Category: Photography
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Out on the grass
I always feel better when the animals can get right out on the grass – into the air and the dirt. The babies of the farm especially need to be able to lie in the grass on a warm day. Yesterday we extended the cattle fence – lower of course – so that we could…
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Room in there for me?
I asked Sheila. Is there room in there for me. She said, yes but would not move over so I had to climb over her big body and scrunch myself into a corner of her house. It was warm and calm in there and Sheila smelled nice so I stayed a while. Every now and…
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Toys for Piglets
All the piglets seem to have recovered from their scouring fright and are back to playing with their toys and loafing about in their garden. We still pick them lots of good weeds and grass to eat until their electric fence is finished and they can go out onto the grass. The bowling ball is one…
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The Beauty and the Rot
In nature often we will see perfect beauty sitting right next to rot. Good sitting hand in hand with Bad. This beautiful little butterfly sitting about with a bunch of flies sucking up sugary watermelon water from a rotton watermelon is an example. We found this watermelon when picking in that patch – it already…
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Stoic
Difficult is the essence of stoic here – waiting for yesterdays rain to pass. This chook was also pretty stoic, waiting patiently in the pouring rain for the cow to move away from the boot of the car so she could take shelter. But Lady Astor was not moving too fast, cows don’t move very fast…
The Kitchen's Garden 