Others were prepped with cucumber last night and this morning …

When I went to see them an hour ago they were playing happily on the climbing frame. I’ve no doubt that Nuno is enjoying his new surroundings which has a goat “playground” built by his new owner (he sent me another photo late morning see below).

His new owner sent me a video and later a photograph last night. He has five new playmates and a new human family to love and pet him.

12 years ago when we went to view some cows with a view to purchasing two heifers we didn’t know which to choose. Within moments it became obvious. A red girl (Lucy) and her black sister (Beattie) repeatedly walked over to us and selected US as their new owners. That’s exactly what happened yesterday. We assumed that the purchaser would choose the biggest Billy goat, Uno, but he kept his distance and Nuno repeatedly tucked himself under HIS chosen new owner. They fell for each other within 2 minutes.

The duck has left the duckling to fend for itself

He has promised to look after him and send me videos

I spent the afternoon making chilli jam and then tomato and chilli chutney

And Mabel caught a bird and a mouse just to prove that she is still a supreme hunter!

The harrowing is a secondary tilling of the field to break up clods of earth.

All vying for attention. Bliss (for me).

We leave hay in the sheep barn but the flock prefers to graze on the tinder dry grass.

Over a cuppa I watched a bee burrow its way into snap dragon (antirrhinum) flowers

The kids are playing and grazing. They are almost camouflaged amongst the yellowed grass