In Biggleswade town centre we passed the birthplace and childhood home of Charles Penrose.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Penrose_(entertainer)
Further on, along the river, we saw a mallard drake guarding his duck partner nesting in the tall grass
A year’s worth of peelings and kitchen compost which has rotted down magnificently in the two bell shaped compost bins. The canes are up and the beans (runners and french) have been sown. Well done that man!
After I inspected the beans we both went across to the fence and admired the growing lambs
Swineshead Wood is full of bluebells, birdsong and dappled sunlight. Heavenly – and just the two of us!
As they play in the orchard
The polytunnel chooks are out in the orchard today. It’s their turn. Tomorrow it will be the turn of the Silkies and the Gang of Four on Friday. Each group of birds has its own run around their house but the larger space is much more interesting and exciting
The three of them still come over to the fence to be petted. Poddy is the most affectionate – maybe because she was rejected by her birth mother and we became her surrogate parents
There are some very good looking lambs this year
Today is freedom day for poultry, incarcerated since November (because of an international epidemic of avian flu) the birds are allowed out into the fresh air in this joyous month of May
We do have a problem with the mothers and chicks living in the old quail barn. We need to decide where they will live next. It’s likely they will move to the chicken run in the goat paddock. We are still thinking.
Yesterday afternoon I had kisses and cuddles with Poddy lamb and Spotty. I think they are missing dear, departed Dotty.
My sister in law made a surprise lunch today for my baby brother – he will be 65 tomorrow.
She seems to instinctively understand that she should approach them quietly and slowly, allowing the animals to get used to her and finally come towards her of their own accord.
