Bank holiday Monday and it’s a treat, for me, to open up and feed the animals with the grandchildren
One family goes and another arrives
Fun outdoors before the rain started – bring on the rain!
Up, up in the air in my beautiful ……
Protective mother hen
Mother hen is fiercely protective of her “gosling” babies. When I went to shut them in tonight I got too close to one baby and mother flew at me and pecked my hand! The photos below are from yesterday
Fellow smallholders call in to say hello
We’ve never met before but I’m sure we’ll exchange ideas, plants and animals in the months ahead and I liked their recipe ideas for ice cream and sorbet (must get those too) using fruit and honey.
I think it’s a song thrush and keep going outside to listen
As I fed the animals this morning, early, and opened up the hen houses I heard a loud and intricate bird song coming from the copse adjacent to our far field. Possibly a song thrush. As I type I can still hear its song loud and clear. Any clarification please?
A sobering lecture on zoom tonight
On March 16th 1190 the entire Jewish Community of York was wiped out in a horrific Anti Semitic attack at Clifford Tower – just one of a number of such atrocities that took place across Mediaval England at this time.
One hundred years later, in the reign of Edward I in 1290 all the Jews were expelled from England and were not permitted to return until the time of Oliver Cromwell, 350 years later.
The zoom meeting tonight was addressed by a mediaval historian as well as the chairwoman of the present day Jewish community of York.
In the autumn pots go into the poly tunnel to protect the plants through the winter months. Come the spring these old friends come out and give us months of pleasure
This afternoon I turned over and weeded a large flower bed getting it ready to take some of the flowers that Jeremy is growing this year – lupine, marigolds, salvias and more
Never enough time
Mum and I could sit and talk for hours
But all too soon, after half an hour, my visiting time was over and I had to leave because other room visits for other residents had been arranged. One visitor only each time in the home. Next week I can’t get a room slot so will make a “pod” visit again. Not nearly as good.
