Category: Photography
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WHY AM I COLD?
And YES. The capitals DO mean I am shrieking! I was outside yesterday in big jacket, wooly scarf big socks – the works. Can someone please tell the rain gods that it is May now and it is time to warm up so the vegetables can grow and I can wear less than three layers.…
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Lady Astor’s Bosom
I love that word BOSOM. Don’t you?. It sounds so soft and pillowy. It even sounds good said out loud. “Lady Astors Bosom”. So matronly. Comfy. Though if you were to lay your head upon Lady Astors bosom you are liable to get a kick in said head. Sometimes I rest my head against her…
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A chair of my own
We are creatures of habit. Whenever visitors come to the farm they very quickly latch onto a space of their own. Their chair at the table, their relaxing space in the couch, a space to leave their toothbrush, a bed for sleeping. Any time we enter a foreign area we immediately try to wriggle our…
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Meet the cattle
I am not sure how many animals of the bovine variety one needs to be running in a field before you can call it a herd of cattle. However I am thinking that I have two tiny herds. Both beef varieties and dairy. There is the mini herd at the home farm. Txiki (pronounced Chickie)…
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Cows love their babies too
Alex and Txiki. Alex is such a good mother – she is with her baby all the time and is totally devoted. She would never leave her baby all alone down the back of the field in a storm. Alex always knows where her baby is. Lady Astor on the other hand seldom knows where her…
The Kitchen's Garden 