Category: Photography
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Canny cat
On my arrival home from California a few weeks ago Moon was nowhere to be found. Which was not a worry as he is a stray and an intact male and they do tend to wander. He had arrived out of the fields at Christmas time and had been visiting with my barn cats on…
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The Loaves and the Fishes
Woke up to pouring rain this morning with its company the thunder and lightening. Yesterday we had 78f/25c and high winds which would have warmed the earth up. It certainly warmed me up! So the rain will encourage some grass growth. And I need that grass to grow. Because my hay pile is very low now.…
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Fifteen Teats
The big digger has done his pass along the bank and left behind a huge ugly mess but he did not tear down the trees I have up there and evidently the path is still intact but I am not walking it anymore. The smell is just awful and we have rain due so it…
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Utero babies
Molly’s belly fairly bubbles with baby movement now. Two or three times every day I go and sit with Molly in her room -the moment she hears me croon, she lays on her side so I can stroke her belly. As long as she can feel me leaning against her she is happy. I encourage this. Farrowing…
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The Farrowing Pen
When a sow stands up, or prepares to lay down, her piglets scatter to the walls or flatten themselves into corners so she does not lie on them or stand on them accidentally. Even a good sows is huge and lumbers about looking for food and watching out for danger. They do not watch their…
The Kitchen's Garden 