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Egg byproducts
Look how we suffer! We have to keep eating these damn cakes . . . .
Egg quiz
You have to read yesterday’s post on chickens first . . . Here are this morning’s eggs. Despite the near-freezing cold, all four chickens have laid! The test is: can you identify which chicken laid which egg? When you think … Continue reading
Reflections on chickens
We’ve had our four chickens for well over three months now, and they’ve become thoroughly embedded in our life. Val has commented on how they’ve changed our early mornings (Musing on Rising). Even more evidently, they’ve altered our diet! I … Continue reading
Musing on Rising
Getting up early has never been one of my favourite occupations. Ever since I can remember, dragging myself into harsh, daylight consciousness from the dim and cosy depths of dream-filled sleep has been my greatest challenge of every day. I … Continue reading
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Things That Have(n’t) Happened.
I am currently in the process of writing a review of our first six months in the Land of the Free Fruit and Vegetables. However, as I launched into the third wordy paragraph (of the introduction!), I realised it would … Continue reading
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