Tag: peacock
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The dark-en deepen-eth
The nights are coming so early and the clouds have been so thick and low lately that it seems to me I have to start evening chores straight after lunch or I won’t be done by dark. Sunset is at 4.24pm. Luckily Our John has taken to the milking and is doing very well, so…
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Room in there for me?
I asked Sheila. Is there room in there for me. She said, yes but would not move over so I had to climb over her big body and scrunch myself into a corner of her house. It was warm and calm in there and Sheila smelled nice so I stayed a while. Every now and…
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Mr Flowers comes out for a walk
And he is still out with his girls this morning AND I slept in a bit. Which is unusual but happens sometimes. I wake at 5AM but this morning I went straight back to sleep. And now it is 6.27AM! So I am writing to you as fast as iIcan so I can get out…
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The season begins
And we are off – miss c is back in the saddle… (an English saddle, those wild wild west cowboy saddles hurt my bony bum.) And me and my saddle (but no horse of course) are moving fast now. Thank you for your patience with me and my absence. Spring has hung it’s hat here for…
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Spindly
As usual Mr Flowers likes to show off his tail right in front of the ugly garage door – sigh – no sense of background. Everything about this bird is spindly. A small bird really. But colourful. He is a piebald this is why he has white feathers in his tail. Mother and daughter. Lady Astor…
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