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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 18:29 |
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Been rather busy last few days, taken in a cat and kittens, who would believe two little kittens and a cat could make so much extra work!
I seem to be constantly cleaning up the cat tray or feeding them. Oh and it's war with the dogs, the dogs don't mind but oh boy the cats certainly do, especially the mummy cat.
The border collie got it big time off mummy she really flew at the poor dog and didn't want to let go, needless to say Patches (dog) won't come down the lounge now. In fact she has taken to hiding way down in the boiler room well away from everything so she can't be got at by kittens or mummy.
The fun has just begun as I haven't introduced my house cats to them yet so it looks like I'm in for a busy time ahead. |
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Sunday, 18 July 2010 16:31 |
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Had a real odd mixture of weather the last few days, I know they say you can experience all four seasons in one day here in Orkney. But how about three all at the same time?
Well thats how it seemed on Friday. I was pottering in the garden room and it was lovely and sunny, then the heavens opened and we had very heavy rain, yet the sun was still shining and then the wind picked up and was blowing a gale, stranger still was it was sunny out of one window and positively grey out of the other. A very strange sort of day.
I was glad my gardening was all in the garden room.
I have to report on my grapes now, what I thought were grapes turned out to be flower buds. Which in turn have now turned into the genuine thing, GRAPES. They are slightly bigger than giant peas at this time, I'm giving them lots to drink and they are swelling nicely.
Not wishing the summer away but I am looking forward to Autumn to harvest them, there are about thirty bunches so if they all grow big and fat and juicy we will be alright, can you make grape jam I wonder! Yes I know about wine, but it's too fiddly. |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 10:21 |
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Well another lovely weekend here in Westray, so Saturday we had a BBQ. Phill did the cooking and we chatted and did crosswords.
 Both doors were open and something unusual fluttered in.Watching it to make sure Spot (our little dog) didn't try to eat it!
It found the sweet peas and was hovering over them so I got up for a closer look as I thought it was a humming bird. I was so excited, it looked like one so Phill and Gareth came for a look, yes it's a humming bird I cried!
Phill said no it's a moth its got feelers. So off he went for the camera, unfortunately it had gone by the time he got back.
We went to look it up on the Internet, we were both right in a way as it turned out to be a humming bird hawk moth.
How special was that, apparently they rarely come as far north as Orkney. What a real treat to see something like that in our garden room here in Westray |
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Weekends Changeable Weather |
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Monday, 05 July 2010 18:23 |
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As usuall after feeding cats and dogs I made my morning cuppa and then checked the outside temperature, Saturday morning 8.15am and the temps reading 23.6 degrees Celsius. That can't be right re-check it and its now 23.8! So I take myself out into the garage and garden room and yes it really is that warm, shocked and stunned at that heat so early in the morning, so I decided to make the most of it and got beds stripped and washing machine doing several lots, to be honest it is far too warm to work or even sit in the garden room but I did get lots of little jobs done in and around the house. Even the cats think it's too warm, they are both chilling out inside on the clean bed.
Sunday morning and it couldn't be more different, very wet and extremely windy, gusting up to gale force. But then this is Westray where you can experience all four season in one day let alone one weekend! So Sunday was another inside day, lots of knitting and crosswords to be done.
After supper the heavens opened good and proper boy did it rain. Our little drip over the door suddenly turned into a gusher, really it was like someone had turned a tap on. It has never in seven years come through like that, so next sunny day we will be on the roof as there must be a crater opened up. |
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Thursday, 01 July 2010 16:27 |
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Quite a blustery windy day today, and heavy rain showers. I like it though, the garden could use a good drink and I don't have to make excuses so I can stay in and catch up on inside jobs, yes today I have made yet more raspberry jam and been catching up on my knitting and just resting up a bit.
One of our first baby blackbirds, now a juvenile is still coming back at night time to roost in the garden room. She is lovely, still got quite a speckled breast a lovely chocolate colour and not too timid. The last of this brood has finally fledged, but it didn't want to go. Mum came for several days after the others had gone and called and cajoled it. It's nice to know they are staying quite close by, I always keep an eye out for them. |
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