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    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Heel low: Well the chooks are ramping up now...but they usually start up February. Two Brahmas and four Chanteclers. Found a woman selling some containers fulla beads...ad was from April but she still had them. Then the biggest surprise is she brought a beading loom she had and I got...
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    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Heel low: Beading has gone well...made three pins (need glue and backing material, so went as far as able). Last blue one is suppose to be a Latvian Fire Cross; spouse says reminds him of pacman...oh well...keep at this and maybe the pins won't resemble drunk spiders?? Got more chicken...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Heel low: Second stalk gave four more blossoms. Been an amazing display. FINALLY got some real Alberta snows. Always has to warm up to snow so risk is you get humidity but not this time...dry like sand. Easy to sweep away and no making snowballs or persons. :D Made "Jamie's Best...
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    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Heel Low: Jacob rams. 1st egg for 2026. Nine blossoms on two stalks. Pleasant to have some more snow. Shop balcony. The new lexon (nfi) has kept the snows and other weather out of the balcony. Finishing off the wrapped beaded lanyard. Doggone & Chicken UP! Tara Lee Higgins...
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    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Heel low: Got the Hatching House sign painted... After doing the lay out for it, Sep 2014. Got it hung up. Before putting the Christmas decorations away, some work was done like spouse put big ol' plywood feets on Woodstock for next season! The bulb, 1st of two stalks started up...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Whoa...love the creativity...the shapes, the colours. You need to go to ceramics class...the world needs more of this from you!! Hugz.
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    The Old Folks Home

    Heel low: Dang...that's not good! Love how you are held to an appointment but not others! Hope it works out OK. Hate moving...next move, pine box & that's that. ;) Perhaps when you DO get to go to ceramics class...you can make something like this one. I bought this one...just had to...
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    The Old Folks Home

    This one is the most amazing we've had yet!! Five flowers and there's a whole other stalk yet to blossom!
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    The Old Folks Home

    Heel low: Hoping to see twins this year...at least eight dotty dot potentials. Just like the chicks, it would be unwise to count ... so I will try not to count chickens before eggs hatch! Tho all 21 of the natural hatched Wy's & Brahma's are growing out! :D With the Jacobs...in the lambs...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Heel low: Only took me 11 years but I finally painted the lettering and hung my sign for our Hatching House. Love this time of year, things I don't get to because I'm busy outside, the inside things get some attention. Hung the sign up this evening. Spouse bought me a bulb and the...
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    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Heel low: Annoying damp fog that became ice fog. :barnie It is getting a little old but once this melts off, get back to proper AB winter; cold & dry! YAH!! Feast for Christmas was good. Had our usual Jasmine tea. New Year's din din was great. Bit of a lean to the tree but...
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    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    This is how Nancy would have liked to be remembered as well. Miss you my dear friend. :hugs
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    Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

    Season's greetings!
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    The Old Folks Home

    And from you as well...winter solstice today and so happy to see the daylight going the other way now. 🙃 Found a source for some vintage brass chime "parts," so going to challenge myself to put together a bunch. Bought mine new at the local hardware store on sale for $1.99 if you can...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Share with the Old Folks here...a Christmas Miracle from 2006. :old ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Makins – The Christmas Miracle By Tara Lee Higgins - January 5, 2007 So Alexander had taken time off work and traveled down to be at the ranch and celebrate Christmas Eve and Day with...
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