HAPPY AS PIGS IN MUCK

Pixie and Woody, Pixie is deaf and Woody daft so they make a great couple. (reminds me of someone????) They have been moved back down for the woods which is a bit muddy now!, they go there in the winter as its warmer up there it does seem to get as frosty. But now we have moved them back down to the spring/summer paddocks, which has got grass, they love the adventure! I am just hoping that the weather realises it should be warmer now and hurries up and gets into the swing of Spring!

THEN ANOTHER BIRTHDAY

Auntie Lou was 21 again in Feb and we thought only a welly boot cake was the way to go, so we made her a pair of welly boots in cake. She invited us over for a great beef roast, must ask when we get to go again it was lovely and I didnt have to cook....great! SO Happy Birthday!!

PETE FIXED THE SQUEAK!

There was a minute squeak that didnt offend anyone but Pete, but it drove him nuts, so when I got back one day he was in the kitchen looking pretty pleased with himself. I asked what was going on, he said quite happily "I fixed that darn squeak" wont be happening again......and this is what I saw when I went in the room, the staircase and step that cost us a fortune.....this is what it looked like! YEAP OMG the man has gone in sane!! It took a little while to fix but all is well nad Pete hasnt been sectioned so thats good! ha ha

MY ACE WHEELBARROW!

My other wheelbarrow that dad made years ago for Steve to be Bob the Builder sort of disintegrated! So Dad made me another one for my birthday, another plan for JC Housing, or should that be JC transport a sister company??? MMM might have to get thinking, I can hear Dad now....NOOOOO NOOOO more plans just stick a plant in it!!

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY

And next was Lauras birthday, she came back from Uni for a few days for mine and her birthdays, and then went back and had another party with her friends at uni. I made a cake which if you play it will sing Happy Birthday! Took me ages!... I thought it was a little dull in colour on the outside so I used food colour to make the sponge bright pink! It tasted better than it looked!!!!! So 20 Laura I am not sure she likes that number, I wouldnt mind being that number instead of mine, but it is only a number eh!

BARRICADES

The chickens and ducks are usually causing me grief....as soon as I mulch or move something the chickens are there scratching and messing it up, so I came up with a plan, I used some of the wood we chopped down to build a barricade to stop the chickens from kicking the mulch about 20 foot all over the car port area. They are only little and its great they are truly free range in every sense, but dot hey really have to trash everything??? At one point I felt like Victor Meldrew off one foot in the grave and him moaning any going bonkers at the moles in his garden, I was a bit like that with my flowers and much and the chickens, frightened myself really!!!

SPRING IS IN THE AIR?

I see a glimmer of hope, some snowdrops and a few shoots are a welcome sight after the 5 months or what seems forever of mud, I cant wait until the Spring, some flowers and greenery again. I think I say this every year, but this winter was a hard one.

FINALLY!

We finally after 16 months of trying...have got a piece of balustrade to stop me falling down the hole! The hole is supposed to be there as its double volume staircase but I seem to head right for it each time, but now we have balustrade all will be fine, and its a one off.....you didn't really expect anything else did you! Keith Babb made it for us, so I can really recommend him, he only does one offs but they are well worth it.

BIRTHDAY SEASON

Just realised I am way behind with all the news.... Well it was my birthday first in Feb and Laura, Steve and Aaron made me a great cake I loved it and we had pizza for tea! One of those takeaway expensive ones that you know its your birthday when you pay the bill!! nice and quiet after a really hectic week.

HAIRCUT 100!

Well if you remember them you must be old!! ha ha only kidding. Lucky and Gem keep getting really lagged in mud and I thought it would help if I cut their hair a bit, Lucky sort of obliged but was feeling a bit sick with the cheesey treats and wouldn't stand up, and Gem was a real baby. I did try to catch Shadow but as soon as she sees the scissors or clippers she goes and hides in a really ridiculously small place! So the photos are Gem and Lucky clipped and Shadow sitting pretty as if to say I am far to posh for this carry on, just feed me grapes! She loves to sit and listen to the football on a wednesday night and the train when it occassionally crosses, very strange dog, she also love to sit and watch the stars, quite bazaar!