Once upon a time Big Fat Momma, Little Titch and Tonka the One-Eyed Tortoise all went to live in new homes. Big Fat Momma and Little Titch had an enormous caravan to sleep in, with brand new bunk-perches, lots of straw and some old orange boxes to lay eggs in. ‘When you’re a grown up [...]
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By Sarah Talks To The Tortoise
A worrying development, this. As you know we have reversed roles. I want the tortoise to go to a good tortoise home. Sarah wants him to stay. And to prove how much she loves him she’s started talking to him. ‘Hey Tonky Tonks’ (yes really) I found her murmuring. ‘Hello mate.’ Hello mate? The tortoise [...]
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A Really Expensive Tortoise
I don’t know if I’ve bored you with the tale of Tonka the special needs, one eyed, roaming tortoise, but in brief he turned up on our lawn last August and we had to learn a lot about tortoises overnight. Take it from me that we really do know a lot and have had almost [...]
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I Know Where All The Dandelions Are!
I have many obsessions. Counting logs is one, and I’ll go on about that later. Dandelions is another. Not counting them but knowing where they all are. I didn’t use to be a dandelion obsessive but now we have Tonka I have no choice. Tonka is our accidental tortoise. He arrived in August. Alone. Without [...]
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This is the story of a rural life, lived by Sarah and Christopher on their 40 acre Wealden farm, near Rye, which they share with assorted animals, wild flowers, trees, an eclectic array of locals and the odd visitor who thinks it's an idyll. Sometimes it is.
