Yesterday I noticed that Mr Flowers had a band of nylon string wrapped around one of his feet. And he only has one good foot. If left in place the nasty nylon string would continue to tighten and eventually cut off the toe (in… Continue Reading “How to Catch a Peacock. Mr Flowers needed Help.”
Here is Tima’s little house. Below is what Tima (the kunekune ) sees from the bed in her house. She sees the porch of the farm-house. Point of View is everything. And Tima has a room with a view! There has been so much… Continue Reading “Tima’s Point Of View. What Hogs See.”
I have! Given up the day job. This is my last day online teaching. I love teaching – you know I do. But not having to teach online anymore is Such A Relief. I am running out of steam trying to do ALL the… Continue Reading “Don’t Give Up your Day Job – Actually YES – Give Up that Day Job!”
My son called from the Central Valley in California last night and said over 10,000 acres of farm land in the Central Valley are under water. They have been underwater for too long. And they have not had the worst of the flooding over… Continue Reading “So, you are thinking of Burying Food in your Garden?”
FreeBee the 450+ pound rescue hog who sits all day, like a sitting bull but sweeter.
Fencing is my least favourite job. But BooBoo is always happiest outside with me. Ton is not fond of fencing because he hates loud noises (especially when I am driving in the fencing posts with the post bommy-knocker thingy) and he will always race… Continue Reading “Building fences with BooBoo”
What an enormous question! I don’t feel like I make that many choices a day? I feel tired just thinking about it. And all our choices – even the unconscious decisions – can have a profound effect on the people in our lives, the… Continue Reading “With 35,000 choices a day, how many do you Make On Purpose?”
The New Blog Renaissance is just around the corner. Blogging is on the cusp of a revival. With the slow monster emergence of AI and Chat GPT (I find the panic enormously entertaining to be honest) – there is a great hush in the… Continue Reading “The Survival of the Bloggest”
The bird song sounds of the dawn caught on video. There are a short few minutes just as the sun is rising when all the birds put aside their differences and pipe in the light. They rise onto their toes in the trees and… Continue Reading “Dawn Chorus – In Surround Sound”
Why Comments are the Life Blood of A Blog
Posted on March 19, 2023 by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Your blog post is the beginning of a conversation. It is a long letter written with care. So the most wonderful compliment we can get is a letter in return – in the form of a comment. This is why we have the comments… Continue Reading “Why Comments are the Life Blood of A Blog”
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