Tag: sheep
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Home again, Home again, Jiggedy Jig.
I know. I know, I say that all the time. But it is true. Who does not want to do a Jig when you are finally delivered back Home. Home again, Home again. Jiggedy – Jig! Home. Our favourite destination. Though, like all Immigrants and I am one, as are many of the Fellowship, we…
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Vegetable garden gone. Frost. Blink. Frost. Gone.
Daily sweetness. Marmalade Cat (to be – still Marmalade Kitten really) and Boo-Nanny. Not enough yet? Let’s have a double wammy. The Marmalade kitten creeping up on Boo Nanny. The most obvious ambush in the world. Wee kittys .. um..toilet is becoming more normal so we are going outside three or four times a day…
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Daisy puts her foot down
It rained, no snow but big slushy droopy mushy plops that looked like they had been hurled out from the murky clouds by a vast muddy shaking dog. And it was cold. Wet and cold. A wintry day. By afternoon I decided to throw down some extra straw and let the animals into the barn.…
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And then there were four.
The two piggies I have sold were loaded Into the Stock Trailer without any problems and young Red Hat Matt and his lovely wife came to collect them. I feel much heartened after meeting her because these pigs have been raised by a woman and are used to the constant chat from a woman’s voice…
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Cooling Our Hot Heels
The heat has finally come to the Prairies. I must be very careful that everyone has plenty of water. All the pigs will have their wallows topped up each morning. And I have discovered that if you hose the heels of a cow she will stand quite still. If you try and hose her back…
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