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Many thanks for all your kind words and thoughts,what a kind lot you are! Boots:Rhodri is a Welsh name,and hes a Will,named after my lovely neighbour and the Rhodri bit is after his equally lovely grandson.Its sound like hes going to take after his mum,not always a good thing as its hard going again...

Hi all! Been a bit busy here in the Valleys. My son William Rhodri,arrived three weeks early on 18th May in a bit of a hurry and hes been keeping me busy! Sadly I didnt have him at home but was so glad to be in hospital in the end as he arrived without me,the OH or midwife realising it! Cutting a lo...

Rhubarb wine,yes please! We are already innundated.

We have a Light Sussex bantam thats gone broody three times already this year! As Im not planning to hatch this year Ive been cooling her off but shes so insistant! We also had a Warren hatch a single chick last year,I thought that Hybrids didnt go broody! The chick was a horrid bully of a thing and...

Im on the side of goats and sheep. My goat was such a bizzare creature that Im cautious of getting another as I couldnt possibly find another like her. I couldnt not like sheep living where we do,theyre everywhere! Many years ago I had two lambs that I bottle fed with the intention of putting them i...

Crossing my legs in sympathy to them both!

Now dont laugh,but I was molested by an amourous turkey! He decided that I must have been a female Norfolk Black (ok so I WAS a Goth at the time) and did his little display for me. Seeing that I wasnt about to get jiggy with it he launched himself at me catching me full on in the boob dept and sent ...

I think the previous occupants of our cottage used the garden as a rubbish tip as we regularly dig up old bottles,bits of rusty metal and millions of nails! Have found a china spaniel and marbles too,and the usual blue and white pottery (why is it always blue and white??) The best thing we found,alt...

My garden hell already happened earlier in the year when the cover blew off the polytunnel,luckily there wasnt much in there but I shudder to think if it happened now! Theres the Japanese knotweed thats always threatening to invade from the neighbours field along with the Ragwort,the mink getting my...

Stew,Im assuming the "company" refers to befriending the elderly not "company" in the erm Biblical sense??? Why on earth would you charge for visiting someone? thats almost as immoral as the way my mind was working!

Hi Felix and welcome,look forward to reading your posts. Is there perchance an Irish link there?.......

Until I saw the footage i wouldve been one of the "put her to sleep" posse as I couldnt imagine how a quadruped could cope without two legs but what an amazing dog! real feel good factor,where do you find these things?

You have a milkman??? Im jealous! I think I would go the organic route,less messed about with and cheaper!

Thanks Ina but I think that doubled double knitting wool might be a little warm for the Summer! I was thinking of trying to knit two rectangles for the front and back and two for the sleeves as all the patterns Ive found seem to be too fitted and Im thinking more on the lines of a sloppy joe! Thanks...

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