Another visitor!!

This young heron has been visiting the duck pond for a while. Today he/she decided to explore the front garden and walked round the house. It then squeezed onto the road and managed to get itself stuck in the hedge opposite. We used the loppers to clear a path for it to back itself out. A little while later it climbed out and went off exploring. You do see life in the country!!

Some catching up.

I have been too busy to blog.... Not really, I just haven't got around to it. These photos are of works in progress. This one is a renewed path down to the lawn.

The second path down to the lawn.

The border by the playhouse. Covered to stop the chickens scratting.

This is the path around the lawn.

This is the foundation for the bank that will surround the pond.

and this is the wilderness around the gas tank.

We have just taken a few days off and stayed overnight at Aberaeron.

An early birthday treat. We visited two gardens that started life as smallholdings. We were looking for ideas. And we did some beach walking and cliff walking.

Aberaeron at night.

The sun shone!

and we bought some plants.

We have a new visitor to the garden.

In fact he/she got stuck in the humane rat trap. Tiggywinckle ate some chicken then slept.

ain't I cute?

In the trap.

One step forward.

The step had to be dug up for the gas pipe to go under. And the rainwater pipe too.

and the oil tank has gone to the house next door.

Assorted brassicas in the ground for next spring.

Curly cale, sprouting brocoli and cabbages etc. If the the slugs/chickens don't get them first.

The potatoes are looking good too.

Good Morning from Wales. God's Country.

We have finally found a home for the geese!

Not the oven (sadly) but a local man who has seventy five acres up on the hill and loves geese. He has five already and has always wanted a brown goose. So we caught them and they were delivered this morning. We are planning on more chickens and some ducks now.

Look ..... No tank!! And soon no concrete blocks either!

"out came the sun and dried up all the rain......" and left these wonderful raindrops on the water lilly leaves.

Working in the rain to get finished in time.

All finished.

Progress on the garage doors at the cottage.

"The good thing about rain is that you get good sunsets. " from The Power of Positive Thinking by Chris Robertson.

Clearing up at the cottage also means taking some plants from the garden there for the garden here.

And then planting them in the border by the house.

This is the mallard and four chicks that have taken to visiting our pond.

 

Our friends from Rodborough Avenue are here for the weekend. We took them on our favourite walk - the RSPB Dinas reserve.

The group shot....

 

On the walk.

1. You know you live in the country when .......

you have grass growing in the road outside your house.