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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Each, Peach, Pear, Plum….
This is a blog about plums. Plum is a nice-sounding word. Like ‘plump’, round and cosy without being fat. And if you say it lots of times quite fast, it sounds like a small, naughty elephant running down a mossy … Continue reading
Walking with llamas
Llama walking is a strange art. You can read loads about the principles in books and on the web. However, there seems to be no real substitute for trying to be ‘in tune’ with your own llamas. When you are … Continue reading
Fear and Loathing in Las Chickenas
Is it possible that, after all these years of carefully avoiding feather-contact situations, I might be able to overcome my phobia? As a psychologist, I would of course have to say yes. Desensitization; Flooding. Different approaches to the same goal, … Continue reading
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Bed-time Buffoonery
Chickens are stupid, no doubt about it, but they are also very entertaining. And, I am surprised to say, quite endearing in a pointy-beaked, beady-eyed, huge-legged sort of way. For someone with a deeply entrenched feather-phobia, and an impressively over-reactive … Continue reading
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Eggs!
Well, to be more accurate, egg. Still, it’s the first day. And I did feel really excited. Yes, sad I know, but tomorrow if there’s at least one more, we’ll be eating them – whether for breakfast or lunch or … Continue reading
Chicken out!
All of a rush, it seems, despite the amazingly hot weather, we have completed the fencing and bought the chickens. The fencing was very hard in parts. The main part of the ‘garden’ is actually 500 square metres of rocky … Continue reading