When Summer's in the MeadowChristine and Niall have settled into their new lives in Ireland and are ready to start a family. But they are bitterly disappointed when they learn they cannot have children. What follows is a year of waiting to adopt a baby, a year in which they continue their pastoral lives - farming, tending livestock and sharing a commumity spirit with neighbours. |
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... hens ' cabin had to be doubly secured , tied and chained . The hunger of winter was birds at the berry bushes and night mice at the hens ' meal bag . Set traps , put out poison , I was told , and said I would , knowing full well that ...
... hens ' cabin had to be doubly secured , tied and chained . The hunger of winter was birds at the berry bushes and night mice at the hens ' meal bag . Set traps , put out poison , I was told , and said I would , knowing full well that ...
Page 68
... hens ' cabin so she could see them moving about and pecking the grass . We've had those hens for over two years and as they didn't seem to be laying with any regularity , I offered them to Breda for Michael's greyhounds . Sounds cruel ...
... hens ' cabin so she could see them moving about and pecking the grass . We've had those hens for over two years and as they didn't seem to be laying with any regularity , I offered them to Breda for Michael's greyhounds . Sounds cruel ...
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... hens are doing well , you'll be happy to hear . " " How do you know ? " I asked , quite curious at this news of my resurrected hens . " Well , two of them are over at my house . " " Are they laying ? " I asked him . " They are , " he ...
... hens are doing well , you'll be happy to hear . " " How do you know ? " I asked , quite curious at this news of my resurrected hens . " Well , two of them are over at my house . " " Are they laying ? " I asked him . " They are , " he ...
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