when I was remodeling the lounge area of the house I took out the ceiling and turned the attic into a loft. (The builder was shocked and needed some convincing) This gives me lots of height above my head and if I must live inside I have to have height above my…
The Kitchen's Garden 