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Had I been told when I first moved to Turkey (2.12.1993) that I'd celebrate 25 years mucking out chickens, preparing worm food and playing multiplication cubes with a shepherd's daughter, I'd have been "dead chuffed" (extremely happy)!

British rain gets us talking about our aims 

Later cameras come out to catch bites of life and thoughts.  

Temperatures drop as autumn creeps in.  How with the railway trough (the horizontal portion of the viaduct) affect the land 90m below?  

Nature heals, after the cold hit a little too hard last Wednesday.  

9 us celebrated the full moon closest to the autumn equinox with Cantonese Moon Cakes - Thanks, Yvonne!  Most left well before sunrise for class registration.  3 of us froze in the sudden temperature drop.  

As the earth slips into shorter days, energies flow...

What do the different sounds our chickens make mean?  A sort of whistle...

Stenciling the vermicompost bags, and testing erosion prevention with aging weeds?

No raging heat, pleasant heat for harvesting 27 "boxes" worth of vegetables. 

Volunteering to pick Okra - Ladies Fingers - Bamya?  Be well shielded! 

My last night before summer turns to autumn. Observing, watching, listening, wondering...

Sunday the team arrived early to work on the first batch of pickles, and then threading meters of pepers for drying.

Language?  OK I was