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  • March 13, 2016

    From the Left

    From the Left

    From the Left: Lady Astor, Alex, Carlos the Tiny, Aunty Del.  The summer herd. Small but good and hopefully productive. The Tall and the Short of it.  No problems there at the moment. Sheila has been moved across to her house in the field. Happily I might add. Now that she is alone I can…

  • March 12, 2016

    Fire in the hole!

    Fire in the hole!

    As expected I scooped and shovelled “the proverbial” all day.  It was sunny and warmed up beautifully. I barely went inside all day. Cow manure does not smell too bad though so it was not an unpleasant task. Later while I was Across the Way feeding the cows and pigs I saw that the neighbour…

  • March 11, 2016

    Jig Saw Jog

    Jig Saw Jog

    Well, yesterday was busy as you can imagine. Spring though sunless seems to be on it’s way. My life is consumed by the weather. I remember my life when I lived in the city each day was a surprise I never looked at a weather forecast or even bothered with wind direction. Now it is…

  • March 10, 2016

    The day that got away

    The day that got away

    Or at least yesterday got away with no pictures. and a few hiccups But the house is clean, the washing was all put out on the clothesline, and brought back in before the rain, there is fresh bread and pound cake (the best way to use up extra eggs, make and freeze the poundcake) in the…

  • March 9, 2016

    Spindly

    Spindly

    As usual Mr Flowers likes to show off his tail right in front of the ugly garage door – sigh – no sense of background. Everything about this bird is spindly. A small bird really.  But colourful.  He is a piebald this is why he has white feathers in his tail. Mother and daughter. Lady Astor…

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