Kate Pullen

Cats love boxes, which is why I always have to wrestle Davy out of the light box before I can take photos.

The chicks are taking well to life in the barn, although we shut them in my workshop (in their box) at night. The biggest problem is teaching them to be chickens. So far we’ve had to teach them that their…

Ian and I were talking about having a proper workshop area. Not a crafty workshop, but a DIY workshop and we decided to make part of the garage over to a DIY corner. There-s both natural light and electricity (talking…

See how the brown paper is attached to the tiles (you need to look at the picture further down the page for this to make sense…)

We’re experiencing those ‘wow’ moments again. I know that it will wear off, there is only so long that we can stare at the ceiling with amazement without it becoming old hat. The ceiling at the end of the hall…

…however how good is this? It is brown paper with masking tape attached. This may be extremely common in decorating circles – but I’ve not seen it before and I am very impressed!

The decorating has started so we are back to being camped in a single room, but thankfully this is the beginning of the end of the building work. So far so good, although there was a little confusion over the…

Bob and Henry enjoying the sun.

Chicks are now off the heat lamp an spending the days in the garage (with the painter here the cats are in my workshop). Not long before they are allowed outside. They are missing having a mother hen role model…