Happy Father’s Day – ish

I know, I am a little late. But last weekend we were so busy having a lovely time that I didn’t get on here to record…and then the week filled up with graduation events at the University and sadly I didn’t take any pics of that (note to self…all that lovely ancient pomp and ceremony […]

We’re Have I Been All This Time…

Longest break I’ve taken in a while…somehow, at the end of a week at the keyboard, it is kinda hard to make time to pop in here. Silly me. Weekends have taken on a new measure of quality family life now that our time all together is really limited to breakfast and dinner/bath/stories/bed. We ALL […]

Ten Things of Happiness

Thought it was time for a little summary of the things that make me smile right now…whether in fact or in wishful anticpation. 1. The weather is so lovely and warm and in the sunny springy mornings, I have been loving my walk to work. I trundle through the ancient St Mary’s Quad, complete with […]

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 wonderful weekend. See other inspiring moments at Soule Mama.

How Are Those Chickens Getting On?

Eleven weeks ago we brought our little brood of rescued battery chickens home to roost in our yard. Since then they have thrived in ways I never imagined – though we did hope, from the British Hen Welfare Trust paraphernalia that we had read that they would eventually do so. Akira is faithfully waking earlier […]

This Moment

Spring is Springing

It’s still pretty cool and the woods pretty ‘stick-y’ here in the northern kingdom. But hope of new life and springy loveliness has begun to burst forth. Locally, we have recently discovered the delightful Cambo estate that specialises in the cultivation of snowdrops. The past few weeks they have been in profusion – there are […]

This Moment

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 […]