It’s not really like that as we were very involved with the sheep in January, February and March when we were lambing and also bottle feeding Domino’s lamb. Now 12 lambs are sold and gone and the remaining flock are valiantly trying to graze the abundant grass. The goats are rather cute but I will always love lambing time.

I am at The Gables watching my cousin’s son (a citizen of Israel) marry his fiancée in Georgia (where her mother lives). We wish them all the happiness in the world as they embark on their life together back in the Holy Land

We weren’t intending to milk Willow until the kids are three or four months old but her udder is so lopsided that I decided to milk off the distended side yesterday evening. I them spoke to my goat guru in Honeydon and she suggested I have another go this morning to try and even up both sides of the udder.

Some of our early raspberries are not of the best “eating” quality. They are perfect for sorbet where the pulp and pips are discarded.

It’s been a day of heavy weeding and the goats appreciate the brambles and ivy and other assorted plants.

Eaten from the spoon than the bowl?

How lovely

Farmer Rob was here trimming sheep hooves and spraying the stock against blow fly

A fascinating presentation by Dr Dean Irwin on Women and the money lending records of mediaval Anglo-Jewry

But also throw light generally on mediaeval life in England – a subject about which I am reading both non fiction and now historical novels by the late Sharon Penman (thanks to a recommendation by Phil).

I would never have attended even one historical talk if I had needed to travel. Because of zoom I have listened in to several fascinating and diverse topics all from the comfort of my armchair, coffee in one hand and Mabel on my lap. Purrfect.