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Down on the farm: November 2013
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Down on the farm. Sunday, November 17, 2013. Plymouth Plantation Day 2013 or How 50 Cans of Soup DO a Stew Make! We took a fieldtrip 4 miles south of our school to our farm, but we dropped back in history four HUNDRED years! Yes, the pilgrim children DID play leap frog! We pulled molasses taffy as well. My astute readers will respond with, "Oh, but excuse me, Madd. Molasses taffy is an early 1800 activity! Once again, find me some Separatist candy recipes and I'll gladly whip them up! Of course, no good ...
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Down on the farm: November 2014
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Down on the farm. Sunday, November 30, 2014. Fruit Salad in a Bedpan. Most likely not. But then again, I didn't know that I was dousing cucumbers in wine for the last branch dinner. Nor do I know if toothpaste is caulking or herbal tea is kitty litter or spices are red Jello or potato flakes are soap flakes.we have mysteries. Thursday, November 20, 2014. Because It Was There. This was the first executive helicopter inspection stop following the 2008 earthquake. We spotted this pretty floral wreath on a l...
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Down on the farm: February 2015
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Down on the farm. Thursday, February 19, 2015. All I Need is the Air That I Breathe.". And to love you." During my one month hiatus in the U.S., our neighbors and fellow conspirators, the Criddles, took this picture and sent it to me. It tickled me greatly. Every well-dressed dog in Chengdu is fully attired with a smashing coat, but THIS guy! He adds boots (on second thought, it looks like they're trying to BIND his feet! AND an air filter device which puts him in a category all by himself! Actually, I'v...
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Down on the farm: Jet Lag
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Down on the farm. Thursday, July 2, 2015. July 5, 2015 at 8:55 PM. It hit me so hard when we got home. It was like a ton of bricks. I had to succumb. July 8, 2015 at 8:14 PM. Hey, we should facetime! I stayed up until 4am the other night. July 9, 2015 at 8:14 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). James Herriott's vet books. The Count of Monte Cristo. A Walk in the Woods. Peace Like a River. The Egg and I. Extremly Loud Incredibly Close. How Green Was my Valley. The Lovely Miss Lily. 7th Heaven (sort of).
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Down on the farm: March 2014
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Down on the farm. Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Snowshoeing- March 8, 2014. Sunday, March 16, 2014. Wednesday, March 5, 2014. How It All Came Out Today. I can't really speak for everyone, but at OUR house the decades are fairly spinning- like a giant Groucho Marx You Bet Your Life spinner with a sneer on its face. Why, it seems only yesterday ("Can I? Not 'til I'm 50? Awww heck.") that I was toddling off to my very first colonoscopy. Omaha it was. 2004. And now a decade later. AND I got an A. The Egg and I.
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Down on the farm: June 2015
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Down on the farm. Sunday, June 28, 2015. Let's start off with a Baby Face I really miss- Maren, a granddaughter in Utah. She has a full-time job following and duplicating every act and word of her older sister Clara and fetching diapers for baby sister Norah. Her memoirs will be entitled Life in My Father's Harem. I'm posting random kid shots today just for the jolly of it. I have a difficult time holding my camera back when a baby appears. My Canon Elph (this IS an endorsement! I wish I were gutsy enoug...
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Down on the farm: September 2013
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Down on the farm. Tuesday, September 24, 2013. You knew that if you waited long enough, inevitably, I would be in an insomniac state (cue giggling among some followers- of which I have about 4, so I probably ought to just name names). Oftentimes these wee-in-the-morning posts yield soul searchings or true confessions or even pictures of trash composters. I'm certainly not in control of them! Why did I succumb to a lifeless lifelist of pursuits? Have I learned anything about education in the last 30 years?
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Down on the farm: April 2014
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Down on the farm. Tuesday, April 15, 2014. We have a plethora of beautiful girls in our second generation- meet Lorelai. She looks determined with a sweetness chaser. I can't wait to meet her. I'll probably need a bib and utensils because I plan on eating her up! She makes NINE grandkids- six pink, three blue. Smashing fun! I hope her arms are skinny enough for the sweater I'm knitting! Dog lover or cat affecianado? Tummy or back sleeper? Mommy's girl or Daddy's? Are there mud puddles in her future?
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Down on the farm: December 2014
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Down on the farm. Monday, December 8, 2014. To: 5B With Love From: Madhadder. I took these pictures for you a few months ago and then just never got around to sending them. At least when I see a hedgehog (or a whole case of them! I will think of you. I wish I could magically teleport each of you individually here for a day. I would take you all over Chengdu, and I am sure I would spend most of the day picking your jaw up off of the ground! So THAT'S how they do it here! Can you believe this? A dormitory ...
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Down on the farm: May 2014
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Down on the farm. Saturday, May 31, 2014. Turn Right At the Confederate Flag! You haven't even had a second to blog in goodness knows how long, and here you are wandering aimlessly among the dead.unexpected time on your hands? I noticed a marker with the names (no death date) of an elderly couple I would greet by name when I pumped gas in about 20 minutes! I'll bet all their drawers are orderly too! Or compose original poetry. One spring my juniors were reading Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine. The Egg and I.
