Category: Photography
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Feeding Hay to Friendly Cows: not as easy as it sounds.
Though it remains warm the cows green feed in the fields is diminishing. The light is less. The cold not here yet. But the cows are demanding hay more often now. So they receive two bales of hay a day. All spread out in the fields so they continue to manure these hungry fields of…
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Old birds Both
Sourdough starter is so forgiving. Especially Godzilla. But I have never tried to revive such an old jar of it before. But here we go. I often leave a jar of sourdough starter in the back of the fridge for emergencies. If my current sourdough starter dies or I need more than usual – something…
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Quiet Farm Syndrome
Suddenly there is a whole lot of not very much to do. And I keep panicking! What have I forgotten I say to myself? The barn has become a retirement home for chickens. Everywhere I look there are old hens sitting about with their ancient roosters lamenting that all the feed is in barrels with…
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Thankful I am not a flower caught in a marketing funnel
I am grateful for chrysanthemums. and sorry for them too. And thankful I am not one. Though I have no chrysanthemums to show you. Because I refuse to succumb to the marketing that tricks me to only buying them in the autumn when it is too late to plant them. The chrysanthemum are forced to…
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A Thanksgiving Calendar for November
Today I am taking the matriarch to the dentist to get her six teeth cleaned. They called with a cancellation appt or she would have had to wait until April. Dentists are busy I guess. And as a life long smoker she does not have many teeth left. So I am grateful we could get…
The Kitchen's Garden 