Category: Vines and Wine
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A Gentle Walkabout – Half way Round
The corn is drying, rattling in the breeze and glowing in the sunrise. See those green feathers at the base of Kupa’s (pronounced Koopa) tail. They look like an unravelling scarf? Those are the beginnings of his new tail. Daisy looks all grown up in this shot. Quite the elder. Her eyes seem just fine…
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The Home Grown September Challenge
The Home Grown September Challenge is going splendidly. Though when you get really down to it there is not enough food out there so I am not sure how Long the challenge will last. It is very dry now and I am going to have to do some serious watering lest my greens give up…
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The Bobble Headed Owls have come. Be afraid. Be very afraid!
The birds have discovered the wine grapes. Every time I walked under the arbor a little flurry of rising wings could be heard. The pea hens are residing in the peacock penthouse because last year they ate a third of my crop and now the sparrows are taking advantage. Serious measures had to be taken.…
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Fly Away Home
Though his multi coloured tail is almost gone, The Duke of Kupa is still a gorgeous bird. The tail feathers I am finding now are shorter and fluffier. The piglets are still exploring their new boundaries and threes times yesterday Ton was sent out to “See the Piggies” . This is his command to find…
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