Category: Life
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Aunty Del
Poor Aunty Del cannot quite understand why she is not allowed in the milking room eve-ery morning. She leans her head over the door and looks quite perplexed watching her friend Astor loudly munch her GM free treats while being milked. Molly broke through a fence yesterday. Pigs always find the weak spot in fences.…
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Baba Ganoush
Eating only what you grow can sometimes get a little boring because at some times of the year only a few things are growing – but not at this time of year. This time of year we have a medley of vegetables in the garden and an overflowing freezer – I will have to get…
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The shiny path
Aunty Del and the biggest bobby watching the milking. I was driving back from the West Barn when I saw rain coming. Out here you can literally see the rain coming. Can you see that shiny patch approaching up the road? That is a line of rain. If you look to the left you will…
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My friend said to me …
“My Grand-Daddy was a gambling man,” my friend said to me yesterday as we were packing her fresh eggs into boxes. We had been talking about drunks. The weekend kind who had a drink and went to sleep. My friend does not drink. But it was a natural jump to gambling. “He had gambled all…
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Pigs do not bend
Pigs do not bend in the middle. When they walk they do not curl around the corner like dogs – they shuffle like little fat buses. Here WaiWai’s head is quite still while his rear end tap dances across to get in line before he can continue around the corner. Alissa and I threw up…
The Kitchen's Garden 