Yesterday I noticed that one of the hens had a huge bolus of hardened mud stuck to one of her claws. Mrs Silkie had a similar problem last year when the orchard was very muddy.
I held the bird and Jeremy carefully cut the mud from three claws, two on one foot and one on the other,
Sleep tight hen and try to keep your feet dry.
It’s been a beautiful afternoon.
Emergency emptying of the treatment plant(septic tank) so that the expected engineers can, we hope, fix the pump. No mains drainage out here in the countryside! Just heard a news report on BBC Radio 4 from Irkutsk in the cold north of Russia. Rising poverty has led to people paying utility bills late. The sewage companies stop emptying the drains and they back up – so people start paying their utility bills again. Putin is not as popular as poverty rates rise. Strangely, grandson and I played Risk again yesterday and one of the territories on the board is Irkutsk.
She did a great impression of Theresa May and we laughed and laughed.
She then went on to criticise this government for allowing the proliferation of homelessness. She’s right it’s a shame on us all.
We also unearthed a photo of mum from 1993 when she was “lady captain” of her golf club. I have hung it on the wall.
This is mum doing an impression of Theresa May grimacing at Jeremy Corbyn yesterday in Parliament.
Mum is thinking of starting her own political party….she is disgusted with the rising homelessness in this country.
And this is a photo of mum from 1993 when she was Captain of the golf club.
Warmer winters are leading to reduced quality and quantity of black currants but we have just pruned our bushes and planted some more cuttings. Ribena best get their orders in soon.
As we sat outside the poly tunnel and drank an afternoon cuppa I saw a shimmering movement on a leek plant. On closer inspection it was a droplet of water catching the afternoon sun.
On a beautiful Mid December morning
Strangely my friend and neighbour and I keep hearing woodpeckers drumming away, a sound we usually hear from February onwards until mating time. I have also noticed some pecking between the drakes as if they are getting ready to mate with the ducks…..which usually happens in early spring. Is it a result of global warming and milder temperatures? Time will tell.
