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Following on from Henry looking cute on Kate’s beanbag, here’s Queenie. Being deaf, she obviously sleeps very soundly, making it easy to photograph her. I’ll keep trying to snap a shot of Kate looking cute on her beanbag!

Henry seemed particularly downhearted after the vet on Friday as they bandaged his leg heavily. He stopped eating and we had to return to the vet on Saturday. Thankfully they gave him a less intrusive bandage and he’s been a…

The white paint is out again to hide some of the effects of smoke from a winter with fire. I’d hoped I could just paint the spots where necessary, but removing the pictures off the wall showed just how much…

Queenie seems to understand how things work. The weather forecast is looking better so Sam will be the first one to enjoy his spring time haircut.

She’s about three months old now and according to a calculation we found online, she will perhaps be about 25kg when full grown, which is what we’d been thinking. She seems quite self-confident and Rosie has been  wanting her to…

I popped into the workshop to get something for Kate and was greeted by this sight. Mushrooms for tea then!

This shows the two barns from behind and the cove that it sits by. Obviously it would need some work to convert to a house, but the location is good and it should be possible.

Following the success of our pickled onions at Christmas, we’re making some more. For our future reference: Cinnamon stick One Clove Cumin seeds Coriander seeds Bay leaf Pepper corns Cayenne chilli And after it’s cooled, honey to taste

Our second mushroom harvest. Who would have thought we would be so good at growing fungus. Er…..

I’m a bit behind on where I wanted to be with work on the house in preparation for putting it up for sale, but have now started getting some photos ready for the upcoming website. The pantry has changed a…