Today is my op day – the greenhouse has been put to other use this winter as I have been unable to do ‘normal’ things. Hopefully recuperation will be quick…
Mabel looks as if she will be a good mother as she nuzzles her new lambs. Ingrid’s flock of Shetlands is keeping her busy with two cades…
This is Angel – the fourth year she’s gone broody so she knows all about it. I ‘set’ her on Monday night on 9 eggs; I use an odd number as an even number of eggs will never sit close together – one is always pushed out. I have been keeping hens since I was 18. […]
My friend in Phoenix found this tiny hummingbird nest in the oleander hedge by the front drive. You can see how small it is by the size of her fingers! So perfectly made of the fluffy fibres and seeds that fall out of the oleander pods. It’s very tightly woven around the twig and the […]
This ham was a Christmas present – it came with two very sharp thin knives and a video showing how it should be carved. Our friends Nicky and Philip tackled it first, when it came back I sawed off the hoof as it put me off and wouldn’t fit in the fridge (fridge is not […]
The sun was filtering throughout the light tube over the kitchen table, the flower arrangement had spilled over my dyed and drafted merino and angora and created a lovely image that i could not have contrived
M grandchildren always loved making lemon curd – its so easy. I make it at this time of year when the hens are laying well. Put 4oz butter, 8 oz sugar in a bowl over a pan of simmering water,. When the butter and sugar have melted add in the juice and grated skin of 3 […]
My friend sent this picture of her garden– she was ecstatic – ‘It’s Raining!’
Bob’s two children took us out for lunch today – we went to the Baker’s Arms at Thorpe Langton – it was lovely.
Bob heard my studio door open yesterday and went to see who was there – he found a gypsy rifling through my yarns. ‘She was not your friend gypsy! he told me* – ‘May I help you?’ he asked in that unfailingly polite way he has. She proceeded to try to tell him his fortune […]
I have time on my hands due to a medical issue that means I am not fit for work! So, I washed and carded some fleece for another pullover. It is for a friend of my brother who saw my latest Oil Slick pullover and declared she wanted one too – I am told she is […]
is finished and it fits! It is called the oil slick pullover as my friend always seems to have his head under the bonnet of one vehicle or another and an oil-slick won’t show.
This is Rachel on Eddie standing outside our home – Eddie came to us a year last September after being retired from Riding for the Disabled. He is a changed pony thanks to Rachel’s dedicated care.
I have been spinning at the Community of the Holy Cross at Costock today and met Louise who took this picture – she was surprised how strong the yarn was that she spun
Christmas has been a bumpy time and I haven’t been able to post as normal. However, after losing the grazing for my beloved Nola I now have new turnout sorted which is a big worry off my mind. Bob is much better after his operation on 19th December and my mother doing OK following a […]
These apples continue to hang on the tree despite the wind we have had recently
We have had a lovely crop of figs and plums which are unusually late this year.. I love the colours
These lovely mild days are making a comfortable start to the shooting season.