ACER DOING WELL

After a little prune and thought we might have killed it!!! Luckily for us the acer looks stunning as per last year, it really sets the colours off. The gooseberries are coming through now and we are hoping for a bumper crop of soft fruits this year, we have loads of giant strawberries and I think the bayberries might be ok this year, red currants just turning ripe and black currants just appearing. We even have blueberries this year and hoping for grapes as the crop failed in all the rain last year. Tomatoes are in thanks to dad as are the onions and potatoes/beetroots etc. Dad and Jeff the garden gurus....dad not a clue with flowers he strims them often!..but hes the best with the veg and allotment...we wouldn't eat much if it wasn't for him...Jeff is the flower and shrub man that keeps us in order of what to do nest with the fruit!We also have the dreaded courgette!....We love them but when you get to the end of the season with them and have done almost everything possibly with them you kind of get a bit sick of them... I might start a recipe book for courgettes......NOW theres a thought!!!!!

LITTLE TOMS COTTAGE

I dont think I have any photos on here of Little Toms Cottage, all that hard work...blood sweat and tears...all quite literally!... I must take some of the inside its stunning even if I do say so my self....we would live there given half the chance...not sure where the kids would go though as its only one bed!!

COLOUR OF SUMMER

I love this picture, the Buttercups look stunning, although we may have to thin them out next year as they are overtaking all our grass, but for now....here's the true colour of summer. A sea of yellow enough to make anyones day a happier one!.It reminds me of what I thought our life would be like living here...you know like rosebuds around doors and darling buds of may and all that guff!!!...Well its not quite what I thought, its darn hard work, but worth every minute and we dont regret a thing!!!!

GOT A NEW GAME FOR YOU

You know when you were a kid or even in the newspapers sometimes there is a spot the difference quiz....well I have a really hard one for you, ....can you spot the differences in these two photos???

You remember we built this house for Buzz when he arrived, well Pete thought Shadow would look cute in it...so to sleep but just for a bit of fun to keep her cool while we worked down there, so Pete thought he would show her how to get in and how nice it was inside....Shadows not stupid, she took one look in and thought, well if its that nice Mr...you stay in there!!!...I wonder what people round here must think!!!Ah who cares!!!!

SUNBATHING

The ponies love the morning sun and they are always together, I thought this was quite sweet, they were all laid in the buttercups, with the odd grunt to each other to make sure they were all still there, they laid there for ages. If only I was a pony what a lovely relaxing life I would have...but there again boredom would set in for me after the first 3 mins!!!

VIEWS FROM FOWEY

Hasn't the weather been stunning this week, we popped over to Fowey to look at the house with a green roof and currently up for sale 3million I think, so thought about buying it, then was brought harshly back to reality when Pete said, if we have a cup of tea and scone each we wont be able to afford the foot ferry back!....so with that...cup of tea and scone between us and my dreaming was over!....But good whilst it lasted!

BRIBERY AND CORRUPTON!

A little bribery and corruption will get you everywhere!...only kidding!....When Auntie Lou came out to help on a Wednesday she asked what jobs we had in store today. So I led her to the garden and showed her this view and picked some strawberries, sat her down after with a cup of tea and strawberries, she thought...'oh this makes a change, what a lovely day"...then I hit her with the job I had in mind,......denettling....and they were huge and nasty and there were lots of them in the chicken area!....Her face fell somewhat...but always up for a challenge we set about clearing the nettles in the scorching heat!...Maybe we will see her next week???or maybe she will just have one of those shoelace moments!

TRACTOR ANNIE AND MY HANDY WORK!

The goats were re homed a while ago now, so we thought it was time to reshape the goat paddock before any more came to woodmill....We took some posts out and redid the wiring to make it easier to catch the goats in future, plus it looks better from the paddock! If was quite a job really, I thought it would take five minutes, Tractor Annie thought it would take 2 days!...So it was somewhere in between!

THE 3 MUSKETEERS

These 3 go everywhere together and if one of them is missing they don't know what to do with themselves. Lucky has been spayed this week, and she has to be kept separate for 10 days, its going to be the longest 10 days ever!!! Shadow keeps crying for her to come out and Lucky just hates being not allowed to roam free as usual, I will be glad to get to next Friday when she can rejoin the pack!

NAUGHTY SHADOW!

Shadow is so sweet...almost as sweet as sugar......which brings me nicely on to what I arrived home to the other day. I bought some sugar for the homemade wine that we make here, elderflower at present....And saw this mess in the kitchen and as I followed the trail of sugar out through the conservatory and up the steps across the lawn!...I found the guilty party...and how did I know it was her!!....well she had sugar crystals all around her chops!!!!