11th November 2021 - Strange Light in the Night

Thought for the day :"I’ve given my wife my medieval battle uniform to polish while I go out... She always said she wanted a night in, shining armour..."

After a week on the wagon - allowed myself a Gin and tonic and a glass of white wine tonight as it will not affect the teeth bleaching  - and I had managed a week on the wagon to check that I can !!

So a rather mellow blog this evening - with not a lot to say .

I have been working on getting the duck house rat and mink proof for the "eater" chicks and for the future.

Local neighbour dropped a door and two windows off with us on the way to the dump as he thought we may have a use for the and I thought I may!

Today, the door found a purpose in the new chicken house. Will finish tomorrow I hope 

Firstly - I took a picture of the Workshop - this is how it looks at the moment - task for the winter is to get that working as a workshop 

And this is a door that needs to be a little shorter (found out when I took it to the site ) 

But will be part of the new Duck House ...

Visited Vic today and he was in good spirit - enjoyed some guitar playing and loved to see Toby - who unfortunately needed to go out half way through the visit - and that is a problem as you have to get a member of staff to open the door - and as they could not get the door to stay open - they had to be paged to come and get the door open again to let Susie and Toby  back in.

Strange lights this evening - which I am not sure will come out on the camera..

There was a strange tinge on the trees 

and there was a band of orange across the skyline 

 

And here there is a rainbow - not showing well 

It is here as well 

But the daylight disappeared very quickly - after all it is November!!

And so 

Cheers !

  

10th November 2021 - Wood and Weed Clearance

Thought for the day :"I’ve been breeding racing deer lately... Just trying to make a quick buck."

Somehow 'Thena has found a way out onto the road again - embarassed as neighbour down by the main road brought her back this morning. Searched but cannot see where she is getting out at the moment - so we will probably have to stretch fencing along the whole length of the top of the land by the road ...

Task for tomorrow ...

Today Susie cleared the azalea beds and weeded the herb garden 

My task was to move last year's kindling wood form the storage shed to the coal shed and to fill the storage shed with the wood collected from the lower quarter on the last trip which was still sitting on the caterpillar truck - so that is clear for the next load.

Also tried some of the logs that were in storage and they seem to be dry - and the log splitter managed to cut them easily.

Susie a bit poorly again this evening - having overdone the weeding and her back is sensitive again ..

My teeth whitening is progressing and will be on day 7 tonight and seems to be making a difference. Also been off the sauce for that week so Pizza Thursday may have a nice bottle of White wine tomorrow - can't drink the red as it will stain - it has also been a week off tea and coke - so enjoying a nice glass of water again this evening 

Cheers !

9th November 2021 - A Quiet Day

Thought for the day :"I hate getting these mild electric shocks. I knew I shouldn't have bought a static caravan."

Slow sort of day - lay in until after 10.30 and had to pop up to Brynhoffnant for cucumber for breakfast.

By the time I took the dogs for a walk and chopped some wood for the fire the day was gone. 

How did that happen ?

Having fun at the field 

In other news - London Freemasons have just raised money to provide three massive new firefighting ladders for London - this is a huge benefit for those in high buildings. Once again - no mention of Freemasons and their generosity in most of the news clips...

 

Cheers !

8th November 2021 - Coal Shed and Fairy Town

Thought for the day :"Tablets were replaced by scrolls – scrolls replaced by books , now we scroll through books on tablets"

Simple day in the homestead today. 

Brought the Fairy town in form the cold for the winter - they are all metal so it seemed a good idea to keep them warm for the winter and the WD40 before they go out for Spring...

Still waiting on the missing item - hoping for an email tomorrow 

Seems we have a rat problem in the small eating chickens enclosure - so Susie spent time making a secure wire lid for the overnight coop - hoping that we do not have to worry more about the day run. Now down to 8 chickens for the freezer!

I spent some time following 'Thena around the garden as she snuffled her way around the paddock and the Chicken houses trying to see where she managed to get out the other day - but she failed to try to escape so I am no further in the know. She just seemed to like having a meander around the garden. Maybe she just wants a bit of "me-time" away from the annoying puppy!!

I decided that I had to have a go at the coal shed - we could hardly get into the area!! I have gathered a lot of kindling wood that needs a year to dry - but the shed for drying is full of last year's kindling. So I want to get that into the coal shed to make room for the rest. Also - we will need to get some more wood ordered soon - we are going through it quite quickly ...

But the coal shed was quite a state 

And after the whole ordeal ... 

Space for everything now ...

And that about sums up the day ...

Cheers !

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 !