Tag: rain
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Up to the Yards
Once again the cows have been brought back up to the yards though the concrete yards are not much drier at least the cows cannot pog holes in them with their cloven hooves. We had two inches of rain in an hour at milking time last night. So often the rain is at milking time, have…
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Going Green
The word Green stands for so many different things. Environmentally friendly. The greenies. Marijuana. The Green Party (hey NZ – are they still there?). Green as in innocent or un-knowing. Little Green Men. Green as in envious. Green Tea. For me: Green means – well – GREEN – as in the colour. Yesterday it rained with a high of…
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Gardening in the rain
Yesterday it rained. I am trying very hard not to make sarcastic comments like ” Rain? Really? You’re kidding.” More rain. Amanda was Kitchen Mama which meant I had hours to spend in the garden and it was raining but I just worked in the rain. All day I was sopping wet. But happy. A whole…
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Prairie Squalls
Again and again yesterday we were hit with buckets of drenching rain. Inches of it. Pouring out of the sky., I don’t even really understand how a fluffy cloud could contain so much water. Literally Tons of water in a little cloud like that. How can it sit in there and wait to rain like…
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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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