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Wildlife Wednesday – First One!

on daily dose of dogs (aka cats with your coffee)

The first baby of Older Daughter’s wildlife baby season is also the first one of its kind. You know that Older has had squirrels many many times. Baby squirrels and baby bunnies are often some of the earliest babies of... Read more

April -- New Worlds from Peter Rabbit to Burning Man

on Robert McCarty

Wonder Tales brought fantasy to the world and over time opened doors of the imagination for children. Books followed the books. Imagination and the mysteries of existence opened adult's minds even more. Read more

Gifts

on daily dose of dogs (aka cats with your coffee)

I am always thrilled when gifts from my Wish List arrive here for Winnie’s Wish. Sometimes someone sends a gift to celebrate the Gotcha Day of their cat(s) if adopted from Winnie’s Wish. Andrea has done a birthday gift drive... Read more

Update From the Glasshouse

on Karen

It's good to see that the planters I've sown in the glasshouse here at Struan Farm with veggies are already sprouting! Lettuce, rocket/arugula, spinach, spring onion, silverbeet/chard and parsley. I've also planted a few seedling tomato plants and some kale,... Read more

A Pretty Boy

on daily dose of dogs (aka cats with your coffee)

I don’t remember now exactly when this story started. I brought home a new Wisher last year in the late Summer. He had been eating at my parents’ house for a long time. I know he went through at least... Read more

Wildlife Wednesday - OO

on daily dose of dogs (aka cats with your coffee)

The Old Opossum that Older Daughter saved is no longer with us. She only lived a few days. One night when Older went to bed, Old Opossum was fine. The next morning, she was dead. No warning. It makes me... Read more

Twenty-Nine

on daily dose of dogs (aka cats with your coffee)

I’ve been re-introducing you to all of the cats of Winnie’s Wish. There are 33 of them. And I’ve almost written about every one. A little over a year ago, I introduced you to a cat that I took in... Read more

On Dogs, Guffy and Guffaws

on Karen

John and I were having a discussion over dinner a few nights ago here at Struan Farm about our much loved, increasingly ancient dog, Clifford. We're at the point where we don't like leaving him on his own without one... Read more

Old Opossum

on daily dose of dogs (aka cats with your coffee)

I have been feeding two opossums over the Winter. The cathouse and my kennel sit right next to each other. There is a small space under the kitten room addition at the kennel. There is a large space under the... Read more

Incubator To Go, Please

on daily dose of dogs (aka cats with your coffee)

A couple of weeks ago I told you that Older Daughter had received an email invitation from Baby Warm. Baby Warm is an organization that helps wildlife rehabbers (like my daughter) get incubators. The rehabber must do an online fundraiser,... Read more

On Getting Dehydrated

on Karen

I've learned something from making my first batch of damson prunes here at Struan Farm. Where, after 24 hours of dehydrating, the damsons still weren't dried. Okay, a few were. I'd purchased a Sunbeam dehydrator from Briscoes. Basically, one that... Read more

A Good Deed Gets Rewarded

on Karen

A few days ago Farmer John arrived here at Struan Farm to drench my five remaining pet lambs following Chalk's recent unfortunate death. A drought provides the conditions for all sorts of bad things to happen to pet lambs and... Read more

Pomegranates, Pretty Please?

on Karen

I'm very excited to see my pomegranate bush in the backyard here at Struan Farm flowering this summer, and flowering in considerable volume. Last year as I recall there were about eight blossoms, none of which turned into fruit. This... Read more

Dabbling with Damsons

on Karen

I've been fortunate this season to have been invited to pick damsons from two different heritage damson trees in our wider area. It's been a good season, and people who have trees seem to have more than enough for their... Read more

Sherwood

on daily dose of dogs (aka cats with your coffee)

Last year we didn’t get to take our wonderful vacation to Florida. But two years ago, when we were staying in a new location, I met a cat. Imagine that! I won’t retell the story; you can click here to... Read more

5 Ways to Share Love+ Affection With Your Cat 365 Days a Year

on The Pet Blog Lady

Valentine’s Day has come and gone and many of us cat lovers most likely spoiled our feline family members on that special day. The people at Reveal Pet Food think your feline friends deserve to be spoiled all year round!... Read more

Gobs of Grapes

on Karen

With this continued drought I'm not doing much wandering around the flower gardens here at Struan Farm--it's simply too upsetting. But a few days ago I did walk over to the grape arbor to check on the vines. Our purple... Read more

March -- The Unknown, Witches, Fear and Misogyny

on Robert McCarty

I have mixed feeling about witches. I have compassion for the witches of the past -- from Joan of Arc to Salem and beyond -- who have been brutalised and suffered. I have mixed feelings about miracle working saints and relics. I have found the witches in Macbeth and the Wicked Witch of the West foreboding. I like the witches of Phillip Pullman and Glinda the Good Witch of Oz. I respect true healers of many kinds,.past and present. Researching and reading about witches today has been filled with new awareness of the fear and misogny behind the perception and treatment of withches. Read more

On Slippery Slopes

on Karen

I found myself musing about slippery slopes the other day here at Struan Farm. There are so many of them in life, and there seem to be more presenting themselves as I get older. (Note: these slippery slopes do not... Read more

A Roasting

on Karen

I had time here at Struan Farm a few days ago to roast the first batch of heirloom tomatoes for the freezer. They've been accumulating on the kitchen bench, waiting patiently for me to get my act together. We love... Read more

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