Category: Life
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Onwards and Upwards at 5F (-15C)
This kind of beautiful clear day … … always has to be paid for. (Do you see the shape of the Coupe’s roofline developing in the framing here?) There was a lot of sun for warmth gathering yesterday. And I know why now. It is 5.30 am and 5 degrees F outside. Yes, that is…
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A few Farmy Highlights (in pictures) from Jan-Dec 2012
January 2012 begins with a sunset. and so mild I was drinking a beer on the verandah. February 2012 – got a little bit chilly though the winter of 2012 was comparatively mild. Queenie Wineti the Hereford heifer and our darling Mary’s Cat did not mind the cold. Mary’s Cat was everyones fearless friend. March…
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A few Farmy Highlights (in pictures) from Jan-Dec 2012
January 2012 begins with a sunset. and so mild I was drinking a beer on the verandah. February 2012 – got a little bit chilly though the winter of 2012 was comparatively mild. Queenie Wineti the Hereford heifer and our darling Mary’s Cat did not mind the cold. Mary’s Cat was everyones fearless friend. March…
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Shuffling the cards of cows.
On the way out to milk yesterday morning we were greeted with a cheerful little shower of powdery snow. Just a little. Then it melted before our eyes. Ah well. When I counted the hay bales the other day, and after doing the rather rudimentary maths associated with this exercise, which frankly is as far…
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Getting Re-Antiquated
I know that heading (above) makes no sense but I have a challenge that once I have written my title I must keep it. Sometimes the weirdest phrases and re-spellings get stuck in my head. I am very grateful that you are all the kind of kind people who bear with the slight eccentricities that…
The Kitchen's Garden 