Lucy on January 5th, 2009

Well!
Birthday was nice but quiet. We spent the evening over at Mum’s playing trivial pursuit (I forced everyone because I love that game), eating Cadbury’s Roses, followed by a Chinese takeaway. Healthy! Generally though I had a really nice, relaxed evening. I was spoiled rotten by everyone, received lots of excellent presents including new spotty [...]

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The photo - yes. That’s me decked out so I don’t swallow a lungful of dust from ripping an old manky ivy down. Or swallow spiders as big as my hands that were emerging from it. The photo sequence audio goes something like this:- Photo 1 - dealing with ivy, Photo 2 - “Rich? [...]

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Lucy on March 23rd, 2008

I woke up just an hour or so ago to a fine dusting of snow. It’s still coming down in a steady flurry, tiny criss crossing flakes that are settling everywhere. I’m sitting here on top of the world (or so it feels) on the second floor looking out across the Smallest Smallholding. My cat [...]

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Lucy on September 25th, 2007

Well we took Yoko to see another vet more experienced with poultry. She basically said that we ought to keep going with the baytril and that she thought Yoko wasn’t alarmingly thin at all. Clear chest, good colouring, she seemed well hydrated and not too much diarrhoea staining. She gave Pokey (Yoko) a steroid [...]

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