It Could Be...
It could be Zara’s big nose resting on my knee in the early morning, which makes me aware of her liquid brown eyes telling me it’s time...
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Anna
- May 20
- 3 min
The Surrender Story...
Bear with me, I want to tell you something about surrender… Oh, I know how that sounds, but I’m not trying to be a drama queen. It’s just...
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Anna
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Certainty and Uncertainty...
This is the woman who was completely certain that her pregnant sows should and would have their piglets safely in the surroundings of the...
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Anna
- Apr 5
- 2 min
I'm Not Sure I Told You...
I’m not sure that I told you but… when all the world seems a hopeless jumble and people are sad and frightened I never thought I could...
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Anna
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Twelve Strokes Of Luck
The first stroke of luck is that I have found my way to a tiny pocket of Portugal out of the noise of the world. The second is that I...
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Anna
- Feb 8
- 2 min
Maybe Today...
Maybe today is the day to acknowledge how much courage we need to get through every day. It might not seem that way, but the mind plays a...
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Anna
- Dec 30, 2022
- 1 min
Magical Mushrooms
The delicious autumn rain brought mushrooms in abundance. Magically, they push through the soft soil casting aside clods of earth to...
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Anna
- Dec 10, 2022
- 2 min
A Two Cat Lap
Bear with me whilst I tell you something about my rescue kitty cats. A couple of things I’d like to admit is that these two little alley...
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Anna
- Nov 11, 2022
- 2 min
Did I love it enough…
Did I love it enough... those years when the rain fell steady and relentless, pounding on the roof, finding any crevices to drop through...
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Anna
- Oct 4, 2022
- 2 min
Magical Moments
Hey! How many magical moments have you enjoyed today? None? Surely not. I don’t believe that. Bear with me, but didn’t you see the peach...
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Anna
- Sep 8, 2022
- 2 min
Life as it is...
Summer is drifting away, but autumn has yet to show its face. These shoulder months are delicious in their gentle fragrance and promise...
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Anna
- Jul 14, 2022
- 2 min
Summering...
A dear friend gave me a book for Christmas called, Wintering by Katherine May: the power of rest and retreat in difficult times. Turning...
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Anna
- Jul 5, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat's Back...
First, I must thank you for the kind and thoughtful comments and emails I’ve received since revealing that Lily had gone walkabout. I am...
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Anna
- Jul 3, 2022
- 3 min
The Cat Shack
We diverge from pigs this time… to cats and the Cat Shack. I mentioned briefly in the last blog we have adopted two alley cats, which are...
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Anna
- May 23, 2022
- 2 min
Thunder of Hooves
There have been a variety of excitements going on in our little self-sufficient smallholding in recent months. But nothing I felt...
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Anna
- Dec 13, 2021
- 2 min
The Piglets Have Landed...
Apologies for not keeping everyone up to speed during Sauce and Scoffer’s pregnancy but there has been little to tell that is different...
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Anna
- Oct 4, 2021
- 2 min
Inside Job...
They say Happiness is an inside job… and in the case of my pigs that comes from tummies filled with good food! And...they have been very...
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Anna
- Jul 26, 2021
- 2 min
Delicious Delights...
The trees are heavy with pears and the pigs are standing underneath them expectantly! Squawking at the top of their lungs the azure blue...
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Anna
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
Pears and Piggie Piscinas...
Having enjoy a very pleasant June, not too hot and some fresh cool mornings, July temperatures are warming up and the piggies are...
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