Blackbird singing his socks off up on the TV aerial beyond the run.

The best bit of optimism I can squeeze out of this is that for just a few it will be the start of being bitten by the bug. Probably not the person who thought it was a good idea to buy 10 hens (that lay two eggs a day apparently!) but the family member that actually takes on the job of caring for th...

Its near Morton-in the-Marsh and Batsford arboretum Icemaiden. https://www.sezincote.co.uk/ An inspired 'company man' built it in Mogul Indian style. The house is lovely (as the gardens) with an uncomfortable realisation that you are looking directly at the fine spoils of the East India Tea Co but i...

She's just caught a fish! Oh! Its so good to see her!! Safe journey Aran!

So funny! Like talking to my neighbour Mark earlier who said that his brother had seen someone coming out of the supermarket with a whole trolley full of frozen peas! Did he have an allotment? Is that a thing? Spreading peas on you're allotment? Mark's brother has three allotments! There are some s...

Really must get out with the camera more. Found this from last Autumn at Sezincote (lovely gardens.)

So funny! Like talking to my neighbour Mark earlier who said that his brother had seen someone coming out of the supermarket with a whole trolley full of frozen peas!

Popped over to the country supplies shop today just to see what was happening with chicken feed. Plenty - so at least that's off the panic radar! No Smallholder range but they are always running out of that and said more was in tomorrow. It is interesting - picked up some loo rolls no problem from S...

Its just not possible LadyA - and would be out of proportion even if it was. We have just been told that no-one is to come into the office but is to work remotely by logging in to the net server. So tomorrow morning the LA server is going to break (I might even see the smoke from 20 miles away!) and...

It takes a while to settle in and more might find the rafters tempting along the way but you have a secure run so you have the luxury of letting them get to know each other in their own time and dont have to have them all in the coop as it is safe enough anywhere (except the nest box - safe but not ...