Challenge Complete!!, we sold most of our land and Farm House! Enabling us to concentrate on Purl Design LLP - Sustainable Architecture and allow our guests to enjoy the peaceful retreat here at The Mill Cottages in either of our one bed cottages, along with our resident pets, ponies, chickens, goats, cats and dogs! We have spent the last year renovating the 400 year old mill for us to live in, completed late 2012 and love every minute!!!... We are looking forward to another successful year.
Monday, 9 December 2013
WHAT A GREAT MORNING
Pre breakfast Morning walk on Par beach, nice way to start the day… ahhhh let the madness and stress begin, I'm ready for it now!!! ha ha
BREAKFAST AT LAKESIDE!
Well you have heard of breakfast at tiffanys well this is sort of similar in its own sort of way…. actually helen and daves cooking probably better! We had the signets asking for their toast…. the tables were just defrosting outside so helen even made us a couple of place mats to keep our breakfast from freezing too quickly! see we know how to live… thanks helen!
PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HELPED!
I probably should have helped instead of taking a picture of pete struggling, but its the first time he has attempted to multi task ha ha thought better document it… sorry pete!!
FIND LUCKY?
I heard the Navy on exercise in the bay and making loud bangs, nipped downstairs to check on the dogs as I know they don't like fireworks or loud noises, and couldn't find lucky…… she had got her self right under the blanket not even an ear was in sight, I am not sure how she did it in the position she is in, sort of squashed in the corner… poor lucky, she is supposed to be a gun dog!
WEIRD WEATHER
I hope all our guests in their homes are safe and not too affected by the storms, we had a hail storm the other day, really weird, it was the heaviest hail storm I have seen in years, even hurt your face when it hit you.. Shadow weirdly loved it.. very odd dog! But we were lucky no flooding as yet.
INSIDE DECS
Well these went up mid November, thought I was going to be late! but no all under control. Heres a picture of a few, oh and pete carrying in the tree, he thinks I am helping on the other end, but no I left it to take the picture, he will find out when he reads this!
WHERE DOES THE TIME GO!
We probably have no idea as a typical night for us is working late then just as we are about to site down the cats decide its play time and come through the cat flap like there is a war outside… when intact it is only the tom…. probably the dad to all of them, he is quite prolific!! then the rugby tackle mouse game commences, they are quick little things, its the little ones I dislike they have jaws of doom on them and once they got you there is no getting away. The ones that make me laugh are the proper little mouse ones with big ears, they sit up on their back legs and rub their hands together, as if to ask for some cheese, they are friendly little fellows, but have a habit of climbing up the curtain!….so thats the sport over with then its not long before bed , work and it all starts again, in between pack lunches, sorting out homework, clothes, kids cars etc etc normal kinda stuff! sometimes we can have a whole day of jobs and issues before the real word even awakes, sometimes by 8am we have had another day! ha ha
Sunday, 17 November 2013
WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE!
Here are Smurf, Scrappy and Munchie (who went to live with Tim at the office) Munchie is in the front, all of our 6 cats begin with "s" It is kind of tradition now but we have had so many cats we are running out of names!… But these were taken one xmas when they were little and I just came across them…. They usually knock on the holiday cottage doors to get some attention, as if they don't get enough at home!!!!
Heres one of the last little litter of Kune Kunes we had before we had to give up breeding due to selling some of our land, we haven't enough now to breed. But they were cute and liked to dress up haha
These are this years fledglings that hatched her at The Mill…. Thought I would share some cute pictures!!
OUT FOR A CUPPA!
After work on Saturday we alway go down to Lakeside Cafe, well worth it if you are down here, we cleaned the cottages, mucked out did the horse poo!! we have such interesting lives eh ha ha then down for the start of the weekend a chilli and chips, best chill in town!We then rock climbed to Polkerris with all three dogs in tow, it was a bit technical at some points!!!, and we decided to not go back the same way we came, Shadow came seal watching from Polkerris, the others weren't too bothered and went to sleep but shads was there keeping an eye on the seals!….
ODD SEASON
It is odd at the moment as our old tree next door always looses its leaves in one go, but it is late this year, and our tropical spiky plant has flowered again?? Plus we have had quite a few late butterflies... I am no Alan Titchmarsh but this doesn't seem right does it? Mind you how would I know whats normal with my life!!!!
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