A couple of happy events to report this week.
The big news is the hatching of a new chicken to add to the menagerie. This little boy or girl is a lavender Aracauana and is the sole hatching from a batch of six eggs purchased on Ebay. I’m hoping this will turn out to be [...]

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I’m afraid I just couldn’t resist a bit of a brag.
Here is the love of my life. It’s a 1993 Yamaha Virago 535. I bought it a year ago today to become a born again biker after nearly thirty years out of the saddle.
I dont know what it’s past owners have done with it apart [...]

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I cant remember a time when I have so longed for a change in the weather. To be specific, a reversal of wind direction.
Across the lane from my home is a field of about 30 acres. This year the farmer has grown a crop of oil seed rape. Now it’s by no means [...]

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