This beautiful white foxglove was part of a flower arrangement at the Bath and West Show. I grew a foxglove last year – just one – and felt very pleased with myself. It was only a common pink one so nothing as elegant as this. It got as tall as the garden wall and the wind [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Foxglove
Posted in family, farm, friends, garden, home, photography on 31 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vulture
Posted in Days Out, Eating Out, family, friends, photography on 31 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was the first day I’ve missed an entry, but it wasn’t really my fault, honest. I couldn’t keep the internet connection in the evening for more than a minute at a time. Normally, I struggle, dial my mobile which seems to pick up the line, cuss occasionally and hope it will come back eventually, [...]
The Royal Bath and West Show
Posted in Days Out, Eating Out, family, farm, home, photography on 29 May 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s a well-known fact amongst friends and family that Gordon hates the Bath and West Show. One reason is that it used to be an agricultural show and still advertises itself as such, with farm animals of all kinds, including some of the more exotic ones like these alpacas, but it is now open to the [...]
Lonely Swan
Posted in farm, home on 28 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know if you know this (and you may, of course) but swans mate for life. If one is killed or dies, the other is usually destined to go through life on its own. We generally have a pair of swans in this location and last year they built a nest on the side of [...]
Goldfish and more calves
Posted in family, farm, garden, home on 27 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I like goldfish. They’re very peaceful, except for when they’re being fed, when they go into feeding-frenzy mode. Other than that they’re the ideal pet!
Nothing much happened today. Four new calves and we still have nowhere to put them. One of the cows that gave birth today was still in the milking herd and we [...]
Nettle
Posted in cats, family, farm, garden, home, photography on 26 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Daniel had the day off today, what with it being a Bank Holiday and everything. It makes no difference to us of course as the cows need to be milked regardless of holidays, sick days and generally lazy days. Consequently I milked a herd of very wet cows who stood shivering in the unseasonal weather. [...]
Getting carried away
Posted in family, farm, garden, home, photography on 25 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This iris was planted in a pot and placed in our fishpond two years ago. The fishpond is actually a water trough such as you would find in one of our fields for the cows to drink from, but serves very well for fishes. We stocked it with thirteen mature fish from a neighbour’s pond [...]
Still more ….
Posted in family, farm, home, photography on 24 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Three more calves this morning. If I’d have posed this cow and her calf I couldn’t have done it better. I think they were just looking to be famous! My afternoon’s chores consisted of turning cows back with their calves, making sure the ones that were hungry were fed and keeping an eye on some [...]
Prom Night
Posted in family, friends, photography on 23 May 2008 | 6 Comments »
This is my youngest daughter Stephanie and her boyfriend Ben, all dressed up in their finery for the King Alfred Prom. They were the first two to arrive at the meeting point and we managed to take a few photos outside before the skies opened, it poured with rain and we all ran to the club [...]
Up you get ……
Posted in family, farm, home on 22 May 2008 | 3 Comments »
Gordon brought back two calves this morning and after work we went down to get two more with their respective mothers. One was up and running about, whereas this one was so reluctant to stand that Gordon had to assist, watched carefully by an anxious mum. He lifted the back end, but by the time [...]
