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Sheep

Having put the ram lambs back into the field, one promptly got back into the field with Debby’s sheep. I saw Debby and checked with her if this was going to be OK as, after she told me that her…

Chickens & Ducks

Yesterday was a horrible day, lots of rain and very windy. The ground soon became waterlogged. Particulary outside the chicken hut where it turned into a quagmire. So I did not look forward to telling Ian that some of the…

Slow Blog

I have just remembered that Mum mentioned that the BLOG is quite slow to load. I wonder if just going to it via the URL rather than through the log in page might be quicker? www.mineralhouse.blogspot.com It might be where…

Update

Well, I am not going to talk about quails again as it does appear that I am getting a little fixated. However, I will mention the fact that we are getting about 6 eggs a day now (however I have…

Another disappointing lottery result!

I don’t often buy lottery tickets, but now and again I find myself in the Co-op a few hours before a draw and can’t help but buy a lucky dip, believing that the odds are so short it would be…

More quails

Well, we are getting a steady tickle of quails eggs. I think we have 10 now in total. There are probably two quails laying as we are getting two eggs a day, although I have read that they can lay…

Quail Egg

Well, I was counting the quails yesterday (whilst I know that can’t really escape from their current home, I would not put it past one of the little blighters to make itself into a pencil shape and squeeze out through…

Where did the week go?

What a busy few days, however it is back to ‘normal’ now. Mum and Dad were here last week for a few days, and as they left, Rob, Nikki, Jessica and Naomi were on their way up for the weekend.…

Well, the house is tidy again.

We’ve had a valuation and the house is officially for sale. So, if anyone wants a house in the north….! This means we needed another tidy up for the photos, and to get some more of those outstanding jobs finished.…