I had hoped to get a decent photograph of our young Scots Grey pullets and cockerels joining the main flock today. However, they took one look at the camera and bolted into the darkest corner of the big poultry run where they clustered into a shivering huddle. The photo, above, was the best image I [...]
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Archive | September, 2011
Dinner queue
28 September, 2011
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Our Berkshire sows can be scattered across the hillside. Some can be asleep. Some can be grubbing up roots. Some can be sunbathing. Some can be chatting up “the boy”. But no matter how busy they are are and no matter how quietly I try to fill the feed buckets, whenever I venture out with [...]
Read more ‘Walkies? Please?’
28 September, 2011
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I’d taken the camera out to photograph our poultry, but as I walked up the ramp from the outbuildings I spotted Gus, our Berkshire boar, trying to open the gate from his pen. He had the bolt between his teeth and had turned it inwards, but not managed to get it open. This time. As [...]
Read more Sunset, Plan B
27 September, 2011
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I’ve spent the last few days waiting for the ideal conditions to take a walk up Dunnideer to photograph the sunset behind the croft. This evening, I thought I had favourable conditions: the rain had cleared, there was a break in the clouds from just overhead to the horizon, and the wind had eased a [...]
Read more Rum mocha cheesecake
26 September, 2011
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One of the Other Half’s team of teachers is celebrating her birthday tomorrow so the OH requested a suitable treat for her colleague. I spent the early part of this evening whipping up a rum mocha cheesecake, which should fit the bill nicely. It set perfectly in its tin and, when turned out, needed only [...]
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