Or maybe what can go to the church for any future immigrant families they help?
Our jabs have been done. I took a paracetamol beforehand and so far it's working. No reaction. Yet.  Tomato, orange and ginger soup has been made. Tasted great but looked funny cos of using Green Zebra tomatoes.  The chooks enjoyed their share of the tomatoes too.
Our boiler is due to be serviced next month. It's a funny beast and looks like something out of an early Star Trek or Buck Rogers set. Does the job tho. We haven't lit the wood burner more than a couple of dozen times in 4 years so no cleaning needed there just yet.
Roof men have still not been - not impressed so I've been on Google and invited others to come and see.  What's left of OH's barn roof is now perched precariously at an angle on one wall. Not good!
Night Pat. Drizzle is good for settling everything That's funny - when I was out earlier, I saw something and it reminded me of @Obelixx's roof, and I thought 'must ask how it's all going'. Insurance companies often don't seem very speedy at sorting stuff. I wonder why.....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It won't be an insurance problem till we send them an estimate @Fairygirl but that can't happen till a gaggle of roofmen have been to see and decide what they can or can't do.
@Pat E I've just been in the hen house putting up poo shelves under the perch to catch their "output" so it's easier to clean up.  Currently it seems only 3 are perching for any time at all and they all seem to spend time huddled in the straw in the extra boxes i put in to keep them warm till their feathers grow.
3 of them came in to see what I was up to and, close up, I can see they have "spines" showing where new feathers are coming thru so we must be doing something right.  Looking forward to seeing them shake a tail feather.  Will have to work on getting some music down the garden unless anyone thinks the Blues Brothers and Ray Charles will scramble their eggs. Â
Just given them some dahlia flowers to peck at. They like those a lot.
That mask rule does seem to be a bit OTT @Obelixx, I would think the usual salty sea breezes and wide open spaces would make beaches inhospitable for any viruses. Certainly they came to the conclusion here, following the many thousands of people sandwiched on Bournemouth beach back in the summer did not result in any increase in cases as far as the authorities could tell.Â
I'm loving your frequent tales of life with chickens - hope the new feathers sprout soon.
Hoovered and dusted bedrooms this afternoon. Family are coming to stay in the holidays, but not all at once. They will be taking some furniture, china, pictures etc, at least son 1 will. Daughter 1 will only take what fits in the boot, coming later with a van.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Problem is @Biglad I think you'll be told that as you (presumably) don't have a 'business line' or whatever it's called, you can complain until you're blue in the face ... our normal broadband connections are for domestic and leisure purposes only  even if we're working from home.Â
We do have a business line. Doesn't stop Openreach disconnecting it when they feel like it and without notice. I'll let them off for the time the farmer drove his hay wagon into the pole, but generally it just mysteriously stops for a while and then comes back a couple of hours later without so much as a by your leave.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
âIt's still magic even if you know how it's done.âÂ
@Busy-Lizzie, I think it's nice that your children want to take some bits and pieces from their old home, I don't think mine will wish to have much from ours, maybe my father's old Parker Knoll chair I've had reupholstered and a couple of small Victorian chairs perhaps but goodness knows what will happen to my small collection of silver things and china. Off to the charity shop methinks. It's funny how tastes change and antiques seem to have fallen out of fashion. I used to love frequenting antique markets and bric-a-brac shops. Bath used to have two or three regular markets at one time.
I was talking with MIL about âinheritingâ items just the other day @Lizzie27. There were items from my one grandmothersâs home (mainly old furniture) that I would love now, but at the time I didnât even have a house and didnât think I would ever like an old bookcase or china cabinet. My mum did have the foresight to keep a table for me though - so I remember them both when I look at it. I feel a bit sad that my parentâs trinkets, books and furniture will probably be charity-shop-bound one day. This is why I believe in using your best china, wine glasses, shoes etc - as itâs better to love and use them (even with the risk of breaking them), than they gather dust and end up in the charity shop.Â
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Our jabs have been done. I took a paracetamol beforehand and so far it's working. No reaction. Yet.  Tomato, orange and ginger soup has been made. Tasted great but looked funny cos of using Green Zebra tomatoes.  The chooks enjoyed their share of the tomatoes too.
Our boiler is due to be serviced next month. It's a funny beast and looks like something out of an early Star Trek or Buck Rogers set. Does the job tho. We haven't lit the wood burner more than a couple of dozen times in 4 years so no cleaning needed there just yet.
Roof men have still not been - not impressed so I've been on Google and invited others to come and see.  What's left of OH's barn roof is now perched precariously at an angle on one wall. Not good!
night all.
That's funny - when I was out earlier, I saw something and it reminded me of @Obelixx's roof, and I thought 'must ask how it's all going'.
Insurance companies often don't seem very speedy at sorting stuff. I wonder why.....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Pat E I've just been in the hen house putting up poo shelves under the perch to catch their "output" so it's easier to clean up.  Currently it seems only 3 are perching for any time at all and they all seem to spend time huddled in the straw in the extra boxes i put in to keep them warm till their feathers grow.
3 of them came in to see what I was up to and, close up, I can see they have "spines" showing where new feathers are coming thru so we must be doing something right.  Looking forward to seeing them shake a tail feather.  Will have to work on getting some music down the garden unless anyone thinks the Blues Brothers and Ray Charles will scramble their eggs. Â
Just given them some dahlia flowers to peck at. They like those a lot.
Half term starts here this evening for 2 weeks. They've just announced that masks must be worn at all time on every VendĂ©e beach from tomorrow, even if you're on your own just Walking the Dog. @D0rdogne_Damsel - https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/vendee-masque-obligatoire-partout-sur-le-littoral-1602846189?fbclid=IwAR2x3pt5Lmdt04sm7TjBctyvjxyCqTECe-ADCWnIrVHx_qZgr83qpUTL8IIÂ
I'm loving your frequent tales of life with chickens - hope the new feathers sprout soon.
Hoovered and dusted bedrooms this afternoon. Family are coming to stay in the holidays, but not all at once. They will be taking some furniture, china, pictures etc, at least son 1 will. Daughter 1 will only take what fits in the boot, coming later with a van.
https://thewhoot.com/whoot-news/crafty-corner/free-knitted-chicken-sweater-pattern
just in case the feathers are a bit slow đÂ
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
âIt's still magic even if you know how it's done.âÂ
I was talking with MIL about âinheritingâ items just the other day @Lizzie27. There were items from my one grandmothersâs home (mainly old furniture) that I would love now, but at the time I didnât even have a house and didnât think I would ever like an old bookcase or china cabinet. My mum did have the foresight to keep a table for me though - so I remember them both when I look at it. I feel a bit sad that my parentâs trinkets, books and furniture will probably be charity-shop-bound one day. This is why I believe in using your best china, wine glasses, shoes etc - as itâs better to love and use them (even with the risk of breaking them), than they gather dust and end up in the charity shop.Â