SPOKE TO VET!

Back from seeing vet now and Bruce has got to see if he can pull through he has antibiotics on board.... Back to bottle and milk and scales I am afraid....been here before ..... So the only bottle I had was a 1litre apple juice and the piglet is about a fifth of that size!!!....

BRUCE NOT DOING SO WELL

Dixie is trying her hardest to feed the piglets but for some reason little Bruce or Samson (haven't fully decided on a name yet) is losing weight not gaining weight, I am really worried about him, I have booked him into the vets at 4.40 tonight, hopefully Peter Chew will see him. Maybe I can hand rear if he is able to digest, we'll see, he's very weak. I delivered Bruce and he was always the weakest, bit I thought he would have picked up by now...he is so cute, this picture was taken yesterday and today he is even skinnier, he looks quite pathetic. Dixie either wants her babes or food, nothing else will do, she is a really good mum though and isnt too protective, at east we can handle the piglets and she wont go for you, not like the big pink ones we used to have Rosie was ok but Daisy could be terrible for that. The other 8 are doing well, there is a real big fat black one , she is a real bruiser, but they all are starting to have little personalities now....No I am not mad,,,, if you wee here you would agree....WOULDN"T YOU!!!

SMILE

Since Dixie has been famous on TV!!! she has got the hang of the paparazzi, every time I point a camera at her she smiles!!!!!....Mind you she has had a lot to smile about recently with all her new babies.

PURPLE PETE

You've heard of purple rain ...we now have purple Pete...could have been a whole lot worse if we had of had an argument before hand eh!!!....We were photographing the piglets for identification purposes and sraying their bellies with purple spray to stop any infection getting in their umbilical cords, but I think I got a bit carried away and sprayed Pete too! and it doesnt come off!!! Mind you I had a purple finger and had to go to a board of governors meeting..very professional....NOT!!!!!

SMARTIE IS GETTING IN THE XMAS SPIRIT!

Smartie is so cute, she helped me put up the decorations.....well not really she ran and leapt from a great distance, skidded across the new oak floor and ended up in a pile of tinsel, this seemed to keep her occupied for more than 2 hours, my tinsel is now very sparse and there are bits all over the house that used to make it fluffy.....You just got to love 'em!

PETES FRIEND!

Had to have the Mitzy serviced and was stranded in Falmouth for the day... Well thats a bit of a tall story...Pete rescued me to take me for coffee...although the shop never appeared, instead clients and deliveries happened!!!But I did visit a shop and bought a snowman...yeap you can never have too many snowmen, then I seat belted him in the back seat for Pete to take home...forgetting he had a meeting on the way home.....now they think he's crackers! (punn not intended!)

ON TV!!!!!!

Check out our 5 min story on www.mycornwall.tv and click the link that says woodmill farm on the right, there is a scroll bar if we are not on the front page.

We were approached by William Molesworth-St.Aubyn who started this internet TV channel for those who live or have lived or interested in Cornwall and us Cornish!! He wanted us to do a little 5 min video of our story. He felt we were unique....mmmm good or bad????

Anyway have a look and see what you think....We also have a one minute advert coming for our website.....

DAY INTERUPTED BY A BIRTH!!!! OR NINE

My day was panning out to be hectic, paper work to get in, Vat returns, availability to update, xmas decs to get out and up.....yeap they are late this year!!!....Then Pete went to check on Dixie and she was just starting to give birth. He raced up to get me, I was so excited I ran into tell Tim...(he works with us in Purl Design)....and shouted Dixie is giving birth!!!!...I didnt realise he was on the phone to a client!!! OH well, he'll get used to it.....We were lucky to be at the birth.....Dixie would most certainly not have made it, she had 3 piglets stuck and were coming back end first, she was getting tired...Rang the vet twice to get some help, but just as they were on the way we sorted it... I must do their heads in!!! Well I do pay alot in vet bills, so I guess its ok!! Anyway after pulling some free, Dixie was finally the mum of 9 healthy babies, she took a while to come around and didnt stand for quite some time, but she is now ok and has had a good meal. We'll check them again later and tomorrow figure out how many boys and girls we have. They are so cute and Tim had his first birthing experience... he didnt realise what he was getting his self into did he!!!

STRANGER IN THE CAMP!

This little cat comes to see us down by the pigs, she never comes too close, just sits and watches....I wonder where she lives and what she makes of us! She looks like Sassy but isn't...wonder what her name is...could be a him I guess!

PETES BEEN TILING

We tiled the kitchen this Saturday and I grouted it on Sunday whilst Pete and Steven were at golf!!!! Not as bad as it sounds, Steve had an important comp and Pete had to go with him....mmm now that I write it it sounds scam like doesn't it!!! Anyway, the kitchen looks great shame Pete doesn't in this picture....Tiled the floor......how did this happen???