Wednesday 27 July 2011 Last year on 31 August I wrote a post entitled ‘Ferdinand’s Firstborn’ (you can find it here) about our first new British Friesian heifer whose name is Nancy. Her mother, number 38, gave us no clue as to her due date and so surprised us with a little bundle whilst still [...]
Archive for July, 2011
What? Again?
Posted in farm on 27 July 2011 | 2 Comments »
Farewell Nettle
Posted in cats on 25 July 2011 | 2 Comments »
Monday 25 July 2011 Our eldest cat Nettle died yesterday. It was the first time in the eighteen years of her life she’d ever done anything quietly since she was, as people liked to tell me, a vocal cat. She had a series of different meows, all of them very loud and distinctive: one for [...]
Back from Wales
Posted in Days Out, Eating Out, family, friends, garden, photography on 19 July 2011 | 3 Comments »
Tuesday 19 July 2011 Just a quick warning – this post has the makings of being very photo heavy! I took my biggest camera and although it weighs a ton, it does take the best photographs. Consequently I took nearly five hundred photos, but don’t worry, they won’t all be on here …. well, maybe [...]
Catching Up
Posted in crafts, Days Out, family, farm, home on 12 July 2011 | 2 Comments »
Tuesday 12 July 2011 Since I last wrote I’ve been fiddling about with this and that, which has taken up time and energy that would have been better spent elsewhere. I had a good sort-out of stuff I’ve been promising for months to stick on Ebay and finally did it. The majority of it sold [...]
Lucky Day?
Posted in home on 1 July 2011 | 4 Comments »
Friday 1 July 2011 I just had an e-mail to tell me I’d won a prize draw on a craft website I visit, which gives me a selection of Maya Road products. To be honest, I’m not even sure what that is, but I’ll accept it anyway as I’m sure I can find a use [...]
