7th November 2021 - Beach Puppies and Wood Clearing

Thought for the day :"The Egyptians invented the doorbell. TOOT AND COME IN...."

A trip to Cwmtydu with the gods and it was cold an blowy but the dogs seemed to enjoy and Toby went a little deeper than he was expecting and proved that he is a natural swimmer.

Of course when you are an old dog - the last thing that you need is children insisting that it is time to get up 

But, back to the beach and fun with seaweed.. 

Back at the homestead - it was a trip down to the lower quarter to start clearing more of the trees dropped to clear the cabin area...

Not really showing much difference but a full truck load of small twigs and branches for future kindling from the fallen branches. Probably would have done some more bu the battery on the chain saw ran out and 'Thena went walkabout - finding that Susie's "Stairway to Heaven"  actually does  reach the road - which she did and Toby and I had to follow her down the lane as she strolled back towards the house. 

But for the purpose of before and after photos - after all we hope to have a cabin built here next year !

So before we start ..

and after working for a while - the truck is full 

It is clearer .. Honest !

Well it will be fine for the record!

In other news - I saw a post on Twitter about abortion and adoption.

Now I have no comments to make upon the subject matter at all  .. but it was clearly an emotive subject for those on the thread... with thousands of tweets and retweets ...

However - the image for it was this !!

The only comment I wish to make upon the thread and the tweet is that not one tweet mentioned that they may have spelled adoption wrong ! or rather deleted the wrong letter !

Also on my feed today - a memory of Mythodea popped up ..  A short version of "Wo Trinken Wir"

filmed in the Bad Norderby at Mythodea.

And so another day is done 

I am on day 4 of my Teeth Whitening - and coincidentally Day 4 of my body purge - drinking so much water that I may be drowning. Taking the opportunity to have a week off the juice as I cannot drink tea, coffee, red wine, whisky or anything with stain in it while the teeth are being bleached.

Apparently I am not snoring at the moment !

Cheers !

 

6th November 2021 - Another day - another thought

Thought for the day :"The only time that I ever bake a pair of bread loaves is if I knead two"

Trip to Cardigan today to pick up some more fine mesh chicken wire to protect the Chickens.

Sadly lost one "eater" chick last night to a rat - I hadn't shut them into the secure coop.
Also picked up some foal to fill the roof sections for extra protection.

Took the opportunity to buy some smaller screws as well - seem only to get inch and a half and larger from the local suppliers, 

A high point of the day was a post this evening from the Coopes (alex) regarding an evening out ...

Thought I should let you know this. We went into a pub yesterday for a wake. It was a really old pub and jasper walked in and loudly said "well THIS is the most wonderful taven". He then proceeded to talk to people about the difference between a taven and a pub before wondering off and reading a book next to the fire . Xxx

Seems all the Tavern training has paid off ...

Susie came for a walk  up to the fields to see Toby at his Zoomies. Her back is much better but her hip is a little worrying.

Cat Durant sent me a Green One piccie for the gallery ..

I enjoyed this one.

In other news - An old picture of Nancy came up as Ran Dom Bynt of the Crimson Moon 

And so another day passes..  

Cheers !

5th November 2021 - Peacock Enclosure and Toilet Ducks

Thought for the day : "There is a rare form of amnesia where you cannot recall any 80's bands. There is no Cure."

Today was the day that the baby peacock had to move down to the new outside enclosure together with Brahma the Chicken. 

The "eaters" had grown to large for the small enclosure so need to expand in the shed - we are keeping them inside until full growth as it is too cold outside now, and it is safer from predators (we hope)

They seem to like having a proper perch at last 

And today one of the two Fairy Houses arrived - not sure why the second is not there - it is included on the delivery note - sadly they do not answer their telephone "due to Covid Restrictions" so we are awaiting an email reply...

Copy of delivery note for record

The walkway at the entrance to the Outer Enclosure was getting very muddy, slippy and possibly a little dangerous. So, back to the plastic frames again and a bit more gravel - gonna have to buy some more for the lower quarter - have used almost all the gravel up so far.  

May need one more small bucket of gravel for the corners - too little for another barrow load.

Meanwhile - back int he Ty Bach - the "novelty Duck Toilet Roll Holder" is in place!!

Our Toilet Duck !

And so another day at the Homestead - and today we achieved a little more ..

Cheers !

Oh - it is Guy Fawkes and though I heard a couple of whizzes from the village - we have escaped without any bangs at all !

4th November 2021 - Just a thought and Puppy Vids

Thought for the day :"Found a witch living on the beach today. I think it was a Sand-Witch"

Trip to Llanybydder today to see Vic. He was in fine fettle and loved seeing Toby again. He was quite strong and able to walk with his zimmer frame. 
I also found a half size guitar in the corner and tuned it up and played "Saturday Night for Tea" and had him clapping along. It is true that music can reach anyone..

Came back via Only Pets and Ponies to buy a new collar for Toby - he was unable to fit into the current one. He has grown too much!  

The rest of the day seems to have drifted away - so I will share a couple more Puppy videos instead.

In other news - COP26 is in the news today (Climate Change Conference in Scotland)

You just need to have some pre-planning ..

Cheers !

3rd November 2021 - Mushrooms and Puppies

Thought for the day :"The most optimistic blood type is probably B positive"

Took puppies up the field and found some more interesting mushrooms today ...

And some Puppy videos - for a change 

And so the GREEN ONE OCTOBER is over ...

And the novelty toilet roll arrived...

Puts new meaning upon the the idea of toilet duck!

Cheers !

2nd November 2021 - Rainbows

Thought for the day :"“Never a borrower or lender be” they said… Lovely person – lousy librarian"

This afternoon the rain was coming down again. 

And Meerkat Mountain ended up as Mushroom Mountain.

And the rain means a Rainbow 

Still love this place..

No more Green One today 

Need some more material to be honest 

And so 

Cheers !

1st November 2021- Into November

Thought for the day :"In the Bronze Age, who came first and second?"

Susie still with Bad Back 

So up to look after the puppy - free the Girlies and morning stuff...

Susie a lot better this evening after resting so all working in the right direction.

Tried a bit of branch trimming but then got caught in the rain so came back.

Also hit the Catch 22 of HSBC and banking ...

Trying to get away from being Treasurer, so friend put together a mandate changing the signatories. There were more than two signatories, so a full mandate was required - and therefore it did not really need my involvement. Turns our that the mandate was refused because the secretary did not sign the form - but 9 months later there was no news from HSBC and we were still in the same situation.

Add to this that HSBC then decide to do "due diligence" which is a check I understand to check that the purposes of the account are as stated. But as they sent letters to me and I sent them on unopened - I do not think anything was done about them. 

So they decided to close the account on November 11th. Which is why people started panicking.

And so I made the calls to due diligence and passed the on line security fine - Q1 - is there a debit card. Q2 is there an overdraft . Q3  date of birth.

And get the detailos for the nominated person to answer the questions to be the new treasurer. 

Job Done!

But I was then asked to see if I could find more about the missing mandate as I was the only one that was currently listed as a representative.

And so after another two hour wait for a reply ( they actually have a very good call back system so you don't have to wait on the phone!) We go through the security again..

Q1 - is there a debit card. Q2 is there an overdraft . Q3  how many other signatories 

This last one is a bit of a puzzler - as I was sure that I was the only signatory left.

Which is what I said - and as a result the security check failed - and the account was locked against telephone banking - which means that we cannot talk to anyone about the account.

So, the way to get around this is to fill in a form on line and sign it and send it off.

Until you read page 6 and find that it needs to be counter-signed bu the Chairman or Secretary who is also a signatory.

So a trip to the HSBC in Cardigan and a very friendly teller who helps by finding the mandate, which is why I know that the Secretary did not sign the mandate.

But no help on the ruling - other than to confirm that there is only one signatory - so goodness knows why the security check failed - and not sure what happens when the form is received without an counter - signature.

We shall see!

Oh, and stopped on the pavement by a double yellow line to pick up my prescription. Appears it is a drop-kerb and two minutes later I have a fixed penalty. £70 (£35 if paid in 14 days). Expensive prescription - good thing that they are free here in Wales

 

And so - back to the homestead.

And though it is the end of October - the GREEN ONE OCTOBER 

SWABIAN!!

In other news...

Always said that we thrown stuff out too early 

Cheers !