Tag: cold
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off their trotters with horror
Ice now blankets the farm. I was moaning about the cold last week but the real cold is here now. I take all that other cold moaning back. I now long for it to rise back into the 20’s. I move carefully about the farm in an undignified shuffle. Some areas are flat and smooth…
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deeper cold ahead: rolling the barn doors shut
This country (the USA) is a country of extremes. The hot wind-blown fires in Los Angeles and the freezing temps here sliding even further down. I feel terrible for all those people and all those firefighters in LA. And as hot and fiery as it is over there we are getting even colder. Though I…
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Farmers and the Weather
To be honest. Most farmers begin any discussion with talk about the weather. The weather makes all the difference in our day. You can tell a farmer because they can find a way to moan about the weather even when it is perfect. That’s me! A woman said to me the other day she tries…
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Over it!! The Freezing weather – we are over it!
Another hospital day. So I will be quick! These two: Quacker and Mr Flowers got back together after becoming separated during the last freezing storm. Their reunion was delightful. They raced towards each other then they both pretended not to care – but stuck together for the whole day. More snow came in last night…
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Sun Dogs at my Heels.
The Patient had an early appointment this morning. So I was out even earlier in the morning feeding the cows and pigs and chickens in the dark. The wind had blown gently and very coldly all night. I followed my own footsteps in the snow from last nights chores. A bucket in each hand and…
The Kitchen's Garden 