We don't need to go too far out of town to be able to see Kangaroos. They mingle in the fields with cattle and sheep, grazing on the grass and lazing under trees in the heat of the day. Much the same as our guinea pigs and rabbits. Eat, eat, eat, slumber. Rpt. Our rabbits … Continue reading Grazers
Self-reliance. . . It has always been an economic foundation of every society in history, it's just that in the super-charged affluence of the past couple of decades we've managed to suck it dry and shift everything up, into the monetary economy. And when you get economic contraction it's just natural that people start doing … Continue reading Retrofitting the Suburbs *
Today the rabbit kits are thirteen days of age. Their eyes had now opened and they are moving about. One of the kits was making its first outing into the hutch from the nest. Prodding Blackberry for a bit of milk, though Blackberry was not willing to allow such a treat without the other two … Continue reading Rabbit Welfare
This used to be real estate Now it's only fields and trees Where, where is the town? Now, it's nothing but flowers The highways and cars Were sacrificed for agriculture I thought that we'd start over But I guess I was wrong - Talking Heads (Nothing but) Flowers I've been looking at our greater … Continue reading Nothing but Flowers . . .
When I go out onto our raised deck I am hit with the perfume of Spring. Honeysuckle has always been in this garden since we moved in. It was just a small evergreen vine with leaves. I even confused it with a native plant until it got more water and care and took off with … Continue reading In Praise of Honeysuckle
Petit Paradis 