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How many years has it been?!

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Our Lovely Living Situation

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We live in such a lovely place. The longer we're here, the more we love it. It's so nice living here - just the two of us. Bushfield is a cute little town. We are surrounded by farmland and wildlife. We are visited by lorikeets daily. It was so funny when they found out we were the ones putting the bird seed in the tree! They wouldn't stop squawking, like we had blown their little bird minds. We also have possums that visit every night. One of the possums ate all of the bird seed recently, so we've started taking the seed inside at night. We've been putting bird seed out for months and it's only just discovered it, so it took a while. I left some fruit on the fence for it instead, and it absolutely loved that. We've made friends with our neighbours cat. She is quite cute - we know when she's around because she has a little bell on her collar. She explored our house, too. She just walked right in when the door was open. Funny little thing. She is a...
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I'm Becoming Minimalist

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