Tuesday 31 August 2010 This morning Gordon came in with a big grin on his face. Ferdinand’s first live calf was born during the night – and she’s female. Her mother Nancy was out with the herd as we had no due date for her although we knew she must be near her time, which [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Ferdinand’s Firstborn
Posted in crafts, cross-stitch, family, farm, friends, home, shopping on 31 August 2010 | 2 Comments »
All In My Head
Posted in Days Out, Eating Out, family, farm, home on 29 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday 29 August 2010 I’m milking this weekend and tomorrow too as it’s a bank holiday. It doesn’t make any difference to us, of course, as I think I may have mentioned once or twice before: in fact I’m sure I have. I tend to slip into ‘automatic’ mode when I’m milking as it’s become [...]
Out To Lunch
Posted in Days Out, Eating Out, family, friends, home on 27 August 2010 | 1 Comment »
Friday 27 August 2010 Yes, I know there are those who think I’m permanently out to lunch, but this week I really have been. I’m out again today too, later on when I’ll be meeting my sister and father in Burnham-on-Sea. On Tuesday I went to Clarks Village in the nearby town of Street with [...]
Exam Trauma
Posted in family, farm on 20 August 2010 | 5 Comments »
The past week has been slightly anxious here as I’m sure it has been up and down the country as Steph and thousands of others waited for their exam results. She’d been provisionally accepted to the University of Bedfordshire following our road-trip visit a while ago but was beginning to get cold feet as the [...]
Why Is It ….?
Posted in home, Things that cause me amusement on 13 August 2010 | 2 Comments »
Why is it that I’m the only person in my household with the magical ability to spot cat poo or vomit from across the room? Yesterday morning I came downstairs to find one of the cats had been sleeping on top of the deep fat fryer (as evidenced by fluff all over it) and had [...]
Well, Who’d Have Thought?
Posted in farm on 7 August 2010 | 1 Comment »
Saturday 7 August 2010 There was another consultation day in our village on Tuesday by EDF regarding our wind turbines. Lots of people came: some were in favour, some were against, but the atmosphere was on the whole a good one. Several people were aggressive and said things like “well, I suppose you’ll be able [...]
Been Gone
Posted in Days Out, farm, friends, home, photography on 2 August 2010 | 6 Comments »
Monday 2 August 2010 I was gone because I crashed. Not me, you understand, but my pesky computer. Strange things started happening, shortcuts started disappearing and it was generally getting on my nerves so I reformatted. Anyone who’s ever done this will know it can be traumatic, especially when you realise halfway through that you [...]
