Chooks are go

View from the house

The brand new chicken yard is finished and full.

Dan spent many hours on this beauty

which should by all accounts still be up in 20 years time.

The roosting shed is at the left end and the chick rearing area on the right

View from the paddock

And from this side you can see it has it's own water tank.

The chicken nipples are on the way in the mail

and will be installed soon. 

Our new Rooster and 3 of his girls, he has a rosecomb which was unexpected.

You can also see our Muscovy DrakeCedric and off to the side is Hedley

And here is our mother and child.

She is not happy at being segregated to the chick rearing area

But after the chick tried to swim

 in the water bowl

it was deemed safer all round.

I am so happy to have a full complement of birds again.

A place in the country just doesn't seem right without them.

And duck egg pasta is divine.

x te

Floating Lovlies

3 nuno felted silk/wool scarves

I might put thses in my etsy shop if I can get some decent photos

I had to take this photo of them in a bundle as it is too darn windy here to do it any other way.

Yesterday we were down at the beach over heating and today it is cold rainy and very very windy.

Some of you mey remember the picture from this post when we first arrived home of the sorry state of the accomodation for some feathered friends.

But the chicken pen is finally ready, so tonight we are getting some girls.

As soon as they are installed and settled I shall post pictures of their new home.

x te

Tea Bags

Aren't they beautiful?

leaf prints

circles

soft colours

images

I feel these to need to be kept.

Perhaps preserved in wax.

Things to do when you should be doing something else

x te