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 !

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 !