Tag: old barn
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Boxing Day
Though Poppy did get some Christmas left overs her manners leave a lot to be desired. This is her latest trick. To rear up and plant her feet straight on top of the gate or fence snorting and shrieking and drooling. Not a pretty look HopandPop Poppy. She does not stand like that for long so…
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The small smiles
When I was about thirteen I began work for my Dad in his workshop at the estuary by the sea. It was the school holidays. Dad built boats. The sea and all its surrounds were our breath and bread and butter. Dad was teaching me to weld that summer. One day he got me to move a whole…
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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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The Barn Across the Way
Yesterday the children and I released the old chooks into the big barn across the way. They gravitated towards the central area, where there was straw and with the children playing amongst them they all looked so natural and happy. The children are delighted with their new friends who are now laying four eggs a day!.…
The Kitchen's Garden 