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Lucy nap

Lucy yawning on porch.

It finally got cold enough today for Lucy to use her heat pad for nap time.



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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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We have the best guard dog ever! But she is getting up there in age. So on cold nights, she is invited into. Eventually we will have to replace her. But I don't know where we are going to get a dog that does her job as good as she does.
Comment by mona Sun Dec 4 09:14:50 2016
What an adorable picture! I don't have a guard dog; I have a guard cat, who runs in the other direction if there's a problem!
Comment by Nayan Sun Dec 4 10:13:59 2016





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