the summer according to george.....

so
the summer begins....

warm and light evenings perfect for lots of hound adventures...
walks with my hound family and the two people i love most in the world..

life
is
good

i shall spend my days eating and relaxing gearing myself up for my evening jaunts and high jinks...

bliss....

whats that you say?

big brother has started?

oh....

on every single night you say....

for the whole summer?
really truly?

oh...

still

only one of my very favourite people will be watching so if i attempt a quick calculation....


that still leaves one of my most favourite people to spend evening whippety adventures with...

hip hip hurrah....

whats that you say?

the world cup?
really truly?

then there is simply no hope....

meh

g x

surprise!

look who we woke up to this morning....

two perfect ducklings....

we honestly thought our duck was sitting on failed eggs and we were just planning on when we should remove the nest in the hope that the girls would lay a fresh batch....

thankfully we planned on leaving it another week which we will now obviously do just in case any of those other eggs plan on hatching :)

t x

a super weekend...

sunshine, veggie bbq, garden sorting and much planting out of vegetables, reading, sewing , laughing, and playing with hounds and lambs...
not bad eh?

ERROR

now
a book suggestion for your summer reading...

if you are going camping this summer then take a copy of this book..
perhaps refrain from reading it before you take off for your trip under canvas especially if you have a slight fear of camping toilet facilities (or lack of)....
never have i laughed out loud so much whilst reading
real howling belly laughs
i love emma kennedy
she is also on twitter making me laugh daily


the book also prompted me to finally make these badges which have been floating around in my head for the longest time....

and the badges in turn made me think about the badge machine dilemma i am having...
i used to make badges years ago in the days when i was a nanny and then a dress wearing shopkeeper...
i made them for children's parties, weddings and for the shop...
when we packed up and headed north the badge machine was shoved in a box and that is where it has remained...
with so many other beautiful badges being made i felt totally unsure of bringing out my dusty machine and having another go.....
i have carried on making these by hand and they have sold reasonably well ....

- my panic only rises when i receive a wholesale order for them as they do take time, but as i am hopeless at finding shops to supply and wholesale orders are few and far between i have not worried....
now my mind is turning to getting back to promoting myself and my wares a tad more i have to attempt to streamline a wholesale range..
my hand embroidered badges have to be part of the collection so i have to accept that the old badge machine will cut down making time a great deal...

i have checked that the part needed for rectangular and square badge making will fit my old girl and they do - now i have to just swallow deeply and invest the ridiculously large amount they want for the extra parts...

in other news...

poor bella boo has cystitis and is totally miserable as you can imagine - treatment is working but as far as she is concerned it is taking its time :(
she is however enjoying the extra cuddles, being allowed to be first in line for the best bed right next to the Rayburn and tuna.....

... and joy of joys i have found a recipe for Vegan coconut macaroons...
and folks they are good

very

very
good

t x

the rather lovely rescue sheep raffle is coming....

and here are a few pictures of just some of the prizes ...

hip hip hooray
so much loveliness all under my roof...
fleetingly thought of running away with the entire lot but was stopped by the thought of being hunted down by folk that already have there eyes on certain prizes :)

lots more available to see on the raffle page and for the kind folks who have contacted us worried that they may be too late to donate prizes then worry not... prizes will be accepted for awhile longer

t x

we are slowly weaning .....

... the milk is getting less and less in the bottle as super cute jimmy lamb takes in more grass, hay and lamb feed....

it is not going well..

this is what he thinks of it all....

lots of headbutting to try and make more milk.. (him not me)

chewing of wellingtons in anger (him not me)

lots of crying at the fence... (him and me)

but each day it gets a little easier...

t x

thrift....

six plates
six cups

very, very pleased :)

t x

the rather lovely sheep raffle should, with a little bit of luck, and a good wind behind it.. be ready to go, go, go on the 1st June....

if we knew it would have taken this long to have the script written and put in place and the legal side of things finalised we may have said nothing until it was all done!

hey ho

almost there

t x