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animals

New Cat

17 November 2011

In the spring I lost my faithful minion Trip. Early this summer we added Peach to our menagerie. As much as I love the big orange doofus, he’s just not minion material. (Also, he prefers Jim’s company to mine. Curr.) So… to rectify the lack of a minion for the Magpie Center for World Domination. We have added a second cat. […]

Tagged as: izzy, peach

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Playing Catch Up.

17 November 2011

A new toy. But before we can do anything about that… We have to fix this. Yeah, that’s pretty much half of the dash pulled out. Tomorrow night the other half comes out. All because I don’t like cold feet. (Update to the update — Jim got it all done and buttoned back up on Sunday. […]

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Meanwhile… …Back at the Ranch

16 November 2009

I’ve been working on updates and upgrades and all around tidying to the web sties. It is unsettling to know that of all the information provided on all my sites and blogs. The thing people most want to know about and to look at are: the chicken pictures… sigh.

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Dog Tidy

18 July 2009

It’s time for a dog tidy! Before: During: After:

Tagged as: c-c, dogs, ivan. dee-dee

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Chicken Report

14 June 2009

Mz. Frizzle and her brood of 10 are out and about every day now.

Tagged as: chickens

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Chicken Update

1 June 2009

The frizzled banty hen has managed to hide out and hatch a handful of chicks. Jim caught this one out for a snack. Hopefully they will stay in the barn long enough to grow to be too big for the crows to terrorize.

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Funny Faces

11 May 2009

Just for amusement value. This is what life looks like around here in the spring. Click on the photo to embiggen. Really, it’s worth it. I’ll wait… And here he is looking a little less goony.

Tagged as: alpacas, spring

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Barn Swallows are Back

21 April 2009

Each summer we have several nests of barn swallows. Late last week I watched the first of the barn swallows fly across the pasture. This morning I had the first evidence that housekeeping has started. One of the oldest/biggest nests is perched on top of the flood light over the feed room in the barn. As […]

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Shearing Day Report

21 April 2009

Today was shearing day. There were only 6 animals so it went quickly. Here’s what the crew looked like before: Here Jason is shearing the first victim, er Mutton: And here’s what they look like now:

Tagged as: alpacas, shearing, sheep

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