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Your picturesque descriptions of the turkeys catching bugs brought to my mind's eye, our guineas , how they leapt, twirled & pirouetted, at every passing beetle or gnat as the helmetted flock of them went about their daily patrol. Just as you said, hardly a winged or crawling insect escaped their beady eyes & snapping beaks. I enjoyed your walk about the Farmy fields with Boo, looking across to the barn & chook house. The Friendship Woods along the Ditch has really grown thick & beautiful. You know it harbors & sustains myriad wildlife & brakes the fearsome gusts. Thank you for taking us along.

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You are most welcome! I am coming to enjoy our weekly walks - I will make another one for next week I think - I can post it while I am in California and we can all look at it and sigh!

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Your storytelling is delightful Cecilia.

Your description of the turkeys is pure comedy gold. I particularly enjoyed the image of them as reluctant runway models, "clasping their cloak wings tight like models in some wildly imagined European fashion show."

Happy Monday!

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You know the fashion shows I mean right? Some are quite mad!! In a GOOD way!

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Oh yea - I do :)

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What an entertaining newsletter. I was giggling all the way through it. I know farming and keeping track of the animals is hard work, but it also provides amusing stories. I recall my dad's runaway cow in the city. Here's an expert from You Can Take The Girl From the Prairie:

Particularly fond of his cows, Dad often had to make an emergency trip to visit the vet in the city. On one such occasion, an under-the-weather cow decided she didn’t want to see the doctor and jumped off the back of the truck when they reached the city. Perhaps she wasn’t quite as sick as he had thought. Dad tried to stop her, but the cow slipped through his hands and started running down the street. Never having been off the farm before, the cow became very confused. She ran past a seedy bar just as a local drunk stepped out of the door. He took one look at the runaway heifer, turned around, and went back in for another drink. Dad just couldn’t seem to catch the determined animal as he chased her down one street and up another, much to the dismay of the residents. Eventually a young police officer came to his aid. As the bewildered cow ran towards the law enforcer, he pulled out his gun. My dad put out his hands and shouted, “Don’t shoot my cow, what ever you do!” Eventually Bossy was loaded back onto the truck and whisked back home, avoiding the vet altogether. Cow and owner visibly shaken.

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That is an hilarious account. I bet they were glad to get home when they finally made it back there! I imagine his horror when she broke her tether and jumped out of the back of the truck! That must have been quite a leap!

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She was one determined old milk cow! To hear Dad tell the story was so funny.

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I hope that all your charging about chasing those recalcitrant little black pigs means that you are feeling better. Lucky you had those Texans handy. Who would have thought reading about the pooing habits of various pigs would make such interesting reading? Beautiful photos again, thank you.

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We deal with a lot of poo! I don't need to read the news - I have enough sh*t at home!😂

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Fascinating to hear about the turkeys. I learned from my brother chickens eat anything. Letting them loose in the yard keeps the bugs at bay.

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Yes he is right too! They say pigs eat anything but you and I know they don't - there are no live flies in the chook house! I need to get these turkeys to patrol in the barn!

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Heavenly to muck thru yards mud and all, even tho i just step on words; loved the photos, sigh

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Yes! Gorgeous. You only get to step through words!

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I still like the pigs best.

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Me too!!

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enjoy!

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Can not get those cowboys out of my head lol love you C xx

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I love the peek at the animals and the corn today. They have such funny stories, and the turkeys do look like aliens.

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your chase and roundup situation is so funny and perfectly described

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