Sleepy cat

Not a great deal to say today and I nearly didn't blog but I don't fancy anymore boxes tonight and Cruella has taken over so I thought I might as well!

I poo collected amidst showers of hail - it has certainly turned colder (hope it's better up with you, Debbie!).  Trouble has gone off her bottle and hardly had anything today.  I have a feeling my coat may not have helped, she is not used to me wearing a oat and I think it put her off a bit.  Tomorrow the coat will have to come off for feeding.

Sam's moped has finally been mended and he has tried it out tonight.  He drove up through Delcombe and then down to the garage for fuel (I think he felt pretty proud of himself!).  Tomorrow he rides it to work for the first time and he has strict instructions to text me when he gets there!

Pictures!!

Bert is not a donkey!

I have gone a bit picture mad tonight with my new storage!  Cruella has been annoying the alpacas today by staring at them through the fence and then turning her back on them when they come near.  She is very wary of the electric fence at the moment!



Next my favourite photo of Greeves with his Aunty Islay who he sticks very close to.  In fact, tonight he almost ate a little food and he is looking far better than he has done for months.  Dude is in the background.

I think he is saying, "I love you, Aunty Izzle!"

Not sure what he is saying in this next one!

 

My Mule has had new tyres all round today.  It has also had a new CV joint so it is now all singing and all dancing - and I am very pleased!  But I did forget to take a picture of it!  I did take one of George though - I like to think she is looking ready to lamb!



Soggy Cat and A Little Plump (ish) Alpaca

Yesterday's little project went exceedingly well but is not quite at the stage to show the world - I will just say that it involves the new embroidery sewing machine which is nothing short of miraculous.  Once you have set it all up you just press start, sit there and it beavers away all on it's own - producing embroidery!  Sam seems to have some sort of psychic link with the thing as where I was slowly reading through the instruction book, he came in, whipped a few dials round, changed the foot,  muttered about the "feed dog" and away it went!  More work on that project later.

Poor Cruella, the cat, fell in the bath last night.  It had to happen some time as she does like to sit on the side and catch bubbles with her paw.  It has put her  off the bathroom a bit and she has spent most of the day trying to drive the Mule (which has a broken CV joint - which I am quite pleased about as we have to get another and the place that sells them also sells tyres so I should be getting new tyres soon!)

The day has been cold and it started a bit frosty.

But by the afternoon the sun had come out, though the cold remained.

The best news today though is that Greeves is going up again.  He has gained 800g in two days - maybe he just missed me!!  Here he is with his Aunty Islay.

No snow yet?

I spent a while on the internet last night researching Jayne's recommendation and had another email on the subject so, as there was no chance of getting to Mole Valley, I ordered some - looking forward to it arriving.

Very cold today, the ground at the bottom of the fields didn't defrost all day.  Mind you, I think it was warmer outside than in - the cats certainly thought so as they spent all afternoon down by the barn annoying the alpacas.  Cruella was fine just stalking things but Smudge kept creeping around by the fences.  As soon as Dude came down to look at him he dashed away causing Dude to become very frustrated.  I had lined up a lovely photo and then the batteries died.  I think I had left the camera in the Mule too long and the cold had deadened the batteries.

There seems to have been a lot of snow everywhere else and I was just about to type - No Snow Here! - BUT, little flecks are beginning to fall as I speak and looking out of Sam's new bedroom window there is a strange whiteness in the distance.  I have to admit none of that is obvious from the photo - batteries now replaced - (but I do now know where the watering can is!).

Carl and Sam are finishing off Sam's new room by putting up the blinds - the rather snazzy carpet has to stay for the time being.

The one with the best idea is Cruella!