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What do you think?
The eggs were put into the incubator on Sunday at lunchtime. Here they are in front of the candling torch four days later. Now this is way too early of course and the wrong way around. One should candle the egg from the large end where the chick actually grows. Like this. (below) They…
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Cold Feet
It is a measure of Sheila’s trust in me that she would trudge all the way across the snow drift that has had her cooped up all this time and come out for a walk. (Though she has balked at it three days running so I guess she trusts me when she feels like it) . …
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Thick Ice
As you know the day before yesterday it was warm and much of the snow began to melt, then in the night the temperatures dropped and a cold Northerly wind came up and by yesterday morning the slushy snowy covering on the ground had been turned to heavy ice. Not a crust of ice. Polished hard packed…
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A Field Trip
On Saturday I took myself for a field trip to visit a friend of mine who has a wee farm up on the ridge a few miles from here. Look who lives out the back of her house. Because of the slight elevation and the snow the images seem to sparkle. Her neighbours farm. The light…
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Melting
We got so warm yesterday that the snow went mushy and the ice started melting. It will be a short respite, but we take it when we can. The air was full of the sounds of sliding snow and dripping water. Sheila is still snow locked though, the snow is deep outside her gate and…
The Kitchen's Garden 