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Category Archives: Our family and animals
Old photos: my grandparents in the 50s
I just came across some old photos of my grandparents in the 1950s. I love seeing them as young people and imagining what their world felt like. Isn’t this a great photo! I think the story behind it is that … Continue reading
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Easter egg hunt
I hope you’ve all had a lovely Easter. We’ve had a long weekend of perfect, golden Autumn weather. We don’t have any kids in our household, so my partner and I were surprised (and delighted!) when we got up on … Continue reading
2010: My year in blogging
I started this blog back in April. Over the past months there have been many times when I haven’t managed to blog as often as I wanted (or, let’s face it, at all!), but looking back over all the posts … Continue reading
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New things
A couple of new things around here today… The first is a freshly hatched chick! So adorable. One of our hens, Blax, has been sitting on eggs for the past three weeks, and yesterday the first one hatched. More may … Continue reading
Poultry PS
As a PS to my Poultry Show post, I thought I’d show you a picture of me with one of my lovely chickens. This is Road Runner, she’s an Araucana-Andalusian cross and lays pretty, pale blue eggs. (And, as you … Continue reading
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Poultry Show
A few weeks ago we went to a local poultry show. Most of the chooks we keep ourselves are rare breeds (also known as heritage breeds), and each have their own particular traits that they’ve been bred for. The show was an … Continue reading
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Cosy Friday evening
It’s Friday night and there’s a Spring storm shuddering against the house outside but inside we’re all snug and cosy. The fire is cranking in our wood stove… …and there’s nothing like a cute, cuddly friend to make you feel … Continue reading
Midwinter mandarin lanterns
I’ve been quietly celebrating a few things this week: Monday, of course, was the Winter solstice; on Tuesday my man returned home to me after several weeks away visiting his family on the other side of the world; and on … Continue reading
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More gratitude
I didn’t do a Monday’s Inspiration post this week, but I did pick a card and I want to share it with you now (even though it’s now Tuesday – Oh, actually Wednesday morning now, according to my clock! Time … Continue reading
Garden meditation
Here are some photos from our garden this week, focussing on some of the kinds of little magical details that are always there waiting for us to find if we look carefully enough. Autumn leaves fall round Buddha’s head. The … Continue reading
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