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Month: June 2012
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Well, we knew this would happen sooner or later. Blind Madison came across Dexter's sideways basket bed and found it very much to her liking. So she settled in for a long nap, leaving you-know-who to stare at the bed thief and wonder when he was going to get it back.
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In case you're wondering what we're doing with the rest of our spare time, here's an example: one of our potato patches. I took this photo on Sunday afternoon, after I had finished "hilling" the potatoes … drawing up the soil around the base of the plants as they grow. I planted this crop over…
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Dexter started having some leg issues a couple of weeks ago — his left front leg is kind of gimpy, and though he's been better with treatment, he still thinks he's just fine, of course, and doesn't know what the fuss was about. So we've been trying to make sure he doesn't overdo it, but…
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I need to take a break from blogging this week because we are just swamped at the moment — we're haying and don't have any extra time. I'll resume posting next week.
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Alayne got this shot earlier today of some of the gang in the front yard. As it happened, three of them had their noses down, sniffing around. When you have this many dogs sharing the same space, there's always something interesting to sniff (apparently … I can only assume!). That's Mad Max on the left,…
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One of the (many) things we're learning how to do this year is to make our own hay — and at the same time, learn how to use draft horses to make the hay. For over a decade now, we've purchased hay, and it has always been our single largest feed cost. Like a lot…
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The beautiful girl framed by ferns is Gena. She was actually "on the job" when I took her photo this afternoon. Gena is a livestock guardian dog — a Maremma, one of several breeds developed in Europe over the centuries for protecting livestock from predators. Gena had spent her life guarding goats and producing puppies…
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Just a few weeks ago I had written a blog post about how Holly likes to steal Wilbur's food dish from his "apartment." She began by picking up his bowl to lick it clean, but only after it was empty. I had mentioned that we now have to put Holly outside while he finishes eating…
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The other day Alayne heard Wilbur start snorting and saw his blanket start moving, and then he popped his head out from under one end of his fleece blanket. His eye looks a bit peculiar because of the absence of the lens, so you're seeing the light from the camera flash illuminating the fluid inside…
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