Category: Living the life
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Advection
If I were writing a script I would have people talking in the feed store about the Extreme weather that was coming in last night. The man at the gas station making a comment. I would have the lead come home and unload her feed and feed her animals and then walk her dogs about…
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Under a cloud
A real cloud not a metaphorical one – thankfully. Tima is such a round barrel that her speed in this shot can only be determined by seeing TonTon (stick in mouth as usual) hurrying along beside her. When Tane hurries his movements smooth right out. When he walks he barely uses three of his legs.…
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Where you see from
It is 27f/-2c right now as I write. But it is the morning and the temperature will rise through the day. Funny how 27F does not feel cold today – no fire – the only room with a heater is the tiny cloak room when the chicks are growing. But I am dressing for the…
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Baby’s Breath
In the night I slept and listened still to my baby breathing across the room. My baby is grown now – a woman, yet I still listen with a maternal half ear, for a hitch or a broken breath. Still ready with a mother’s fight. With dawn another day and another plane of the air beckons, turning our…
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From A Far
My daughter who lives in Melbourne, Australia and her boyfriend Jack have been here for a very fast visit on their way to Mexico to climb some cliff faces. So what better work to do than help your Mum by replacing a couple of windows in a barn, that came down in a storm not…
The Kitchen's Garden 