Category Archives: Environment

Carping the Diem

Posted on 10 February, 2011 by Val

We are expecting visitors on Saturday. They are coming to see our Three Little Piggies (with a view to taking them to a new life as pets on their small camp site), and to judge us, (and conclude that we … Continue reading →

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How do I love thee?…

Posted on 29 January, 2011 by Val

Yeah, well… Meditation. There’s a Thing. Sounds like it should be a piece of piss really – just sit still, be quiet, and don’t think. Who’d have believed it could be SO HARD? But before I launch into a lengthy … Continue reading →

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Beau Constructor

Posted on 16 December, 2010 by Val

Well, the non-freeziness didn’t last long. Just to teach me to stop moaning about soggy weetabix days, the Universe decided to plonk a bit more of the very-pretty-but-bloody-cold stuff on our part of the world. In the deep early winter, … Continue reading →

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Frosties and Glee

Posted on 12 December, 2010 by Val

Today it is not freezing. There is still a thin window of ice on the top each water bucket, but it is fragile enough for the llamas and pigs to deal with unaided, with a gentle prod from hoof or … Continue reading →

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‘s Nature Innit

Posted on 11 December, 2010 by Val

One of the most different things about our current life is just how much we really are more ‘in touch with nature’. It sounds like a cliché…. “Well, we want to move to the countryside, and be… you know… more … Continue reading →

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Wrong Clothes

Posted on 4 December, 2010 by Val

Hello again y’all. Here I am, just returned from an unseasonally snowy sojourn in Iceland England, to a similarly snowy reception in this bit of France. But it is very different. Owing to a lack of wellies and a warm … Continue reading →

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