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Cheryl Robinson, Calgary, Alberta
 I Grew Up On A Frontier Prairie Wind!
My beginnings were at a farm in southwest Saskatchewan, so far south that we bordered Montana, USA. We grew things there. Wheat, fruit trees, gardens, flowers, dogs, cats,
pigs, and chickens were our mainstay. From the produce we got our daily bread as well as some necessary cash to buy shelter, transportation and fun. Animals were part of our lives out there on the farm - with pets just becoming part of the family. Grandpa's cows and
the odd pig delivered meat to our freezer every year, but the chickens in our yard gave their eggs to us daily - for all kinds of baking and cooking. As well, their meat was wrapped up for our freezers.
Yes, the chicken was strangely the monarch animal at our place. Um hum... brings back memories... listen... I'll tell you a story...
Old MacDonald had afarm...EIEIO ...
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