Author Archives: Carol

I thought I had better do a chicken post as I seem to have gone on to other subjects lately. The girls are all fine and there hasn’t been too much to say but no news is good news. Yesterday … Continue reading →

There have been an awful lot of nasty cold bugs going round this Christmas. My eldest son had it twice before Christmas, the grandchildren had it when they visited us at Christmas, T the host of the New Year’s Eve … Continue reading →

I struggled to come up with ideas for Christmas presents this year and eventually hit on the idea of giving our close family a bespoke hamper. Over time I collected either luxury items, items we particularly liked or items I … Continue reading →

By “Christmas jigsaw” I mean that the jigsaw was a Christmas gift to my husband from his youngest son. It was very well chosen as it depicts vintage cars. It has a thousand pieces. My husband decided we should have … Continue reading →

We went to a New Year’s Eve party with our allotment friends and their neighbours. It was such a fun party. They had amazing fireworks and we all sang and danced our way through until one o’clock this morning. It … Continue reading →

It’s been a sad year for losses in the chicken run this year. We have lost five girls and now have a flock of seven. This makes it difficult to do a monthly average of eggs so I am just … Continue reading →

We have just had our third Christmas dinner. We all had a lovely time apart from our grandson who wasn’t feeling well and slept through most of the day. This was such a shame for him and the family were … Continue reading →

It has become our tradition that the girls have a fish treat on Christmas morning. Smoke had laid nine eggs and then went broody so I lifted her from the nest box to the patio area before putting the fish … Continue reading →

We have three Christmas dinners. One with my side of the family, one with my husband’s side of the family and Christmas Day itself is just the two of us. This year we had my side on Saturday and will … Continue reading →