May and June
insanely busy as the post title may suggest.. it all began when Mr H went for
his usual evening walk and found a fat sheep all tied up in Brambles,
completely tangled and unable to get out so armed with a knife and some
scissors I went to drive up (as far as car could take me) to help with the
rescue. After 40 mins a lot of fleece
lost and incredible patience from Mrs Sheep we finally got her free to totter
off and find her sheepy chums.
The beginning
of May was taken up with getting the garden, the house and the WEDDING CAKE
ready for us to potter off to the Isle of Mull for my lovely sister’s wedding
in between times we had Mr H’s lovely niece, hubbie and 2 small people to visit
which was not without incident.. a bash on the head from a coffee table for one
and a batch of chicken pox for each child.. they were still on good form though
and we had fun.
The Isle of
Mull was amazing.. after the stress of getting 90 table centres, a wooden caricature,
a PA and 3 tiers of hand made, lace iced wedding cake shipped from Wales to the
lake district, from the lakes to Glasgow, Glasgow to Oban and Oban to Mull it
was great to be able to chill out! The road trip (cargo aside) was great fun,
we loved Grasmere and the hotel was amazing.. it was a fab spa hotel and Mr W and I had a rasul mud treatment.
I can highly recommend it.
In Glasgow we ate thai food, Mr W learned to Knit at john Lewis (long story)
and enjoyed seeing civilisation again and in Oban, we went seal watching.. ace!
Mull was a
hive of activity too, we went horse riding, puffin spotting, to see Balamory
(Tobermory), Mr W had a landscape photography day and I had a lovely massage as
the bride and bridesmaids went trotting off for a spa morning. The wedding day
was amazing. The sun shone, the vicar was cool, the band were great and whilst
I am clearly no good at ceilidh dancing what I lose in ability I make up for in
wine fuelled enthusiasm. So all in all 10 jolly good days away.
We had
brilliant house sitters as ever looking after the various creatures and the
tomato plants and I came home to peace, calm and a very tidy green house. Having
since battled with the weeds and overgrown grass the garden is now looking good
(ish) again tomorrow is a strimming day (yuck).
So a day
after my return it was off to the Royal Garden party.. what a treat.. I was
invited as the WI turn 100 this year and so
member of each WI was able to attend.. sadly no photos as not allowed
but the memories are firmly in my head and I had a great day.
So after all
of that excitement, I then thought life was too peaceful so decided to open a
business
Christmas shopping
starts here folks J
And in my
spare time became a Volunteer fundraiser for these guys (donate at will people)
on Friday I got to join them on a day of site checking of
the Barn Owl boxes, which they lovingly make, install and monitor to make sure
that this amazing bird stays in our countryside. These guys also rebuild
tumbling down barns all over the place to further ensure the protection of
their feathery inhabitants and do so with complete dedication and give their time and expertise 100% free of charge.. and the result of
this humongous effort from this small group of volunteers is .. the 6-7 week
old baby (photo below) .. who today with his sibling was with great care ringed
with his own unique number for his future monitoring. What a beautiful creature.
and then… finally
… in sad news not so fantastic Mr Fox
ate the last of my chickens.. so goodnight Katie, Glenda and Hilary. You have
been great chums L
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| Puffin watching on Mull |
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| Highland Coo's |
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| Horse riding madness |
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| all dressed up for the Palace |
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| My Posh invitation |
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| Pak Choi.. I GREW THAT!!! |
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| stuck sheep |
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| Free sheep |
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| Best seafood ever (Oban ferry car park) |
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| seal watching |
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| Mr W Learns to Knit |
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| baby owl |
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| putting his ring on |
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| Rhubarb and Vanilla jam.. I MADE THAT! and GREW IT! |
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