new house

new girls

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May 3rd 2011
Our old girls suddenly seemed to have run out of eggs, having managed to keep the supply going through that very cold winter. So they deserve their retirement (I suppose). Thus Joan, Alex and I took ourselves to a nearby farm whose hen shed was being "emptied" tomorrow, and rescued 6 old(ish) girls from a grisly fate in a soup factory, and carried them off to a new home - hen house 2 - where th ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more