Month April 2011

We’ve had a fair bit of rain over the last few days. We also had a proper electrical storm which is the first we’ve had for a while. The soil’s gone very heavy now in the back yard, so we’ll…

We trimmed all the pups on Sunday – not one of our most favorite activities, although they were very good this time. It says on our trimmer instructions that dogs like being trimmed as they enjoy the quality one-to-one time…

After months of dry weather we’ve had rain this past week, although I am looking out on sunshine now so hopefully it has passed. It is real shame for the Easter parades as I believe they don’t happen if the…

Rosie dissected Bob’s baby, strewing limbs and stuffing around the house. At least I am guessing it was Rosie, as Wilbur is much too well behaved to do that sort of thing. Luckily Bob is rather fickle when it comes…

Rosie is becoming very aware that over the last four months everything around her has shrunk quite significantly. When she arrived she was a little smaller than Henry. Now Henry has shrunk so he is a fraction of her size.…

This week is Semana Santa. I thought it was last week so I cancelled classes thinking it was Semana Santa which promptly confused everyone. Given that it is a late Easter this year I can appreciate why many of the…

Rosie has turned into a proper water dog. We knew that she liked water and the fact she has webbed toes was a bit clue. However she’s taken to romping in even the smallest of puddles like a duck to…

Here’s a peak of our new site – Still a few ends to tie up, however it’s taking shape and the last couple of days I’ve been adding the products and Ian’s been muttering to himself – which generally…

We’ve rehomed some of our chickens – in fact all bar three hens and one cockeral. The one cockeral we didn’t rehome is called Limpy. So that gives a bit of a clue as to why we didn’t rehome him.…