Eggs!

Our girls survived the night and a really frosty, sleety morning. We are making constant modifications to their world and ours to accomodate them and we hope that poor little Naynaynay Number Four will last the distance, she is looking very much the bottom of the newly established pecking order. But the big news this […]

Our Girls

Today we brought our rescued ex-battery hens home from the farm on which they spent the first few intensive-laying months of their lives. We found them through the wonderful work of the British Hen Welfare Trust. These are their first few moments being settled into their new house Akira assembled for them a couple of […]

Sunrise

We have been rising before the sun for some time now. Some recent mornings have been stunning. I will not mind getting up before the sun if it treats me to these kinds of displays.

Tomandclaire

On the weekend we had our friends Tom and Claire, who live in Manchester, come and stay. The December weather was an initial deterrent to their pre-Christmas visit plans, so it was wonderful that they could finally join us. Though of course we would love them to be able to pop in every weekend! However, […]

This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Have a lovely weekend. Check out SouleMama for the inspiration.

Winter Comes a Little Early

As predicted on Wednesday, it did take all week for real snow to fall. Friday night we had a proper dusting, though it took until Sunday – after nearly 12 hours of blizzardy conditions – for our lawn to be completely covered, that grass is getting long! Although we had some great snowfalls last winter […]

This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see. […]

Beach Learnin’

They say every day is a school day…and so it used to be for me…now I am seeing more and more that it certainly is for our wee guy. Each day he seems to delight in a new idea, a new word, a new turn of phrase (today – ‘that’s more like it’) or a […]

In The Countryside…

Now that we have been here a few weeks we are finally settling in. Though it is still a pretty quiet affair in that Kazuo and I spend most of each day here at Newbridge while Akira slogs away at the University, and not too much of our days necessitate human contact with other adults…so […]