Tag: cows
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Bright and Shiny Sun
Hospital Day today. Not urgent. But the hospitals are miles away when one lives down in the country. We will be gone all day. Which means a picture day for you! Because I need to hurry through chores then get going. The sun came out yesterday afternoon. After days of gloom. I was doing house-keeping…
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The laziest cows in the world
Were you wondering what cows do in the summer? Laze about, thats what. This little trio of cows do nothing but sleep out under the trees. I guess it is a summer thing. The best cows are happy cows. And flies do not a happy cow make so this cow has a clothes line. I…
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Planting By The Moon
Tonight is the full moon. The time for harvesting not sowing or planting. The best moon for planting is the new moon. Of course there are many theories behind why we might garden by the moon. I personally think that it is the pull of the moon on the tides, bringing up water, maybe more…
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Leave it up to the Cows
The flies have arrived with the heat. Though you would not know it from this idyllic image of wheat in the sunset. Flies are hell for cows so this beastie got under an old jacket I had hung in the tree. I re-purpose sacks and old hoodies, the pigs winter blankets, (pretty much anything) and…
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Last Duck Standing
The last duck on the property is sitting on her chickens eggs with lazer focus. When I pass by her sitting on her nest in the blue plastic tote tipped sideways she ducks super low, camouflaging herself into the old straw. She is actually very hard to see too, in the barns gloom, this chameleon…
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