Study of the weather map: Rain was coming and it was time to PLOW.

So the tractor was hired. Plowing took place. And then it rained buckets – best rain we have had in many years. Hooray hooray.
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Kind of off the flora-and-fauna topic, but we have a picky little eater here, and the Mama and our Kitchen Angel figured out how to make chicken nuggets:
OUR chicken nuggets have Coconut in them, and are really delicious.
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I’ve got so much junk in my phone.

Here is a photo of a plumbing joint I needed to buy at the hardware store. There are so many nearly identical parts – the only way to make sure I get exactly what the carpenter wants is to send me with a sample or a photo. Also, it is guaranteed that if I need three items, I will have to go to at least 2 different hardware stores because nobody has everything….
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In town, parking behind the hardware store:

Yep….. that’s how we roll.
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One of the surprise high spots of the week, one of our guests climbed into the back of our truck …

And fixed out broken tailgate!
And the rattle from the back seat!
Hurry back, Ben!
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One bit of farm news without a photo is that the female sheep got her horns stuck in the fence. Austin found her and released her. A day later he went down and she was stuck again – but this time all the geese had gone down to surround and protect her. Geese are really amazing creatures. We had already seen them cooperatively protecting a weak or threatened fellow goose (constantly taking care of the crook neck goose, and trying to get another goose out of a hole he’d fallen into) – and now we know they extend their definition of “family” to include other animals that they live with.
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We were scared and sad. Winky was very pregnant, but went on a hike with a guest anyway, and she never came home. Folks went hunting for her that afternoon, and then again all the next day. For her first litter she had hid under a breadfruit tree root – she was not there or anywhere else.
One person thought perhaps she had been stolen, since pups are always in high demand. Two days passed. To tell this truth, this felt grim. …..
And then a very skinny Winky showed up for water!
And she had found a new hiding place in a very unexpected location – actually not far from our house!
And she had had TEN puppies!

Now all relocated to the bure on the top of the hill. Happy ending. Yay!
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FIJIAN WORD of the Week
KUA (KOO-ah) – means “Don’t”
I thought of it because of the “no parking” sign. In Fijian the sign would start “Kua” – I don’t know what “parking” is, and Honorable Barefoot Professor is on a little holiday so I cannot ask him.
I DO know “I don’t know” though – that is Au sega ni kila. (Ow SENG-ah nee kee-LA) It is a start.
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Happy week, everybody.
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