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we didn't get any rain at home this morning but the ranch got a bunch

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Fancy's new friend.

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goldfinches love this garden

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Belief in magic (Poetry Foundation via Whiskey River).

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not just any ol' yup, but giddy yup

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well doesn't everybody

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you'd think these guys would be dormant in 100-degree heat but last week's rain got them going

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I brushed Cora while she grazed. The sun was hot but we were chill.

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Lacey the chicken has scratched out a nice dirt bath in a corner of Donatello's paddock.

I haven't spent any time with Cora since last Thursday, but she was wonderful today. I was grooming her in the round pen and almost finished when I stopped and walked away to talk to one of the doctors. Cora followed me across the pen and nudged my elbow, and after I kept talking to the doc she flopped down and rolled. We think she might have wanted me to start over. I did. :)

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I was able to feed everyone this morning and do some light clean-up around the barn before it started raining. I hung out in a stall but gave up after about an hour and came home.

Cora seemed put out with me.

I've been re-reading Kinship with All Life - great book, highly recommended. One of its tenets is that you must always bring your best to your relationships with your fellow beings. I try, but in the back of my head I keep hearing the lyric from Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" that goes, "...if that's your best, your best won't dooo." Sigh. Gotta work on my self-esteem, I guess.

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july is rough

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Cora and her new paddock-mate Scudbuster seem to be getting along - they were hangin' companionably in the shade a good while this morning.

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Leda and Summer, Cora Muddymule, and lunch with Lady. 

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but seriously, listen

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she's like a patronus

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