Tag: celi
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Is this your hat?
Boo the Savage is the great returner of found objects. The Verandah is a litter of interesting finds, like a little boys pockets but with a canine influence. I forgot to tell you yesterday that Queenie (who would not look at you for a photograph) was bred by The Lady Vet on Sunday. Easily too…
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And then it rained…
Only hours before we were to gather to bale the hay. After I had turned it into its windrows and tested it for dryness. It rained. and rained. A 30% chance of a stray thunderstorm had appeared on the radar yesterday morning, and then in our sky that afternoon. And so I cleaned. When I…
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I can’t find Pania the Peahen .. now what could she be up to?
Tui the peahen is still on her nest (her eggs are due to hatch on July 2nd) and Pania the other peahen has slowly become more and more absent. And now I have no idea where she is. There are a few more hiding places to search but Hmm… I think to myself. I wonder…
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Sad news about Number Nine
Very quietly yesterday, Number Nine died, laid between his mother’s front legs, right under her raised chin. His nose directly below hers. He was there with his siblings and his mother not moving from him. He had not been rejected to die alone in a corner like many animals, he died right there with his…
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A pregnant Pause
Yesterday The Farmy dropped through into one of those delicious Pauses that we often see but don’t have time to feel. A gentleness rises up and envelops us. Encouraging us to yawn as we work, and sink onto rocks to watch when we are done. The animals feel The Pause. They simply lay down and…
The Kitchen's Garden 