Tag: pigs
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deeper cold ahead: rolling the barn doors shut
This country (the USA) is a country of extremes. The hot wind-blown fires in Los Angeles and the freezing temps here sliding even further down. I feel terrible for all those people and all those firefighters in LA. And as hot and fiery as it is over there we are getting even colder. Though I…
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deep cold but the pigs don’t care
We are in deep cold. Our HIGH today will be minus 5 celcius. However it is sunny, with no wind so far. The wind might come up later but so far so good. We can do ok in the cold but wind and cold is just miserable. Tonight will be minus 13 celcius. It looks…
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meanwhile back at the farm
While I am toiling away in lovely 70/80f degree days out here in the antipodes, the farm in Illinois and its guardians is toiling away in 16f degrees with snow. Rhonda tells me that Tima is being very naughty stealing food! “Tima is a naughty pig. She is eating anything she can get to. She…
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cold gales
A nor’wester and fiercely cold. Wind plus cold is hard on stock. And it blew hard and cold all night. Lucky the animals all have shelter. My Dad (a man of the sea) said a gale is anything over 30 knots. In the very noisy night the winds were gusting up 35+ miles an hour…
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I am thankful for every day
For all my American friends – have a lovely Day of Thanks. I am thankful for every day I have here on this magic planet. It is cold this morning – as is befitting the season. I have been looking back over some old posts – choosing a few to use for our retrospective posts…
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