COMPUTER PROBLEMS!

Well as you can see I haven't signed in in a while, that because my computer crashed and burned in style, and lost most of the stuff I need. I had backed up but the problem ran back to the back up and corrupted some of this also....AAAAHHHH so with only a few days left to get packed to go to USA I am having a mare!...

SAW A KITTEN

Couldn't believe my eyes when I was showing someone around, there in front my eyes in the car park was a kitten...must be about 8 weeks I guess, I tried to catch it, but I have a feeling is a Ferrel cat that has has babies as she wasn't too friendly, I didn't see it for a few days and then as if by magic she appeared half way up the path, tried again to catch her, but no luck. She is black with white paws, she darted back to the huge pile of stones and I think she may well be living there....We'll keep an eye out!...No picture as yet, she is too quick!

A ROCK

I thought I would share this with you!!! Lucky you, I like this rock there is something about it. I am a bit of an expert on rocks as I am usually stuck between one and a hard place!!!

But this one is rather lovely don't you think!

TULULA IS GROWING UP

We only have one little welsh/saddleback and felt sorry for her, having to share with the Kune Kune so after a brief visit to the vets I came home with 2 more little ones!....I just cant be let out really can I!! Pete wanted to call them Venus and Sereena!! really worried about him, think he may be coming down with Michelle-itus, but in the mutated form!!!

THAT DIDNT LAST LONG...

After a couple of days in my duckling contraption, the mum escaped!....I lifted the lid to check she was ok and she flapped out and took a bath in the pond, I just couldn't catch her, so after me and Pete spent hours wading through the smelly pond trying to reunited the mums and babies we gave up and gave in to the ducklings tweeting fro their mum. We let them swim to their mum and they were happy...Not sure how long it will last but we haven't weeded the pond area so that at least they have as much cover as possible, the mum is a great mum, although the ducklings do spread far, at other ends of the pond sometimes,but if something comes near they regroup in a tight bunch and swim as fast as possible to cover. They are the cutest things, I just hope that they will survive, we'll see.....Isn't nature difficult to deal with sometime!!!

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE FLOWERS

I love it when you see surprise flowers, and poppies are my favourite in this regard, you think that only grass will grow in certain areas and then as if by magic a poppy appears!..These ones are great, don't know what they are but the more the merrier, wild flowers are great, some see them as weeds but a flower is a flower whatever shape/form it comes in. I just hope they will spread to other surprise places for next year...and avoid strimmer dad!!! or Pete for that matter and Tractor Annie did threaten to use it too!!!!

A NEW CONTRAPTION!

We thought to try to keep the ducklings safe we would rig up a safe house, so after Tim and Pete carried the cage down...we made a waterside house for the ducklings and their mum, hopefully this will keep them safe. A ramp was screwed into place so that they could walk up from the water and all the holes fixed so that the fox couldn't get in or buzzard or anything really. Lets hope this will work!

STEVE'S TEAM WON!

Steve won his place to play in the Pro Am last Sunday and the team played to 15 under and won the whole Pro Am, Steve was delighted he won a pair of trousers and top worth £100 and had a medal and £40....So what a day...He was accompanied by Margaret Holmes( ladies team) and Dave Saget (men's team) and Steve qualified to play through a men's competition in which he beat stiff competition to be selected for the Pro Am. The Pro was Phil Brooks. So a great day was had by all!

WE HAVE DUCKLINGS

A little tweet was heard from the duck house and we had a quick peep inside to see the babies hatching, I hope this time the buzzard leaves them alone. They are so cute, no idea what they are, they are a multitude of colours and shapes so maybe one of everything??? We also have the Moorhens using our pond as a nursery, the babies are really funny, little black hairy things with legs that go like rockets over the water.

LETTUCE!

Who says the Americans have the biggest everything!!! Look at our lettuce....now thats what you call a lettuce, must be all that tender care and attention we gave it and spoke to it regularly......Ok so it bolted, you cant win 'em all!!