I am part way through building a garage next to the house. It’s not for our car, but all the junk we have.
When digging the foundations I took great care no to disturb/damage any of the underground electricity cables that run to all the nearby buildings.
All went well and the base of the garage was [...]
John Luke is nearly ten years old.
To celebrate some of his friends are going to see the new James Bond film Quantum Of Solace
John Luke really likes James Bond films because of all the gadgets and cool cars. However is isn’t very convinced about some of the special effects in the older films.
The tarantula crawling [...]
We have decided to keep chickens again. At the moment we only have three Bantams and hope to get some hybrids (brown chickens) in the spring.
Our last lot of chickens were eaten by mink, so I have moved the location of the chicken hut and built a wire enclosure.
We let the chickens roam around the [...]
Abby loves sticker books. She spends ages daintily ripping stickers out of books and sticking them back in.
Once she has decided were to put the sticker, she carefully places it, presses it down firmly, then immediately takes it off again. She will do this until the sticker loses any traces of stickiness and just becomes [...]
The other day I managed to shoot a pheasant with my air rifle.
John Luke and I shared the job of plucking and gutting the bird. Here you can see John Luke plucking the feathers.
Although the bird had been shot three hours previously, when we took out the guts they were still warm. Not job for [...]
Jonathan