DAISY HAD HER PIGLETS!

After nosing the gate off its hinges and getting cross with me for putting it back on, daisy finally gave in and gave birth to a small litter of piglets in the pig sty!...and not in the woods this time!.. She was being a right pain trying to get out to give birth to them elsewhere, but it is so cold they would have died for sure. So all tucked up warm in the straw and not in the snow!

BACK TO THE FEED RUN

After all that fun, it was a quick smart..jump out of bed...to do the feed run, the pipes were frozen so all water had to be distributed manually, which is a real pain in the backside, as the nearest working tap is at the house, miles away from the animals, well not quite miles, but far enough for it to be a pain! All hands on deck to do the feed run, mind you not sure these pair are going to be working that much this morning! As we walked down through to the pigs, the trees looked quite magical, it was quite a sight, it looks so different in the snow, this was our first time at Woodmill for snow.

FIRST THINGS FIRST THOUGH!

It was early and Laura brought me breakfast in bed for my rather no so little number birthday! The breakfast was great a whole plate of fruit, which I love....So thanks LauraXX Steven bought me presents which was a lovely pair of earrings ...thankyou Steven...I love them...and Pete wrote me a cheque!...mmmm that's what I thought!...But the cheque was made out to 'somebody in a nice shop' for the amount of £0405...which when you write it funny like a number plate it spells LOADS!...signed 'your loving husband'...only Pete could have done that!,....We haven't got money or time at the moment so it was funny!...

WOKE UP TO THIS!

We set our alarms even earlier than usual, (no need to go bed really!)...and rushed to the window to see what sort of day it would be and to all of our delight...there was snow and plenty of it, it was still dark, but you could make out the fields and ponies...just about, so school off, college off, time to have a play day!!! Seems a perfect birthday to me!

SNOW AT NIGHT!

We don't often have snow in these parts, so probably the next few entries will be snow!!!! I love snow and whilst we were hearing of the rest of the country enjoying the white stuff, we had nothing...that was until it got dark...then it came down in buckets it was so pretty and the kids were hoping the snow would remain so school would be canceled in the morning! It was great to see and if it stayed for he morning ...what a birthday that would be!!

FIRST PIGLETS OF THE YEAR

Rosie was near to birthing, but I really thought she had a few more days yet, but no... 6am she started to give birth, the first one arrived and was on her own for about 40 mins which was a bit of a worry, so we named her Sparkle. Then 3 more arrived with a little help from me and Pete, it was quite exciting, 3 hours in and we only had 4, then one arrived not breathing so Pete tried his hardest to resuscitate it but with no avail,...another 45 mins passed, it was a slow birth this time, after 61/2 hours Rosie finally made 7 little piglets or sparklers!!! Sparkle had siblings!!!, she must have been shattered, they are all so cute and fed really well straight away, I have posted so many piglet photos, but I love them so here's a few more!!! At least Pete was here this time and not away at golf...

SHE HAS ARRIVED!!!!

It has finally happened...... Just to let you know I am now OFFICIALLY!!!! Lady Hume!...How crazy is that. Full title...Lady Julia Michelle Hume...!!!!!!

IVE BEEN IN A STREEEEEETCHED LIMO!!!!

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I couldn't believe it!... Laura said be ready at 4.45 we are going out, so changed quick smart!...Wellies off, washed and out we went. She said we would have to walk to where we were going so I thought perhaps we were going to The Royal for tea???...But then after a while I saw a limo parked up....if I knew that I would have wore my ball gown!!!!...She had organised with Pete and my mum and dad to take me to the panto in Plymouth in a stretched limo with food on board!! How cool is that, never been in a limo, let alone a stretched one....there was a small problem... there were balloons inside that said 40...I can't be that old, I was only 28 the last time I looked!... The panto was soo funny and Louise bought these sunglasses that had lights and they were the toy of the evening!... It was a great night....so thankyou Laura for organising that...didn't guess that one!!!!...How the other half live eh!..mind you I am an author now too, so does that make a difference!!!!Celebrity ZZZZZZ list??? Actually I prefer to be a Woodmill 'A' lister!!!

OMG.....WHAT HAS SHE GONE AND DONE!

After Lucky's nasty accident last summer, we were advised that she probably shouldn't have any puppies and to get her done 3 months after her next season. We waited for ages for her season to happen, and true to form Lucky, decided it was time...at our busiest time Xmas and New year....She escaped and met with Buck... Buck is a pedigree Springer (which is lucky as he could have been a poodle!)...and lives next door, hes such a lovely chappie, so friendly and happy. He didn't seem to do anything to lucky, they just played and it was lovely to see all the dogs playing as we built the cottage, Poppy (Andy's dog) was here too. But then Buck and Lucky did the deed....and now she may be having puppies. Buck visits her quite regularly and comes over for a cuddle, I am not sure what next door thinks, but we love him...I never thought I would have to drive Lucky's boyfriend home!!! We had to take him home last night as he just wouldn't go on his own and they must have been worried about him, so put him in the front of our car and took him home to bed. I think he would have stayed all night if we let him!!....SO watch this space.......it would be cute to see puppies, but don't want to loose Lucky, so we will have to monitor her closely.....then we are going to definitely have her done! In the picture above Buck looks quite pleased with himself with that grin doesn't he!!!!

ANDYS BIRD BOX

At the top of the first finished gable Andy has made a cute little home for any little bird that wants it, it looks great, and the stonework is fantastic,really pleased with that,it looks like the cottage has been built for years, we have used all the original stone found here at Woodmill. Its been raining and cold this week and Andy and Ant have both not been too well, so thanks guys for keeping going, really appreciate it.