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Monthly Archives: December 2009
A Card and a Bird
This comes from Elder M. I am putting it on my blog, not his. Just because. A card from Elder M., the animation guy. AND Here is the announcement of the winner of the LLB: She will be most joyfully … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations
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Our Christmas Card 2009
Yep, I’m one of those people who have abandoned the ritual of paper cards. I know that this kind of greeting seems thin and impersonal to some people, but to me, a blog is a warm handshake, an open front … Continue reading
One Little Gift
Okay. Pretend it’s yesterday. I lost a day this weekend, somehow. So this is the day of the giveaway. I have just one little blessing bird left to send flying. It was a very, very small flock to begin with, … Continue reading
The Yule Shindig: pt. 2
Part Two: the party. As I have explained, probably once a year for the last almost twenty years I’ve been tell you these tales, this is a very old party. The same people have been coming to it since the … Continue reading
The Yule Shindig: pt.1
Dec 20 How to get ready for a party. This is pretty much the only party you ever have, and it’s at Christmas, so you have plenty of leisure time to get ready. No pressure. 1. First think to yourself, … Continue reading
A bit of a braid
First of all – is anybody else having problems with the header not popping in, or with comments disappearing? Second: I believe that I may have lost about an inch or so on my waist, just high stepping it over … Continue reading
Posted in Horses, Images, Minutiae, The outside world
Tagged gates, knit, polar bear, prints, puppies, snow
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Why we don’t eat at the table
And here is a shot I took, forgetting that you can’t shoot in lowish light with a 5.6 lens. Still, I like the warmth of the light. And you get a feeling for the time and the room. Chaz is … Continue reading
Interlude – or where your steak comes from
First thing in the morning: let the tide of puppies out of their crate. Allow yourself to be carried along with the rolling surge: down the hall to tumble down the stairs, finally pooling – whirling around and around at … Continue reading
Posted in dogs, Epiphanies and Meditations, Horses, Just life, The outside world
Tagged cows, Horses, meat, puppies
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Freezing
Holy cats. I thought I had lost a finger to frost bite this morning. Six degrees in the barn, horses covered with frost, tiny icicles hanging in their hair like silver tips at the end of corn rows. I was … Continue reading
Diamonds on the souls of my boots
~Don’t miss the tiny giveaway at the bottom of this link. Tomorrow’s the day!~ 2 degrees below last night. But this morning there were diamonds on the driveway, whole unbroken fields of diamonds. For a moment, I was sad I … Continue reading
Posted in dogs, Memories and Ruminations, Seasons
Tagged ice, puppies, quail, snow, towels
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