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member name: Mary H.
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December 30, 2008 12:38 PM EST --
In Houston they’re serious about FFA. My suburban niece is raising a steer, a Black Angus named Marvin. On Christmas day I begged to accompany her to the barn, an open-air shelter the size of an airplane . . .
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February 06, 2009 11:40 AM EST --
The ad in the newspaper said: You have 3 Choices
1. Connect your older TV to a digital-to-analog converter box; or
2. Buy a digital television (a TV with a built-in digital tuner); or
3. Subscribe . . .
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January 17, 2009 01:40 PM EST --
My book, A Year in Birdland , is now available on my Etsy site . Just thought you'd like to know.
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February 20, 2009 09:57 AM EST --
In Birdland Spring teases us with the bright blue skies and occasional warmish breeze. Last week I saw a robin as I carried seed out to the aviary, and my daffodils are sending up green shoots, almost . . .
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May 15, 2009 01:01 PM EDT --
So much rain this week in Birdland! I'm not sure when they'll be able to get into our fields. We seem to have permanent wetlands, both a running stream and several ponds, and may have to consider . . .
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December 01, 2008 10:24 AM EST --
It's cold this week in Birdland, and it's a trick trying to keep the water thawed out. We have some electric water bowls and a heated pad, but the ducks drink much more water than the chickens . . .
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May 08, 2009 10:33 AM EDT --
Is it me, or does everything speed up in the springtime? In Birdland the lilacs are already gone, mostly turned brown, the lovely scent evaporated. All this rain has made everything a deep jade green, . . .
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November 19, 2009 10:50 AM EST --
It’s raining in Birdland as if it would never end. The gray sky stretches from East to West. Water flows down the grass waterway and across the road without stopping. The retaining basin . . .
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March 31, 2009 10:46 PM EDT --
This week I left detailed notes for Michael and Ellis about bird care and am on my way with my sister, Betsy, to catch a flight to visit my beautiful niece on the East Coast. I write to you courtesy . . .
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April 24, 2009 11:49 AM EDT --
This week in Birdland listening to a post-apocalypse story on audio book as I drive, and an adventure in the depths of the well pit has me thinking about culture and dependence. Thursday morning the water . . .
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May 01, 2009 11:47 AM EDT --
Man, I hope my editor understands why my column is late this week! Last week's well emergency put me back on my chores, and I never got to the laundry. Despite overcast skies I am determined to stop . . .
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January 28, 2009 09:44 AM EST --
In first grade we had a substitute teacher. It was right around my birthday. I don't remember her name, but I have a vivid memory of her standing at the front of the classroom. She had a modest beehive . . .
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April 03, 2009 11:19 AM EDT --
Birdland is fresh with spring green and sprouts. Tiny, dicots polka dot the worn spots in the yard, and I wonder what kinds of weeds I might be pulling in the next few weeks. My seeds arrive d in the . . .
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April 10, 2009 10:11 AM EDT --
Birdland is damp and overcast today, and the ducks are happy. They wandered off somewhere this morning and I was just sure that they were gone—carried away by a sneaky predat or or lured away by a handsome . . .
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May 25, 2009 08:54 AM EDT --
Abundant rain and a broken lawn mower make Birdland a lush place. The red peonies are blooming an d they’re so beautiful it almost hurts to look at them. I haven’t seen my first frog yet, . . .
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June 26, 2009 12:42 PM EDT --
Birdland has a new bonfire pit, thanks to Alexsis, home from the East Coast for a while. My niece loves her home, yet she is no homebody. She is always on some migratory path, and I can't keep track . . .
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December 14, 2008 01:14 PM EST --
An ice storm will slow you down and make you humble. This week the school busses were delayed for an hour one morning because the meteorologist promised that the ice would melt soon if we just wait it . . .
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February 09, 2009 03:04 PM EST --
I guess I'm a cheap date. I love the excitement of eating out (and the relaxation of not having to cook or clean the kitchen afterwards) but even more than eating out in a restaurant, I love a community . . .
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March 20, 2009 12:21 PM EDT --
Birdland is three daffodils and a bouquet of crocuses closer to Spring. The new chicks arrived safely on Monday and are doing well in the temporary brooder in the aviary. I walk around the yard and survey . . .
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April 17, 2009 11:17 AM EDT --
Birdland has been in a state of suspended anticipation for a while. The asparagus is shy this year. Though I search for shoots, I don't even find the tiny, new ones hidden in the grass. The peonies . . .
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