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Footnotes to Our Hay-Day
Hay is nasty stuff. Anyone who harbours romantic notions of making love among the haystacks has clearly not spent a lot of time in close, physical proximity to the evil entity. En masse, it is heavy, unpredictable, and hard to … Continue reading
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Getting ready for winter!
Here we are, just after mid-summer, in the middle of a 30+° heatwave, and our thoughts turn to winter. What on earth brings this about? Well, it’s peak hay-making season round here. And it’s a bumper year, with everyone reporting … Continue reading
Thomas the tractor
Through the wonder that is Ebay, we now own a tractor. Not a big roaring beast like those our neighbours use to haul huge cattle, and spread muck on many fields. We have a ‘compact’ tractor. Yes, it’s tiny, and … Continue reading
Rubbish
We’ve bought a trailer, and are fast becoming familiar regulars at the rubbish dump in the next village. At this rate, it shouldn’t take many weeks to clear the barn . . . . Then, there are the contents of … Continue reading
Babies – expected and unexpected!
Val is in England, with the intention of being there for the arrival of her first granddaughter. Lily does the job well, and Jennifer Daisy is born on Monday in the presence of her soon-to-be-doting grandmother. As Val was due … Continue reading
Fencing
Over the last two weeks, our fields have emerged from the overgrown land. As Val was going to be in the UK, and I had a million jobs to undertake around the house and the land, we decided to splash … Continue reading