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Farewell Elly
May heaven welcome and look over you. Earl, Oli, and yes even Sage mourn your sudden departure.
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Lucky Layers
The fifth layer began. We’re now getting white, green and brown.
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Drama Queens Make A Miraculous Truse
The drama queens have kept the household in a state of turmoil, mediated only by the separatism policy in effect for the last month. When the kittens arrived, their presence was tolerated by the queen of the underworld as long as they kept cooped up in their corner corridors out of sight. The fuse blew…
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Cluck Cluck Egg
Today two little white eggs appeared in the chicken nest! In just four months the little chicks have grown into mature pullets with adult voices. The sight was a pleasant surprise because we were not expecting eggs until the end of summer. Indeed, Murray McMurray even predicts that “Most hens start laying eggs at 24…
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Newborn Kittens Appear
Upon returning home from the wild west a new sound penetrated the neighborhood activity from right outside the dining room window. Over a game of pinochle I heard the cry of a new born baby kitten coming from the canopy of the grape vine. The grey cat who had been seen bulging with new life…
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Summer Kick Off
The day before departure lived up to expectation…with hours of stuffling and fun. . A day of relaxation is a joy after a full week of work. Spring concluded with a lovely dinner party. The first batch of figs for the season went into the drier to come out tastier than fresh. Tomorrow the Denver…
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Baseball Blowout
The first company sponsored baseball game featured the Athletics versus Yankies. The group dining facility is quite ideal for hosting a large group and we had our fill of baseball fare before the game began. Section 233 is a great viewing spot even with the game sold out. Unfortunately being so spread out makes a…
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Sweet IV
The court of tea, the Goleta beach picnic, a round of remembrance and memorial lifting, the campus stroll past library construction, lab introduction, institute tour and fun with friends…all this and more await the sunny Santa Barbaran.
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Fantastic Fencing Finish
Behold a transformation is at hand. The fantastic fence is finished! There’s nothing better than a bit of perfection to make an area look and feel really nice. Last November the wind forced the hand. We considered contractors but went with the do-it-yourself approach. In between the winter trips, new holes were carved out of…
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The 2014 Garden Begins
Spring is in the air and the Earth is pulsing with new life. During a month away, the winter garden went bananas. Yet we knew the bolting collards had to go. All week the anticipation has mounted for the first planting after the rototiller leveled the soil. Green and yello beans were the first to…