(N.B the image on the top of this post is not one of Marlowe’s pieces for those please see Orts & Fragments, this is stained glass made out of photos, clever isn’t it? ) Regular readers of this blog will know that as well as writing here I’m a keen follower of other peoples blogs, Read more about Orts and Fragments – an inspiration![…]
Title of this post shamelessly stolen from my friend Dave Delarre, you can buy his EP of the same name here. So yesterday it has to be said I was feeling pretty low, we have lost two chickens this past week, one died of old age (the lovely Hattie) and Trelawney had to be put Read more about Blue beginnings[…]
You may remember my friends Beth and Nick got married the other weekend prior to moving to Dubai. What you may not be aware of is that Beth kept 3 ex-batts (inspired, she says by me and my chicken keeping exploits). Unfortunately one of them died shortly after being declared a free girl. However on Read more about Hello to Bea[…]
So yesterday after two weeks of worry we had to take our beautiful ex-battery hen Trelawney to the vet for the very last time. A couple of weeks ago she started being very wobbly on her feet & seemed to be loosing her balance quite a bit. I had a look through my chicken books Read more about A sad farewell[…]
Today my beautiful little girl turned 5. Lets see some cute photos from over the years shall we? *photo heavy post, cause why not?* This one was taken fairly recently when I sat down to look at some doll making. One of my faves, taken by Dave da housemate Mabel chills out in the Read more about Happy birthday witchcat![…]
I have FINALLY finished the blanket that I started ages ago for my friend John’s little girl Emmaline. You may remeber when I started it I was giving the wave pattern a try. Well some waves seemed to be working while others not so much & what I ended up with seemed to want to Read more about Emmaline’s blanket[…]
This weekend we faced an invasion of sorts. My mum and dad came to stay for the weekend, nothing unusual in that, they pop in every now and again (usually when they are on their way to/from my brothers who live ‘oop north) (my dad looking, erm regal) this time however we have several Read more about A relative invasion[…]
So this weekend (as well as having an extra 2 days off to celebrate the Queens Jubilee) we played our long awaited ceilidh in Pyrton in Oxfordshire. Chis came up with a brilliant alternative Ceilidh name, aswe are usually writing’s on the wall for out ceilidh activities we became dancing on the ceiling (I feel Read more about Keep calm and ceilidh on![…]
So this weekend after one and a half years of dating along the A34 (Jam lived in Newbury while I frequented the substantially more awesome Oxfordshire) Jam finally moved in with me! This did mean a sad farewell to Dave the housemate (also known as Gravy Davey, photographer, friend of Mabel, eater of lime Doritos Read more about Jam moves in[…]
So we returned from holiday hoping that all was well, alas it was not. Bellatrix (formerly the most aggressive of chickens but now the friendliest) was ill. She had a dirty vent and instead of pecking around with the others she was lying down, closing her eyes and generally not being her self. So off Read more about Back from the brink – a twosome tale[…]