Tag: farming
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Watermelon Cockails
After our usual nightly rain it came out hot and humid yesterday so by evening Amanda decided to make Watermelon Cocktails. A girl after my own heart. After consulting with her sister she made Equal parts: Gin and Tonic and Watermelon Juice with a twist of lime. Divine. They had a good kick! Here is…
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Playing along
I was taking all our shots yesterday with my phone but I must have inadvertently turned on a high noise filter. Still.. .. life is not always crystal clear. I think these images will look better on a small screen. For once you smarty pants phone viewers will be the winners. And the images are…
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Poppy and her Piglets
Still with my heart in my mouth I check the piglets a few times a day. They have found their little heated creep which fills me with relief. Their Mama can sleep and get up and down and move around without having to worry about stepping on a sleeping baby. I set up their little…
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The Cadet and I
Yesterday we had an old fashioned day and the Cadet and I toddled about the farm doing our work. Just the two of us. We picked apples for the dehydrator and pies, and apples off the ground for the pigs. We found a butterfly – a monarch – in a wood of milkweed – a protected plant…
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From A little Mermaid
Because there has been so much more rain. I feel like I am swimming through the days. Yesterday it simply poured almost all day. Again. The rain carried dread with it. We wish for rain, but too much of anything carries its own punishment. I thought of mermaids as we sloshed through huge murky puddles…
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