Tag: farm animals
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Working Bull
I got a call today from the farmer who has Queenie over at her house, (well – in her field, Queenie in anyone’s house would be like the proverbial bull in a china shop. ) Anyway when they looked out their window yesterday morning they saw a good deal of ‘Activity’ between Queenie and the bull.…
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Sheila and the flies
Sheila is being an old lazy bones lately and it is not even hot yet. I try to get her to come for a walk but she just goes from one lying-down-spot to another. Her favourite being anything to do with compost. If there is a nice fresh cowpat thrown in she is especially pleased.…
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Sabotage
There is a little devil in me that hates for me to succeed. I have lived with this little devil all my life. This devil in my brain is a saboteur. Time and time again I get so close to wonder, so close to real creation then I change tacks and wander off to something else. Sabotaging myself. Yesterday…
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Day Off
Morning darlings. I have discovered that if I sing the score of The Sound of Music, Daisy stands quietly to be milked. Apparently she is tired of Oklahoma and South Pacific! Ah well. One does what one must. Unless something very exciting happens, that I desperately need to tell you, I am going to take…
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I got it wrong
This little calf does not want to be called Aida she wants to be called Del. She is so calm and so sweet, there is not one fussy bone in her body. She has no aspirations for the stage, and no interest in tragedy. She reminds me so intensely of my Aunty Del that I have…
The Kitchen's Garden 