Excerpt from the introduction: To become a farmer is to accept the worst sides of chance and laugh at them, and to understand there is no difference between pleasure and pain. Feeling either is proof you are still waltzing among the living. I love equally the early mornings that get me outdoors before the sun crests the tree line and the early nights tucked in under heavy blankets with my kind dogs. I am too tired and too grateful for their heat to kick them out of the covers. I rejoice in holding baby chicks in my dirty hands and feeling their rapid-fire heartbeats under their baby down. I rejoice in the black soil of spring, the sweat and humidity of summer, and even the downpours that wash away three months of work. We all thrive together here at my homestead. Cold Antler Farm has always been a one-woman operation--me--but that hasn't slowed down its growth. It has grown from tending just a handful of chickens and a few rabbits into a full-time job. I raise dairy goats and turn their milk into cheese and soap. I raise rabbits, pigs, and chickens for their meat. I keep hens for eggs. There are expansive vegetable gardens and beehives, too. I use horses as working animals to cart, haul, and plow. There are no tractors on this mountain farm, just a strong brick house of a Scottish pony and my stubbornness. The farm runs entirely on animal power, and usually I am the animal powering it. (I'm not against tractors, I simply can't afford one. Even if I could I am certain it would topple over and crush me on my steep hillsides.) This is what takes up my daylight, and keeps me up in the darkness. It's a lot of things to me, but mostly love. I'm in a monogamous relationship with six-and-a-half acres cut into a mountain.
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From the author of Storm, a breathtaking novel about a raging fire and the path of destruction and change it leaves in its wake.Spitcat, a raging forest fire in the Sierra Nevada of California, had a lifespan of merely eleven days, "yet its effects could be reckoned ahead in centuries." So writes George R. Stewart in this engrossing novel of a fire started by lightning in the dry heat of September, and fanned out of control by unexpected winds. The book begins with the origins of the fire--smoldering quietly at first, unnoticed, then suddenly bursting into a terrifying inferno, devouring trees and animals over acre after acre and leaving nothing but desolation in its wake. Firefighters and lookouts, forest rangers and smokejumpers--as well as animals in the forest, many of them the bewildered victims of the blaze, and all the varied tress and bushes there--are characters of this realistic story.
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A new bedtime adventure for Molly, Olive and Dexter - stars of the delightful series for toddlers from Kate Greenaway Medal-winning artist Catherine Rayner. Molly the hare, Olive the owl and Dexter the fox love to watch the sun set in the garden. But as night falls, they notice strange shapes in the shadows and hear strange rustlings in their beloved oak tree... And the more they look and listen, the more they wonder and worry... This story explores big emotional themes with gentle humour and gorgeous artwork; delivering all the charm of the 100 Acre Wood in a beautiful package for toddlers! And don't miss the other stories in the series: Molly, Olive and Dexter, Molly, Olive and Dexter: The Guessing Game and Molly, Olive and Dexter: You Can't Catch Me!.
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Der Prestig Ultra Light Rollator von ARmedical ist eine hochwertige Gehhilfe, die speziell für Menschen entwickelt wurde, die Unterstützung beim Gehen benötigen. Mit einem Gewicht von nur 6 Kilogramm ist dieser Rollator leicht und einfach zu handhaben, was ihn ideal für den täglichen Gebrauch macht. Die robuste Konstruktion aus Aluminium und Technopolymer sorgt für Stabilität und Langlebigkeit, während das ergonomische Design der Griffe den Komfort während der Nutzung erhöht. Der Rollator ist faltbar, was die Lagerung und den Transport erleichtert. Mit einer maximalen Tragfähigkeit von 136 Kilogramm bietet er Sicherheit und Zuverlässigkeit für eine Vielzahl von Benutzern. Der integrierte Korb ermöglicht es, persönliche Gegenstände bequem zu transportieren, was den Alltag erleichtert. - Leichtgewichtige Konstruktion mit nur 6 kg für einfache Handhabung - Faltbares Design für einfache Lagerung und Transport - Ergonomische Griffe für erhöhten Komfort während der Nutzung - Integrierter Korb für praktischen Transport von persönlichen Gegenständen.
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