Author Archives: Carol

It has been a week since Butterscotch finished being broody. She has moulted so much during that week that I wasn’t sure she would start to lay again. The feathers have stopped dropping over the last few days and she … Continue reading →

The roses are amazing at the moment. The first of the big poppies is open. The self seeded fox gloves are in full flower. The snap dragons add a bit of colour. In the front garden there is a mass … Continue reading →

I bought a pack of asparagus to make a starter of asparagus wrapped in pancetta and baked in the oven. I only needed half of the asparagus. I wondered if the girls would like the rest. I thought it would … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning I did all my weekend chicken chores. I swept the patio, washed the food and water bowls and dug over the run. I opened all the panels to let the sun in. In the afternoon it started to … Continue reading →

The girls love to sit in the sun. Toffee especially loves to find a patch of sun and will stretch her wings out to soak up the rays but I just missed the shot of her on her side with … Continue reading →

Our rambling rose, Paul’s Himalayan Musk, has just reached it’s peak so I thought I would photograph it again. The rose is beautiful, the garden is lovely and the veg plot is coming on well. The weather has been sunny … Continue reading →

A few days ago I wrote a post titled  “A girl’s eye view“. This view is from the perch where Peaches and Barley always watch me whenever I am sat on the patio. I thought I would reverse this view … Continue reading →

We moved into this house nine years ago and the garden was really bare. A friend of ours had a beautiful rose in her garden which we had much admired. She gave us the same rose as a moving in … Continue reading →

I was only saying yesterday that Toffee and Emerald are often perching together or sitting together. They often sit together in the run and take turns dozing. Yesterday afternoon they were together again and Toffee usually dozes the most often … Continue reading →

Emerald has been moulting big time. Whereas Toffee is losing a steady stream of feathers and not actually looking any different Emerald is dropping masses of feathers and looking really tatty. I am picking up more feathers than poop at … Continue reading →